Surveys & polling
Surveys are used to gather input, measure public opinion, and establish baseline understanding of demographics and other information about residents.
Suggested reading: How to find the right Survey Tool: Problems and Proposals, by Sami Nenno.
Munipolis
Communication gateway for municipalities
Pocitové mapy
Map-based surveys with sentiment visualization
Mobilní Rozhlas
All-in-one resident engagement suite in Czechia
Participace 21
Czech participatory engagement platform for towns, villages, schools, and non-profits (and NYC's participatory budgeting)
Novoville
Platform to help local government interact with residents, including social-media-based consultation processes
Lemejs.lv
Latvian survey + group decision-making tool
Maptionnaire Community Engagement Platform
Stop Guessing. Start Community Mapping.
All Our Ideas
All Our Ideas is an innovative tool that you can use for large-scale online engagements to produce a rank-ordered list of public input.
Viamo
We use mobile technology to create scalable campaigns with immediate feedback
76engage
76engage is an online platform that strengthens the bonds between citizens and public institutions through meaningful public engagement.
Online Deliberation Singapore (ODSG)
A platform and a process to engage Singapore citizens in policy deliberation
Black Census Project
Launched by Black Futures Lab in early 2018, the Black Census Project is the largest survey of Black people conducted in the United States since Reconstruction.
Assembl
Massive collective intelligence is the capacity to mobilize communities on a large scale (hundreds and thousands of participants) around key stakes and challenges to co-create new solutions in a short...
Listening Post Collective
The Listening Post Collective provides journalists, newsroom leaders, and non-profits tools and advice to create meaningful conversations with their communities.
Hyperion
Software for the annual homeless count
YouGov
YouGov is a global public opinion and data company. Explore what the world thinks, discover our solutions, and join our community to share your opinion.
Fathom
Fathom text analysis has transformed 25M+ open ended responses into actionable insights for leading agencies and brands.
Survey160
Survey 160 is a software-as-a-service tool which seeks to improve traditional polling by using SMS messaging to reach audiences who are not responsive to phone surveys and are underrepresented in exis...
Polco
Polco is a platform designed to increase civic engagement, improve government transparency, and inform municipal governments of constituents’ input which, in turn, will help better guide public policy...
KoBoToolbox
Quality data collection for challenging settings
Opinary
We are not just a widget – we are THE platform for brands to scale content marketing and insight
Do Gooder
Create campaign websites and embed email, call-in, fundraising and social network actions targeting politicians and decision makers anywhere in the world.
Mexico City Crowdsourcing a Constitution: case study
To get input on Mexico City's constitution, LabCDMX experimented with Google Docs, PubPub, Change.org, paper surveys, and kiosks
Change Research
Change Research provides fast, affordable and accurate public opinion polling at 80 to 90 percent less than traditional polls with the goal of ensuring that every forward-thinking candidate and campai...
Brookings Democracy Dashboard
The Brookings Democracy Dashboard is a collection of data designed to help users evaluate political system and governmental performance in the United States.
Crowdgauge
Gauge the values, priorities, and prefrences of the crowd
RankedVote
RankedVote is the easiest way to create ranked-choice voting contests, elections, and decisions on any device.
ZenCity
Hear from all of your residents and better connect to your community's heartbeat with Zencity, a cross-channel platform that takes civic engagement to the next level
MobiSAM
MobiSAM (Mobile Social Accountability and Monitoring) is a mobile application and web, Whatsapp and Facebook platform that connects Grahamstown/Makana residents in the Eastern Cape to their local muni...