Formbricks
✓ Verified by EU AltsOpen-source survey and experience management platform — a German alternative to Qualtrics.
Overview
Formbricks is a Kiel, Germany-based European company building form builder and open source software since 2022. Despite its EU base, EU Alts has verified that Formbricks is independently owned, with its ultimate ownership based in Germany, and hosts customer data with AWS in Germany, so it may still fall under the reach of the US CLOUD Act — worth weighing against Typeform on this specific point.
Why European teams pick Formbricks
Teams in Europe still consider Formbricks for its form builder product and Germany presence, operating since 2022, but unlike a fully EU-owned provider, Formbricks is independently owned, with its ultimate ownership based in Germany, and hosts customer data with AWS in Germany — so it does not fully avoid US CLOUD Act exposure the way some other alternatives to Typeform do.
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About
Formbricks is an open-source survey and research platform built in Germany, designed for product teams that need in-app microsurveys and user feedback collection alongside traditional form functionality. It enables targeted surveys based on user attributes, events, or segments — showing the right question to the right user at the right moment. Formbricks is licensed under AGPL and fully self-hostable on any EU server, meaning all survey response data stays on infrastructure you control. The managed cloud version is hosted in Germany under GDPR. It integrates with Notion, Slack, Airtable, and major CRM tools. Formbricks is the EU alternative to Sprig (US) and Hotjar Surveys for teams that want qualitative user research without sending user data to US-hosted systems.
Details
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Kiel, Germany
- Ownership
- Independently owned (Germany)
- Hosting
- AWS, Germany
- CLOUD Act
- Exposed
- Verified
- 2026-07-31
- Last checked
- 2026-07-31
- Company size
- 1–10 employees
Categories
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Frequently asked questions
What does Formbricks do?
Formbricks is open-source survey and experience management platform — a german alternative to qualtrics. It is listed under form builder and open source on EU Alts because its core functionality serves teams looking for a European form builder tool with EU data residency, typically as a switch away from Typeform.
Is Formbricks GDPR compliant?
Formbricks is headquartered in Kiel, Germany and processes user data under the GDPR by default. Customer data processing is supervised by Germany's data protection authority, the Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI). However, EU Alts has verified that Formbricks is independently owned, with its ultimate ownership based in Germany, and hosts customer data with AWS in Germany, which means — unlike a fully EU-owned provider — it may still be reachable under the US CLOUD Act, similar to Typeform in that respect.
How do teams switch from Typeform to Formbricks?
Teams evaluating a move from Typeform to Formbricks should note: Formbricks is independently owned, with its ultimate ownership based in Germany, and hosts customer data with AWS in Germany, so this switch narrows but may not fully close the US CLOUD Act gap. Weigh that against the form builder workflow fit before treating it as a complete Schrems II fix.
Where is Formbricks based?
Formbricks is headquartered in Kiel, Germany. The company was founded in 2022. Its main website is https://formbricks.com.