QuestionStar
🇩🇪 DE · Free plan · paid from €295/yr
4.6/5· 108 reviews across 5 portals
German survey and analytics platform with EU-only data processing and 106-language support
Replaces
QuestionStar is sought as a European alternative to:
Features
Questionnaire Design
- Over 30 question types with fine-grained customization
- Nearly WYSIWYG editor without additional forms
- Rich text editor for tables, images, and videos
- Drag & drop for moving survey elements
- Automatic saving and undo/redo functions
- Library of common scale labels (Magic Wand)
Branding & Customization
- White-label surveys
- Logo embedding
- Flexible layout design adaptation
- Progress bar and optional back button
- HTML/CSS source code editing for layouts
Survey Distribution
- Direct links and individual links per respondent
- Embedding in websites and social media
- QR code generation
- Email invitations and reminders with opt-in/opt-out
- Reports on email open rates
Data Collection & Security
- Responsive design for desktop and mobile devices
- Open and closed surveys
- Prevention of multiple entries
- Save and continue later functionality
- Encrypted data connection (SSL/https)
- GDPR-compliant with servers in Germany
Data Analysis & Export
- Export to CSV, XLSX, and SAV formats
- Statistical tests (t-test, correlation, regression)
- Text analysis with word clouds and frequency lists
- Filtering and breakdowns for comparisons
- Native export to MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Logic & Project Management
- Conditional and unconditional jumps
- Mandatory answers with soft reminders
- Randomization of response options
- Project organization in folders and archives
- Dashboard widgets for real-time data collection status
Pricing
- All features included
- Limited number of active surveys
- No monthly emails included
- All features included
- Monthly cancellable
- Higher limits for active surveys and emails
- All features included
- Annual billing
- Extended limits for active surveys and users
- All features included
- Highest limits for active surveys and users
- Priority support
- All features included
- Monthly cancellable
- For individual students
- All features included
- Annual billing
- For academic researchers
- All features included
- Highest academic limits
- For university chairs and institutes
All plans include the same features; differences lie only in the number of simultaneously active surveys, monthly emails, and users. Prices include German VAT.
EU Trust Profile
What we verified against public sources, last checked 2026-08-07. Every point links to its evidence.
- Evidence →EU data residencyFrankfurt (DE)
All customer data is hosted exclusively in IONOS data centers in Germany.
- Evidence →Data Processing Agreement (DPA)Available as PDF download
The Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is provided for GDPR compliance and can be downloaded directly.
- Evidence →Public sub-processor list
A full list of sub-processors is provided, including hosting and email delivery partners.
- Evidence →Trust center / security page
The security page serves as the dedicated trust center for compliance and data protection information.
- Evidence →ISO 27001
The hosting infrastructure (IONOS data centers) is ISO 27001 certified, but not the QUESTIONSTAR application itself.
We list only what we could verify against a public source on the check date. A point that is absent was not established either way — it is not a finding against the vendor. The vendor's own information prevails.
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Reviews
Recurring themes, synthesized from public reviews across portals.
What users value
- Intuitive interface and clean design enable quick survey creation without prior training
- Comprehensive feature set including customizable templates, conditional logic, branching, and skip logic
- Professional exports to Word, Excel, and PDF with advanced analytics capabilities
- Supports multiple distribution channels: email, web links, and QR codes
- Reliable performance for patient follow-ups, health surveys, and educational feedback forms
- Effective Undo/Redo functionality during survey creation
- Balances ease of use with research-grade survey capabilities and advanced statistics
- Responsive vendor support that acknowledges user feedback and follows up on issues
Where users see room to improve
- · Occasional long loading or refreshing times during survey creation, including delays with Undo/Redo buttons
- · No API available, limiting integration options compared to competitors
- · Pricing structure lacks transparency; requires personalized consultation for quotes
Ratings across portals
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Integrations
Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-06-21), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.