SurveyJS
SurveyJS is a set of JavaScript components for building surveys, quizzes, polls and other web forms, and for storing responses and presenting results in dash…
What SurveyJS is
SurveyJS is a set of JavaScript components for building surveys, quizzes, polls and other web forms, and for storing responses and presenting results in dashboards. Its free, open-source Form Library renders JSON-based forms in React, Angular, Vue and plain JavaScript applications. It includes more than 20 question types, conditional logic, validation and support for multiple languages, including right-to-left text. Survey Creator provides a visual drag-and-drop designer that generates JSON schemas. Dashboard displays survey data through charts, tables, word clouds and aggregated statistics, while PDF Generator creates editable PDF forms and exports responses. The libraries run within a customer’s application and can connect to any backend or database; SurveyJS says it does not access or store survey data. React, Angular and Vue are natively supported; jQuery uses a wrapper over the Vanilla JavaScript version. The Form Library is free, but Survey Creator, Dashboard and PDF Generator require commercial licenses for production use. Commercial developer licenses are required for each developer working with those product APIs or their integrations.
Good
- Free, open-source Form Library.
- Supports React, Angular, Vue and plain JavaScript.
- More than 20 built-in question types.
- Connects to any backend or database.
- Supports conditional logic and right-to-left languages.
Watch out
- Commercial licenses needed for production use of three products.
- Each developer using commercial APIs needs a license.
- No SurveyJS backend is provided.
Who it suits
SurveyJS suits developers building web forms who want to use their own backend and data storage. Teams needing the visual creator, dashboards or PDF tools for production should account for commercial licenses.
Verdict
SurveyJS offers a free form-rendering library alongside separately licensed tools for authoring, analysis and PDF output. Its self-hosted design leaves backend and data-storage choices with the customer.
Plans and prices
From SurveyJS's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Free | Form Library · unlimited forms and submissions · unlimited file uploads · React, Angular, Knockout, Vue3 · own server/database |
| Basic Renewal | $239 a year | Renewal for Basic license owners · $239 for 12 mo of updates and support (for license owners only) |
| PRO Renewal | $419 a year | Renewal for PRO license owners · $419 for 12 mo of updates and support (for license owners only) |
| Basic | $589, paid once | Survey Creator · self-hosted · white-label · unlimited admins, creators and forms · drag-and-drop builder · 30+ languages · once per developer; includes updates and support for first 12 months |
| Enterprise Renewal | Priced on request | Renewal pricing for Enterprise license owners · Starts at $939; contact for project details |
| PRO | $1,059, paid once | Basic features · Dashboard · PDF Generator · real-time data updates · Excel/CSV/PDF export · interactive reports · editable PDFs · once per developer; includes updates and support for first 12 months |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | priority support · technical account manager · priority bug fixes · best-practices, integration and code-review sessions · on-demand releases · add-on development · starts at; renewal starts at $939 |
The facts
Each one read from SurveyJS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Backend integrations
- Official examples cover Next.js, Node.js, ASP.NET Core, PHP, WordPress, Python, PostgreSQL and MongoDB backends.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Backend limitation
- SurveyJS does not provide production-ready backend, authentication or data-storage solutions; those must be implemented by the application owner.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Build requirement
- The survey-library repository requires Node.js 20 or later for builds and tests, with CI on Node 20.x and 22.x.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Commercial licensing
- Commercial licenses are sold per developer, with a production license required for each developer using the APIs; prototypes and testing have no time-limited trial requirement.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Commercial products
- Survey Creator, Dashboard, and PDF Generator require commercial licenses for production use.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Dashboard
- SurveyJS Dashboard provides interactive charts and tables for analyzing survey results.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data control
- SurveyJS states that it does not access, process or store survey data, leaving storage, encryption, access control and regulatory compliance to the customer.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- Documentation includes framework-specific getting-started guides, demos, FAQs, GitHub issue channels, Stack Overflow and licensed-user help-desk support.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Form builder
- Survey Creator is a customizable drag-and-drop visual designer that creates and edits surveys and forms and automatically generates JSON schemas.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Form capabilities
- The libraries support multi-page forms, quizzes, scored surveys, calculator forms, conditional branching, expressions, validation, auto-save and dynamic panels.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Form Library
- The Form Library renders dynamic JSON-based forms and surveys in React, Angular, Vue and plain JavaScript applications.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Frameworks
- SurveyJS supports React, Angular, Vue, jQuery, and Vanilla JavaScript; React, Angular, and Vue have native support, while jQuery uses a wrapper over the Vanilla JS version.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Framework support
- Native rendering packages are provided for React, Angular and Vue 3, with plain JavaScript and jQuery usage supported through JavaScript packages or wrappers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- SurveyJS libraries use JSON to communicate with servers and can integrate with any backend; Form Library documents backend examples for PHP, Node.js, and ASP.NET Core.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The Form Library, survey-core and AI Form Response Extractor are MIT-licensed; Survey Creator, Dashboard and PDF Generator are commercial products.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License limit
- Commercial developer licenses are required for each developer working with commercial product APIs or implementing their integration.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Limit: complexity and bugs
- GetApp reviewers mention that some tasks are complex, specific documentation can be hard to find and rapid development has produced bugs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: documentation
- G2 reviewers report that documentation can omit some customization details and occasionally lacks examples.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: no included response server
- A G2 reviewer identifies the absence of a built-in server for storing survey responses as a drawback.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Tailwind styling and docs
- The Trustpilot reviewer reports that Tailwind CSS customization can create long class names and that documentation sometimes requires deep GitHub searches.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- The maker is Devsoft Baltic OÜ, whose contact page lists its address in Tallinn, Estonia.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Tallinn, Estoniachecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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