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EU-hosted, non-EU parentForms & SurveysHeadquarters: FI

Surveypal: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Surveypal is a survey and customer feedback platform based in Tampere, Finland. Organisations use it to build customisable surveys and to run them online, in apps or in person, with the aim of turning feedback into improvements. It is offered as an online platform and is a commercial product, not open-source software.

The company was acquired by Volaris Group in July 2025 and continues to operate independently under its own name and leadership. Volaris is an operating group of Constellation Software Inc., and its acquisition announcement is datelined Toronto, Canada, so the majority owner sits outside the EU. The privacy policy states that personal data is processed by subprocessors, some of them outside the EU and EEA, including in the United States. European organisations should check the subprocessor list and the hosting location in the contract before use.

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Sovereignty score
59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-645
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 12, 2026
Headquarters
FI (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
CAVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EU, USVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Forms & Surveys
Type
Product
Website
surveypal.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Surveypal

The European alternatives to Surveypal come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Surveypal

Surveypal is headquartered in FI and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in CA. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Surveypal hosts data in EU, US. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Surveypal is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Surveypal together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Surveypal?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Surveypal include 123FormBuilder, AidaForm and Appinio. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Surveypal?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Surveypal include ARSnova and CryptPad Forms. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Surveypal GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Surveypal is headquartered in FI (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. That makes Surveypal an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 12, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Forms & Surveys

Forms & Surveys: Online forms, surveys and feedback tools. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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