# Enketo review (2026): is it any good? > Open-source web forms that work offline Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Enketo is an open-source web application that renders XForm surveys in the browser on any device, including offline. It is part of the OpenRosa and ODK ecosystem and is built into tools such as KoboToolbox and ODK Central. The Enketo site says it has joined KoboToolbox. - **Category:** Forms & Surveys - **Made by:** Enketo LLC (since 2012) - **Website:** https://enketo.org - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a ready survey tool, as it only renders forms. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Enketo is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** Enketo is free and open source; you can run it yourself or use a tool that has it built in. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Self-hosted | $0 | Free open-source software you install and support yourself; paid hosted services come from other providers. | Read from https://enketo.org on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Enketo before buying. ## Key features - **Offline surveys:** Surveys deployed with Enketo keep working without a connection. - **Skip and validation logic:** Handles skip logic and answer checks in forms written in the OpenRosa XForm format. - **Any device:** Runs in a fairly modern browser on mobile or desktop hardware. - **Themes and widgets:** Forms can use themes such as Grid, plus widgets for Likert scales, drawing, signatures and image maps. - **Printer-friendly forms:** Forms can be printed from the browser. ## Good for - Developers adding offline web forms to a data collection system - Teams already using KoboToolbox or ODK Central ## Worth knowing - Enketo is a form renderer, not a full survey platform: it is used through other tools or self-hosted. - Paid hosting comes from other providers, such as ODK Central or KoboToolbox as a service. - The site announces that Enketo has joined KoboToolbox. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Enketo is free open-source software that shows XForm surveys in a web browser, online or offline. It is a renderer built into KoboToolbox and ODK Central, not a survey platform on its own. You run it yourself or use it through another tool. - **Value for money: C.** Free only if you host it yourself, which needs a server. Hosted versions come from other providers. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free and open source with no response caps, but you run it yourself or get it inside another tool. - **Features: D.** It only renders forms. You need ODK Central, KoboToolbox or similar to build forms and keep data, so it is not useful alone. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. Running it yourself means installing and configuring a server. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, on any device and offline, with KoboToolbox, ODK Central, OpenSRP and Medic links. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Enketo's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among form and survey tools - Enketo's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 8 of the 148 other form and survey tools we grade, and level with 17. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 111 of 148) and worst on features (D, above 0). - Enketo has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/forms ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Enketo is free, so making your own would save you nothing. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 123 of the 148 other form and survey tools grade higher. - You could make: Forms and surveys: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with KoboToolbox, ODK Central, OpenSRP, Medic **Tags:** Open source, Self-hostable, Works offline, Forms, Surveys ## Alternatives - [KoboToolbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kobotoolbox): Open-source data collection for field surveys, online or offline. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/enketo-vs-kobotoolbox) - [Open Data Kit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/open-data-kit): Open-source mobile and web data collection. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/enketo-vs-open-data-kit) - [Epicollect5](https://toolgpa.com/tools/epicollect5): Free mobile and web data collection from Oxford University. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/enketo-vs-epicollect5) - [Ona](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ona): Mobile data collection with forms, maps and charts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/enketo-vs-ona) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://enketo.org - https://enketo.org/about/ - https://enketo.org/services/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/enketo Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).