# Survey Solutions review (2026): is it any good? > Free survey software from the World Bank for CAPI and CAWI Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Survey Solutions is free survey software developed in the World Bank's Data group for computer-assisted interviewing: offline tablet interviews (CAPI), web surveys (CAWI) and phone interviews (CATI). Organizations install the server themselves, on their premises or in the cloud. A questionnaire designer, supervisor tools and REST APIs come with it. - **Category:** Forms & Surveys - **Made by:** The World Bank Group - **Website:** https://mysurvey.solutions - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a hosted service, as you install your own server. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Survey Solutions is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** The software is free; you run your own server, on your premises or in the cloud. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Survey Solutions | $0 | Free software: questionnaire designer, headquarters server, supervisor and interviewer tools; you host it. | Read from https://mysurvey.solutions/en/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Survey Solutions before buying. ## Key features - **Questionnaire Designer:** Build multi-language questionnaires with nested rosters, linked and cascading questions, and a compiler that flags problems. - **Mixed interview modes:** Collect offline on tablets (CAPI), online through a web interface (CAWI) and by phone (CATI). - **Data validation:** Validation and interview flow use C# expressions, with macros, calculated variables and lookup tables. - **GIS capture:** Capture locations, distances and areas, with geofencing and offline guidance to interview points using satellite images. - **APIs and monitoring:** REST APIs support quality controls and dashboards, and paradata lets you monitor survey progress. ## Good for - National statistics offices and research teams running large field surveys - Teams with IT staff able to host their own server ## Worth knowing - You install and manage the server yourself; the team helps with setup but this is not a hosted subscription. - The site points to cost planning tools in its documentation, since hosting costs depend on your own server setup. - The site does not state which operating systems the interviewer tablet app supports. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Survey Solutions is free software from the World Bank for tablet, web and phone interviews. You install and manage your own server. The site does not say which operating systems the interviewer app runs on. - **Value for money: C.** The software costs nothing, but you must run your own server, so hosting and staff time are on you. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The software is free with no response caps, but there is no hosted version. - **Features: B.** Questionnaire designer, offline tablet, web and phone interviews, data validation, GIS capture and APIs. The listing shows no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. You install and manage a server before anyone can interview. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web server plus an interviewer tablet app whose operating systems the site does not name. APIs are listed, integrations are not. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Survey Solutions' 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 - Survey Solutions's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 56 of the 148 other form and survey tools we grade, and level with 31. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 111 of 148) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Survey Solutions has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 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.** Survey Solutions is free, so making your own would save you nothing. - You could make: Surveys and forms: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Surveys, Forms, Works offline, Self-hostable, Public API ## Alternatives - [KoboToolbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kobotoolbox): Open-source data collection for field surveys, online or offline. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kobotoolbox-vs-survey-solutions) - [Open Data Kit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/open-data-kit): Open-source mobile and web data collection. 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