LimeSurvey Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy LimeSurvey hosting and run a self-hosted survey tool for questionnaires and polls on a domain you own. xCloud starts the pinned community image beside a private MariaDB database, creates the administrator on first boot with a generated password, keeps surveys, uploads, plugins and configuration on persistent volumes and publishes the site over HTTPS, with administration on its own /admin login.

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What is LimeSurvey?

LimeSurvey is a free, open-source online survey platform, released under GPL-2.0-or-later. Upstream lists unlimited surveys and questions, 30+ question types, skip logic and question branching, multilingual surveys, custom branding, sharing by public link or invite-only access, responses and statistics, two-factor authentication, plugins and a RemoteControl API. Self-hosted LimeSurvey is the option for teams that would otherwise collect responses with a hosted tool such as SurveyMonkey or Google Forms.

On xCloud the template runs the adamzammit/limesurvey 7.5.0 community image, pinned by digest, beside a private MariaDB 10.11.14 container with no published port. Five volumes hold the database, uploads and themes, configuration, plugins and sessions. The administrator is created on first boot, so the web installer is never exposed. Outgoing email stays off until you set an SMTP host, and the RemoteControl API is off.

From Sign-Up to a Live Survey Platform In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting LimeSurvey normally means a container, a private database, a generated admin account, five persistent volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first survey goes live. This is the same result without assembling any of it by hand.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick LimeSurvey from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and enter the Administrator email — xCloud generates all passwords.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned LimeSurvey 7.5.0 community image, start a private MariaDB 10.11.14 database on the internal network, mount limesurvey_db, limesurvey_upload, limesurvey_config, limesurvey_plugins and limesurvey_sessions, and publish the app over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Launch A Survey
Wait 1 to 3 minutes for first boot, then open your HTTPS LimeSurvey URL and sign in at /admin as admin with the generated password from your xCloud credential panel. Create and activate your first survey, then share its public link.

Everything LimeSurvey Does, On Your Own Server

LimeSurvey runs in full here — survey creation, response collection and administration, on infrastructure you control.

Questionnaires And Polls
Collect questionnaire and poll responses on infrastructure and a domain you control, separate from any hosted survey service.
Public Site, Separate Admin
Public surveys are served from the site URL; administration lives at its own /admin login.
No Exposed Web Installer
A ready administrator account is created on first boot, so there is no exposed web installer for a first visitor to claim.
Remote-Control API, Off By Default
The remote-control API stays off until you deliberately enable it later.
Private MariaDB Database
A private MariaDB database holds every survey and response, reachable only inside the app's own network.
Everything Persists
Surveys, responses, uploads, plugins and configuration all live on persistent volumes and survive a restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Surveys 24/7

Managed hosting for LimeSurvey, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

LimeSurvey 7.5.0 deployed instantly
Community image, pinned digest
Generated administrator password
Private MariaDB, never exposed
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With LimeSurvey

Run open source survey software for research
A university group can run questionnaires with branching and multilingual versions on its own server, keeping respondent data in its own MariaDB database instead of a third-party account.
Collect customer and staff feedback
Send a survey by public link, or restrict it to invited people with closed access mode, and review responses and statistics in the administration area at /admin.
Run polls under your own brand
Style surveys with your fonts, colours and logo, and host them on your own domain so respondents see your address, not a survey vendor's.
Feed responses into other systems
Enable the RemoteControl API when you need to pull survey data into another tool, and leave it off the rest of the time, as the template does by default.

LimeSurvey vs Alternatives

SurveyMonkey: If you collect responses with SurveyMonkey today, LimeSurvey is the self-hosted route: unlimited surveys and questions per upstream, with the responses stored in MariaDB on your own Cloud VPS.
Google Forms: If you build forms in Google Forms, LimeSurvey offers skip logic, 30+ question types and multilingual surveys per upstream, on a domain you control rather than inside a Google account.
Formbricks: Formbricks has its own xCloud page and describes itself as an open-source survey and experience management platform with link, website and in-app surveys. See that page to compare the templates.
OpnForm: OpnForm has its own xCloud page and is a form builder for surveys, quizzes and lead capture, with a queue worker and scheduler. LimeSurvey's template runs one app container plus MariaDB.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for LimeSurvey hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More concurrent respondents and larger survey libraries.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

LimeSurvey alongside other self-hosted apps on the same box.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. LimeSurvey itself is free and open source under the GNU GPL v2 or later.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Survey Platform?

LimeSurvey hosting on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is LimeSurvey free?

Yes. LimeSurvey Community Edition is free, open-source software under GPL-2.0-or-later, with no per-survey or per-response fee. Your xCloud bill covers the Cloud VPS running the app and its MariaDB database, and the deployment, but nothing for the software. Keep upstream's copyright notices if you modify it.

What does LimeSurvey need to run?

It is a PHP application that needs a web server and a database. The template supplies both: the community image serves the site and a private MariaDB 10.11.14 container holds the data on the internal network. The first boot waits for the database, writes the configuration and installs, which takes one to three minutes.

How much RAM does LimeSurvey need?

The manifest floor is 512 MB of RAM, one CPU core and 5 GB of disk, and QA measured about 145 MiB in use after a survey round-trip and restart. The 6 GB Cloud VPS sold here leaves very wide headroom, so a busy survey season or other apps on the server fit alongside it.

Can I self-host LimeSurvey with Docker?

Yes. For LimeSurvey Docker hosting the template runs the community adamzammit/limesurvey image, pinned by digest, with a private MariaDB container and five named volumes. It writes the configuration, runs the installer with your admin email and puts HTTPS on your domain. It is a community image, not an official upstream one.

Where does LimeSurvey store uploaded files and config?

Uploads, themes and survey assets live on the limesurvey_upload volume. The config.php and security.php files sit on limesurvey_config, installed plugins on limesurvey_plugins and PHP sessions on limesurvey_sessions. The database is on limesurvey_db. PHP accepts uploads up to 128 MB per file.

How do I back up LimeSurvey?

A LimeSurvey backup means all five volumes together: limesurvey_db, limesurvey_config, limesurvey_upload, limesurvey_plugins and limesurvey_sessions, the last being optional. Keep the environment values with it, because the database and app settings must match. Store a copy off-server and test a restore before you rely on it.

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How do I update LimeSurvey?

This install stays at LimeSurvey 7.5.0 until you act. Copy every volume, read the release notes, and choose a later template version, which changes the image tag and digest in one step. Afterwards, check that any plugin you added still loads in the admin area.

Does LimeSurvey have an API?

Yes. Upstream lists a RemoteControl API over XML-RPC and JSON-RPC. In this template it is off by default (LIMESURVEY_API_MODE=off). Set it to json or xml in the Environment editor and redeploy only if you intend to use it, since it exposes survey data to anyone holding valid administrator credentials.

Is LimeSurvey a good alternative to SurveyMonkey?

It can be, if you want to own the responses. Upstream lists unlimited surveys, skip logic, multilingual surveys and branding, and here the data stays in a MariaDB database on your own server. You manage updates and backups yourself, and email needs an SMTP host you configure.

How do I sign in, and change the admin password?

Open /admin on your domain and sign in as admin with the generated 24-character password from your credentials. The password is re-applied from the environment on every restart, so change it in the Environment editor and redeploy; a change made inside LimeSurvey is overwritten at the next restart.

Can I run LimeSurvey in the cloud on xCloud?

Yes. Under LimeSurvey cloud use, xCloud sets up a dedicated Cloud VPS, deploys the app and MariaDB and attaches your domain and certificate. Hosts rented from other providers can join as self-managed servers. The platform proxy does not send an HSTS header.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.