LimeSurvey Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy LimeSurvey hosting and run your own survey and polling platform on a server you own. xCloud brings up the pinned community LimeSurvey image, creates the administrator account on first boot with a generated password, runs a private MariaDB database beside it, mounts persistent storage for every survey, response and plugin, and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes.

Deploy your LimeSurvey

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

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
Official 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

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

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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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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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

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.

What is LimeSurvey?

LimeSurvey is an open-source survey platform for questionnaires, polls and response collection. This template deploys version 7.5.0 (community build 7.5.0+261001).

How do I sign in the first time?

Open /admin on your domain and sign in as admin with the generated password from your xCloud installation credentials.

Can I self-host LimeSurvey with this template?

Yes — that is exactly what this template deploys. It brings up the pinned LimeSurvey 7.5.0 community image, creates the administrator account on first boot, runs a private MariaDB database beside it, and publishes it over HTTPS on your domain in minutes instead of assembled by hand.

What runs alongside LimeSurvey?

A private MariaDB 10.11.14 database, pinned by digest, reachable only inside the app's own internal network.

Is the web installer exposed?

No. The administrator account is created on first boot, and first visitors see the login form, not an installer.

What should I back up?

The database, config and upload volumes together — limesurvey_db, limesurvey_config (which holds config.php and security.php) and limesurvey_upload.

Backups in xCloud

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 512 MB of RAM and 5 GB of disk as a floor. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which sits well above that floor with real headroom as surveys and responses grow.

Can I change the administrator password?

Change it in the app's Environment editor and redeploy, not just inside LimeSurvey. The administrator password is re-applied from the environment on every restart, so an in-app-only password change is overwritten.

Can I use the LimeSurvey API?

It is off by default; enable it deliberately by changing the API mode setting and redeploying.

Does outgoing email work by default?

No. Outgoing email stays off until you set an SMTP host (and a From address) in the settings.

Is LimeSurvey free?

Yes. LimeSurvey is free and open source under the GNU GPL v2 or later. xCloud charges for the managed server it runs on, not for the software itself.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update LimeSurvey?

No. The template pins LimeSurvey 7.5.0 by immutable digest; a catalog re-sync affects new installations only. Read the upstream release notes and back up first before bumping the tag and digest together.

What survives a restart?

Surveys, responses, uploads, plugins and configuration — verified by restarting, where the admin login worked, the survey stayed active and its response was still there.

Is xCloud officially partnered with LimeSurvey?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and LimeSurvey has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source LimeSurvey project.

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.