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7 years 3 weeks ago #149098 by framurdocco
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Hi there, sorry if I am being stupid, I aprobably am.
What does it mean that the Free service includes 25 responses a month? What is meant by responses here?

Thanks in advance
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7 years 3 weeks ago #149100 by jelo
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FAQ www.limesurvey.org/services#pricingHostedSubscription

How are responses counted?

In a short sentence...

A response is counted if a participant completes your survey once, not taking in account how many questions or question groups there are in your survey.

In a more detailed description...

A survey is taken and completed => 1 response
A survey is taken and only half completed => 0.5 response
A dataset gets manually added through an administrator => 1 response
A partially done survey gets marked as finished by an administrator => 0.5 response


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3 years 11 months ago #196847 by baliev
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Hi jelo!

Does this mean that in the Free version,
no more than 25 participants can complete a survey?
Thank you for your reply in advance.
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3 years 11 months ago #196848 by Joffm
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Exactly.

There is no change since jelo explained this three years ago.

This free edition is thought that you might test the application, but not to use it in a real productive way.
And jelo already explained how "responses" are counted.

If you like the comfort of a hosted edition, you have to invest a bit (29€/month to get 1000 responses is not as much "Basic edition")

Or you use the Community edition, and host it yourself.
If you already have a web space somewhere -> no additional costs.
If not, well, you have to consider the monthly rate of the web space provider.

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3 years 11 months ago #196850 by baliev
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Thanks a lot for your quick reply, Joffm.

Probably will go with BASIC license.

Stay well and healthy!
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3 years 10 months ago #197904 by Alaa087
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Hello,
If I did a survey and 25 people have responded to that survey, can I create another survey where other 25 people can complete the second survey within the same month?
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3 years 10 months ago #197909 by Joffm
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You are joking, aren't you.

Isn't this clear enough in the FAQs?

What happens if I exceed my response volume?
At first, we will send you a warning by email that your response volume is getting low - you can set this warning limit in your account settings after registering.
Please make sure your email address is always correct.
If your available Survey Response balance hits below zero your participants won't be able to answer your survey(s) anymore and we will send another email to you.
If you are using the FREE plan, then your access to LimeSurvey will be locked completely. In that case, you will have to wait until the end of your month period for it to get unlocked automatically or buy a subscription plan.

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3 years 10 months ago #197954 by DenisChenu
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jelo wrote:
Question around the professional hosting can only be answered by LimeSurvey GmbH.
So please contact them directly.
www.limesurvey.org/contact-us


Assistance on LimeSurvey forum and LimeSurvey core development are on my free time.
I'm not a LimeSurvey GmbH member, professional service on demand , plugin development .
I don't answer to private message.
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3 years 10 months ago - 3 years 10 months ago #198062 by holch
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As Joffm says, it is pretty clear in the FAQs.

But here it goes again: it is 25 monthly responses in total. If you have 2 surveys, the 25 responses are counted over the 2 surveys. So if the first survey has 20 respones, the second can only have 5, etc.

And: Responses that are not complete but over half of the questionnaire are counted as half (0.5) reponse. So if you have a lot of people that start, go pretty far but then drop out, they might be discounted from your 25 free responses.

So if you really want to run various surveys productively, you should either get one of the paid Limesurvey Pro Packages or setup your own instance of Limesurvey CE. In my opinion the LimeSurvey Professional FREE package serves well for testing (which it is made for), but not for productive use.

I answer at the LimeSurvey forum in my spare time, I'm not a LimeSurvey GmbH employee.
No support via private message.

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3 years 10 months ago #198074 by DenisChenu
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www.limesurvey.org/customer-support/contact-us

Can we close this topic please ?

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