Doodle has been very popular for a long time. After all, the online tool facilitates the planning of activities of all kinds with its survey function. However, it is regularly criticized because it collects a large amount of data from its users. And the range of functions is often greater with other providers. Find out which free alternatives to Doodle are available in this article.
dudle
The dudle developed by the TU Dresden stands out primarily because of its data economy. You can use the website to create surveys without registering and have the participants answer them by name or anonymously. No more data is saved than is absolutely necessary, no advertisements are displayed and the survey is automatically deleted after two months if no one has accessed it in the meantime. The design of the site is a bit out of date, but the data protection approach with optional end-to-end encryption is particularly convincing when services such as Doodle should or should not be used..
bitpoll
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Hamburg is responsible for the development of bitpoll . It is based on the alternative dudle described above, but offers a more appealing design. Compared to dudle, bitpoll has a few fewer functions, but creating surveys is much more intuitive. And data protection is also observed at bitpoll: Log files on the servers are deleted after about four days.
nuudel
nuudel is a modern designed, data protection alternative to Doodle. The tool was developed by the digitalcourage association, which, among other things, advocates more data protection in Germany. For this reason, nuudel can be used without registering and without storing user data. Classic surveys with appointments or, alternatively, surveys with self-selected answer options are possible. For more security, surveys can also be protected with a password..
planiteasy
The design of planiteasy is a bit old, but the functions are convincing here: surveys can be created without registration and without advertising and a message board can be set up for exchange between the participants. The service hasn't been updated in a long time, but it's still available free of charge.
