Our Anti-SaaS Philosophy
Why we believe your employee feedback data should never leave your organization's walls.
Why Self-Hosting Matters for Employee Feedback
When it comes to collecting honest feedback from your employees, trust is everything. Traditional SaaS survey platforms require you to upload your organizational structure, employee data, and store sensitive feedback on their servers. At Open Pulse Survey, we believe there's a better way.
Your Servers, Your Control
Deploy Open Pulse Survey on your own infrastructure, whether on-premises or in your private cloud environment. No employee data ever leaves your network.
Complete Data Ownership
Your employee feedback belongs to you alone. No third-party access, no data mining, no unexpected changes to terms of service.
Isolated Data Per Client
Unlike multi-tenant SaaS solutions, each Open Pulse Survey installation is completely independent, eliminating cross-contamination risks.
Privacy by Design
Our architecture was built from the ground up with privacy and security as the foundation, not as afterthoughts.
The Problem with Traditional SaaS Survey Platforms
Data Vulnerability
Your sensitive employee feedback and organizational data are stored on third-party servers, often subject to different jurisdictional laws and potential security breaches outside your control.
Limited Customization
SaaS platforms typically restrict how much you can customize the product to fit your specific organizational needs and security requirements.
Long-term Cost Escalation
SaaS platforms often start with low entry pricing that increases substantially as you scale users or need additional features, creating unpredictable long-term costs.
Vendor Lock-in
Many SaaS platforms make it difficult to export your historical data in useful formats, effectively locking you into their ecosystem once you've invested time in their platform.
The Open Pulse Alternative
We've built Open Pulse Survey as the antithesis to the traditional SaaS model, while still providing all the modern features and capabilities you'd expect from a premium feedback platform.
- One-time licensing fee instead of perpetual subscriptions
- Full access to the source code for your licensed instance
- Optional maintenance contracts without forced upgrades
- Complete data portability and export capabilities
- Integration with your existing authentication systems
Our Promise
We will never pivot to a SaaS model. We believe in the fundamental right of organizations to control their own data, especially when it comes to sensitive employee feedback that can make or break your company culture.
With Open Pulse Survey, what you see is what you get—a powerful employee feedback platform that respects your data sovereignty.
Take control of your employee feedback data
Learn how Open Pulse Survey can be deployed within your organization's infrastructure.