MetroQuest was acquired by Social Pinpoint in July 2023 and is being integrated into the Open Point suite. If what your team needs is map-based public input for transportation and planning projects, Mapsurvey is a self-serve replacement: free, open source, editable any time after launch, with points, lines, and polygons — and GeoJSON export for your GIS.
What changes for you
TxDOT's factsheet puts a MetroQuest build at six weeks' lead time with the vendor. Mapsurvey is self-serve — draft, preview, and publish the same day.
MetroQuest surveys cannot be edited after launch. Mapsurvey has draft-and-publish versioning — revise safely while responses keep flowing.
Beyond dragging markers: respondents draw routes and outline areas — the input transportation and corridor studies actually need.
MetroQuest runs in English plus one manually translated language. Mapsurvey ships content translation for 75 — for the communities your projects actually serve.
Side by side
This page is one entry in our guide to participatory mapping tools; the cells below and the guide's table come from the same sourced facts. For MetroQuest's successor inside Open Point, see the Social Pinpoint comparison.
| Mapsurvey | MetroQuest | |
|---|---|---|
| What respondents can draw | Points, lines and polygons, each with follow-up questions | Map markers on an interactive map screen; drawing not published |
| Export formats | GeoJSON, GeoPackage, Shapefile, KML, CSV and Excel | Not published |
| Open source / self-hosting | Yes, AGPLv3; Docker stack on your own servers | No; proprietary SaaS |
| Hosting region and GDPR posture | Hosted in the United States (Render, Oregon); self-host anywhere for EU residency; no formal accessibility audit yet | Not published; the tool itself is described as not ADA accessible, with PDF and Word versions offered instead |
| Pricing model | Published: free, or one flat workspace price | Annual subscription; 'Get Pricing' form, no rate published |
| Free tier or trial | Free plan, unlimited surveys and responses, no time limit | Not published; sample surveys to try |
| Public results page | Yes, a public results page per survey, no account needed | Not published |
| How you start | Self-serve sign-up; the developer answers questions directly | Pricing form; six weeks' lead time to build a survey reported by TxDOT |
| Languages | 75, translation included | English plus one additional language by manual translation |
| Status | Active, open source | Acquired by Social Pinpoint on 12 July 2023, to be integrated into its suite |
| Post-launch edits | Yes, draft and publish versioning | 'MetroQuest surveys cannot be edited after they are launched' |
| Survey structure | Unlimited sections and questions | Five screens per survey from 14 templates; Welcome and Wrap Up required |
MetroQuest details come from the vendor's public pages, read on 2026-10-06: ftp.dot.state.tx.us, metroquest.com, metroquest.com, socialpinpoint.com. 'Not published' means the page we read does not say; verify current specifics with the vendor. We publish no other vendor's price: the model, the trial and where a rate is listed, nothing more. Every tool in this category on one table.
Being fair
We keep this honest on purpose. If your process depends on those screens, evaluate Open Point's Flex Forms first — then compare what the map input and the export give you here.
Mapsurvey is independent and founder-led. Email me what your MetroQuest surveys did, and I'll tell you honestly what maps over, what doesn't, and how I'd rebuild it.
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