The DataLion alternative to LamaPoll

LamaPoll collects securely and GDPR-compliant — and does it well. But the moment responses need to become crosstabs, trackers and finished decks, it stops. That's exactly where DataLion starts — analysis, dashboards and PowerPoint in one platform.

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LamaPoll is a German, ISO 27001-certified survey tool — strong at privacy-compliant fieldwork with per-question results. But for crosstabs, weighting, significance tests and tracker dashboards you export to a separate tool. DataLion is exactly that analysis layer and imports LamaPoll's coded SPSS/CSV export including labels.

DataLion vs LamaPoll at a glance

On data protection there is nothing between them — both German and ISO 27001. The difference is purely the analysis after collection.

  DataLion LamaPoll
Role Analysis, dashboard & reporting platform (also collects) Survey/collection tool with basic evaluation
Analysis Crosstabs, weighting, significance tests, 50+ charts Per-question frequencies, tables & charts, filters by status/attributes
Tracking dashboards Auto-updating, wave over wave Built for individual surveys
PowerPoint reports Natively editable, in your own CI, automated Aggregate-results export to PowerPoint/Excel/Word (basic)
Data hand-off Imports LamaPoll's coded export incl. labels Coded raw-data export: SPSS, CSV, TXT
Data protection ISO 27001 data centers in DE, DPA, on-premise Itself ISO 27001-certified, BSI-tested, servers in DE

Choose DataLion if …

  • You need crosstabs, weighting and significance tests on the responses
  • You run tracking studies and want auto-updating dashboards across waves
  • You need natively editable PowerPoint reports in your own CI
  • You want everything from collection to report in one platform

Choose LamaPoll if …

  • You mainly need privacy-compliant collection and per-question results
  • A lean, affordable German survey tool is enough (free for schools/universities)
  • Deeper MR analysis and tracker dashboards are not on your agenda
  • 🇩🇪 Made in Munich
  • GDPR-compliant
  • DPA included
  • Hosted in Germany

Fieldwork and basic results — analysis happens elsewhere

LamaPoll takes you from questionnaire through invitations to evaluation: you get per-question frequencies, tables and charts, can filter by status (completed/started) or attributes, and export raw data coded as SPSS, CSV or TXT, with aggregate results to Excel, Word or PowerPoint.

Anything beyond that — crosstabs across questions, weighting, significance tests, net/top-box values — traditionally happens in a separate analysis tool. That is exactly the layer DataLion adds, without shuttling data between tools.

  • LamaPoll: per-question frequencies, tables & charts, filters by status/attributes
  • LamaPoll: coded raw-data export (SPSS/CSV/TXT) for external statistics
  • DataLion: crosstabs, weighting, significance tests & net/top-box in-tool
  • DataLion: 50+ chart types and auto-updating dashboards
Question-type picker in the DataLion survey editor

From the LamaPoll export to an auto-updating dashboard

Because LamaPoll already exports raw data coded with variables and value labels (SPSS/CSV), the import into DataLion is clean: AI-assisted data recognition handles the codebook mapping, and multi-response and scales are preserved.

From there you build weighted crosstabs, significance tests and tracker dashboards that refresh wave over wave automatically — and export natively editable PowerPoint in your own CI, instead of transferring result charts one by one.

  • Clean import of the coded LamaPoll export incl. labels
  • Weighting, significance and net values at the click of a button
  • Auto-updating tracker dashboards across waves
  • Natively editable PowerPoint instead of single-chart export

Data protection is not the difference here

Honestly: on data protection there is nothing between them. LamaPoll is itself ISO/IEC 27001-certified, BSI-tested and hosts on German servers. DataLion hosts in ISO 27001-certified data centers in Germany (DPA included, on-premise possible) — DataLion as a product is not itself certified; the data centers are.

So the reason to add DataLion is not privacy, but the depth of analysis after collection.

DataLion vs other survey tools

Common questions about DataLion and LamaPoll

Do I need DataLion in addition to LamaPoll?
If per-question results and the export are enough, no. As soon as you need cross-question crosstabs, weighting, significance tests, tracker dashboards or automated decks, DataLion is the analysis layer: import LamaPoll’s coded SPSS/CSV export and carry straight on.
Is DataLion as privacy-compliant as LamaPoll?
Both are German and GDPR-compliant. LamaPoll is ISO/IEC 27001-certified as software and BSI-tested; DataLion hosts in ISO 27001-certified data centers in Germany with a DPA and optional on-premise. On data protection you are on equal footing — the difference is the analysis.
Can DataLion analyse my LamaPoll results?
Yes. Export the raw data from LamaPoll as SPSS or CSV (it comes already coded with variables and value labels) and import it into DataLion. From there you build crosstabs, weighted analyses, dashboards and PowerPoint reports.

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