Google Forms alternatives

The short answer: For quick polls, stay with Google Forms. Tally and Fillout give you more logic and design on free plans. Microsoft Forms makes sense if your team is on Microsoft 365. Enform fits when your answers are mostly written and you need them read and counted. Jotform is the pick if you need payments and a wide feature set.

Google Forms works with any Google account and can store responses in a Google Sheet, which is hard to beat for a quick poll. Branching only works from multiple-choice and dropdown questions, design is plain, and Gemini summaries of written answers need a paid plan.

The options

Ordered by fit for people who've outgrown Google Forms: more logic and design while staying free first, then a like-for-like swap for Microsoft teams, then tools for narrower needs.

Checked on against each tool's own pricing and help pages, linked under each tool. Enform is our product.

  1. TallyUnlimited forms and submissions on the free plan under fair use, with conditional logic and a doc-style editor.Open-ended replies: Nothing inside Tally reads answers. Its MCP server lets an outside AI assistant read them, free on every plan.Watch out for: Removing Tally branding needs Pro ($24/month).Sources: Tally, Tally pricing, Tally fair use, Tally MCP server
  2. FilloutFree plan with unlimited forms, 1,000 responses a month, conditional logic and integrations including Google Sheets.Open-ended replies: Fillout's pricing page lists no AI summary of answers.Watch out for: Free forms carry a Fillout badge.Sources: Fillout pricing
  3. Microsoft FormsThe Microsoft counterpart. Free accounts allow up to 400 forms and 200 responses per form.Open-ended replies: Copilot can summarize results, but it needs a Microsoft 365 account and a Copilot licence.Watch out for: 200 responses per form is low on free accounts.Sources: Microsoft Forms limits, Copilot in Microsoft Forms
  4. EnformDescribe what you want to ask and Enform writes the survey. It reads the replies, counts what people said and drafts slides, instead of leaving a column of answers in a sheet.Open-ended replies: This is the main job. Enform reads the replies and counts what people said, and every count opens the replies behind it. Free reads your latest 25 replies per form. Pro reads all of them.Watch out for: Enform is newer and connects to fewer apps than the older builders here. It has no payments inside forms, no HIPAA option and no paid panel of respondents, so you bring your own people. Free reads only your latest 25 replies per form and shows Enform branding. Pro is $10 a month.Sources: Enform plans
  5. JotformPayments through 30+ processors like Stripe, PayPal and Square, a free AI form generator and a very wide feature set. Free Starter allows 5 active forms and 100 submissions a month.Open-ended replies: The AI Data Assistant gives summaries, totals and breakdowns of your submissions. Jotform says every account has it.Watch out for: Bronze is $39/month billed monthly, and HIPAA features start at Gold ($129/month).Sources: Jotform pricing, Jotform payments, Jotform AI, Jotform AI Data Assistant, Jotform HIPAA

FAQ

What's the best free alternative to Google Forms?

Tally, for most people: unlimited forms and submissions under fair use, with better logic and design. Microsoft Forms is the natural pick if your team is on Microsoft 365.
Enform reads the replies and counts what people said, and each count opens the replies behind it. Jotform's AI Data Assistant summarizes submissions. Google Forms itself can summarize written answers with Gemini on eligible paid plans.
Yes. Google Forms can store responses in a Google Sheet. Fillout and Enform both connect to Google Sheets, and Enform can keep a sheet in sync as replies arrive.

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