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. Enform fits when your answers are mostly written and you need them read and counted. Microsoft Forms makes sense if your team is on Microsoft 365, and Jotform if you need payments and templates.

Google Forms is included with a Google account and sends answers straight to Sheets, 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 help with written answers, then bigger platforms.

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 cleaner editor.Open-ended replies: Its MCP server lets an outside AI assistant read responses, free on all plans.Watch out for: Branding removal needs Pro.Sources: Tally pricing, Tally fair use, Tally MCP server
  2. FilloutFree plan with unlimited forms and 1,000 responses a month, conditional logic and 50+ integrations.Open-ended replies: A single submission can be summarized through workflows; there's no summary across responses.Watch out for: Free forms carry a Fillout badge.Sources: Fillout pricing
  3. 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. How many replies it reads depends on your plan.Watch out for: No payments inside forms, no HIPAA option and no paid panel of respondents, so you bring your own people. Fewer integrations than Typeform or Jotform. The AI writes the first draft of your questions, so read the wording before you share the link. Answers don't sync live into Google Sheets the way Google Forms does.Sources: Enform plans
  4. Microsoft FormsFree with a Microsoft account, with results that open in Excel. A personal account allows up to 400 forms and 200 responses per form.Open-ended replies: Copilot can help create forms and summarize results, with a Copilot licence.Watch out for: Response limits are low on personal accounts.Sources: Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Forms limits
  5. Jotform20,000+ templates, payments and a free AI form generator. Free Starter allows 5 forms and 100 submissions a month.Open-ended replies: An AI Data Assistant summarizes submissions; Jotform's pages don't say which plans include it.Watch out for: Bronze is $39/month billed monthly, and HIPAA starts at Gold.Sources: Jotform pricing, 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. Google Forms itself can summarize written answers with Gemini on eligible paid plans.
Yes. Google Forms has the tightest Sheets link. Microsoft Forms opens results in Excel, and most others export to CSV or connect to Sheets.

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