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    Google Forms

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Forms is an app for creating forms and surveys, and is part of Google Apps for Work. The product focuses on ease of use; the interface is similar to a document editor, with drop down lists of options and drag and drop question re-ordering. Users can embed images and video into surveys. Users can also program the question flow with custom logic. Google sends users basic summaries of the survey results automatically, or users can export the raw survey results data and analyze it via…N/A

    pdfFiller

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ApdfFiller is a cloud-based platform with a comprehensive digital toolkit used to handle PDFs, and to edit, sign, store, manage, and collaborate on documents. Documents are stored in the cloud and can be accessed anytime, anywhere, without worrying about losing data.

    $20

    per month (for an individual user)

    Pricing
    Google FormspdfFiller
    Editions & Modules
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    Basic for Enterprise
    $8
    per month (annual commitment) per user (minimum 20 users)
    Premium for Enterprise
    $10
    per month (annual commitment) per user (minimum 10 users)
    Basic
    $20
    per month single user
    Plus
    $30
    per month single user
    Premium
    $40
    per month single user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google FormspdfFiller
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Up to a 70% discount on individual plans for annual billing.
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    Google
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    airSlate, Inc
    Chose pdfFiller
    PDFfiller gives me convenience in many ways. It allows me to edit my documents hassle-free. And it also help me to convert those pdf documents into other office formats whenever I require. It also has advantage to source my documents from a URL. With this feature I can source …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
    Features
    Google FormspdfFiller
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Google Forms and pdfFiller
    Feature
    Google Forms
    6.7
    123 Ratings
    18% below category average
    pdfFiller
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    Survey templates7.7114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themes6.2112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding6.1100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Google Forms and pdfFiller
    Feature
    Google Forms
    8.0
    121 Ratings
    6% below category average
    pdfFiller
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    Changes to live survey8.9115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Question design help7.398 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple question types7.9120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Google Forms and pdfFiller
    Feature
    Google Forms
    7.0
    110 Ratings
    18% below category average
    pdfFiller
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    Survey logic flexibility7.0110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Google Forms and pdfFiller
    Feature
    Google Forms
    8.4
    122 Ratings
    3% above category average
    pdfFiller
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    Response tracking8.3120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data export8.1116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.9113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports9.286 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics8.594 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Google Forms and pdfFiller
    Feature
    Google Forms
    7.9
    116 Ratings
    9% below category average
    pdfFiller
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    Access controls7.8113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance7.990 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Google Forms and pdfFiller
    Feature
    Google Forms
    7.6
    90 Ratings
    6% below category average
    pdfFiller
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    Vendor-offered crowdsourcing7.842 Ratings00 Ratings
    Respondent restrictions7.588 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score7 out of 10
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    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google FormspdfFiller
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (127 ratings)
    9.1
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (67 ratings)
    9.1
    (25 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (49 ratings)
    9.1
    (29 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Google FormspdfFiller
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Google Forms is great for simple surveys, such as quick polls, but any logic beyond conditional pages is not supported. Google Forms is best used when the survey participants have and are permitted to use a Google Account to fill out the form; we ran into issues with hospital IT departments. I don't believe there's a better free tool out there than Google Forms, though.
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    airSlate, Inc
    I chose to hit #9. I believe we all have abilities to broaden our needs so for the majority you may end up thinking this is a 10 if having used comparison tools or remembering those times when a certain "other" signature and document completion tool didn't go as planned or seemed less familiar. I will always welcome the clients and professionals who need my response to send their documents to me for PDF filling. On the random flip when I have to have communication rapidly flow on the go in a last minute piece of time, these people will receive my PDF™ items. And if tips and tools are necessary, they are rather easily placed where they can be worked out by anyone.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Live results: When a user completes the form the results are added instantly.
    • Easy to create: Google Forms has a simple interface that allows for a wide range of question types. Google will even try to guess the question type based on the question (but this can be overridden).
    • Answers export to Google Sheets: It is easy to have each response to your form add a row to a Google Sheet, allowing for further analysis or processing.
    • Ability to automatically collect email addresses within a domain: If you have a form that has been shared with users in your domain, you can set it to automatically collect the users' email addresses without them needing to type it in. Makes checking whether all students have completed the form easy.
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    airSlate, Inc
    • Create and edit forms with ease.
    • Send forms out for signature and field completion to clients, vendors, and employees.
    • Saved us a ton of time and space around the office, since we have been able to eliminate the fax machine and scanner.
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    Cons
    Google
    • Sometimes finding the output -- a Google Sheet with all responses-- is a little difficult. It's also sometimes confusing to figure out how to get back into the Google Form Survey itself.
    • As always, sharing among an institutional Google account and your personal Google account can be frustrating. You have to make a copy and can't share across the two different accounts very easily.
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    airSlate, Inc
    • multiple users can not login at the same time. When the 2nd user login to the same account, it will logged out the 1st user automatically.
    • For using advanced features of this software users need to pay a lot. It's very expensive.
    • Unavailability of task manager. It can help users to add their tasks on the dashboard itself and give reminders of those tasks.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    I will definitely renew my use of Google Forms because I really like the ease of use and the number of tools that Google forms provide. I also love that I can administer a test in real-time and get results in a timely manner
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    airSlate, Inc
    I will always be a faithful PDFfiller customer. The product has saved me a lot of time over the years and I find a great deal of value in the platform. If I move on to another company someday, PDFfiller will be going with me wherever I go.
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    Usability
    Google
    Overall ease of use for staff, volunteers, and adult learners, and easy to get reports and to share reports via Sheets. As a free tool, it does more than expected. Easy to change the look and brand it to your organization, or just make it more fun, depending on what you want to use it for.
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    airSlate, Inc
    I don't fully understand all the features and I could probably be using it better, especially the templates. The organisation of exisiting files could be better (ie similar to folders on a pc/laptop). I haven't really invested much time into exploring it further than filling out forms; There possibly is an organisation solution I haven't discovered yet
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    In the years I've used GoogleForms I've never ran into any issues with the reliability or availability. Google is a gigantic company with essentially limitless resources which makes it very easy to trust that I will continue to be able to enjoy the same reliability I've come to know and expect from GoogleForms
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    airSlate, Inc
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    Performance
    Google
    One of the things that comes as a benefit of the lack to create complex logic branching and truly custom design is that there isn't lot of room to bog down the software. GoogleForms has always loaded just as fast as my internet service and device would allow it. I'm not sure about front end integrations or integrations into the form itself, as I've never explored it, but on the backend, I've never had any issues with integrations channeling from GoogleForms from the GoogleForms's end of things.
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    airSlate, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Google
    We haven't used much official support for Google Forms. However, because it is so widely used, there are a ton of articles and guides available online to help administrators of varying technical abilities to work through problems that arise. Additionally, Google provides an official support forum where there are discussions with other users as well as Google developers that can help address issues if needed.
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    airSlate, Inc
    If you need help, you can easily search for it and find online tutorials that walk you through how to do specific things step by step. You do not have to read a 20 page manual or sit for a 10 hour training session, it is refreshing that you can take it at your own pace and learn things as you need to
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Google Forms doesn't really require "implementation": simply log into GDrive and create a survey! You can configure settings per survey to, for example, automatically write responses to a GSheet.
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    airSlate, Inc
    When I was hired on by my current company I was already a paying customer, so I just brought it with me. Once I showed our President/Founder how simple it was to use for our contracts, agreements, and NDAs, it has been a staple in our company ever since. That was almost 3 years ago. We've closed quicker because of the speed at which we can turn signed docs around.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Although both platforms offer similar functionalities, Google Form has a personal advantage and it is the impeccable integration with the different applications of the Google suite, this allows to make use of all of them in a transparent way, which in the work environment allows to perform work efficiently and without affecting the quality of it.
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    airSlate, Inc
    I have used other editors such as Adobe Acrobat and, in my opinion, for the money Adobe costs, if the need is just to edit pdf I would go with PDFfiller. It is a really easy tool to use. It's learning curve is not that steep and it does pretty much everything I need from it.
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    Scalability
    Google
    GoogleForms lacks the ability for complex logic branching and the ability to truly design it in a custom manner. It's pretty obvious when you land on a GoogleForm that it is in fact a GoogleForm. This rating solely reflects the lack of flexibility which in turn makes it something that wouldn't usually be scaled. That being said, if needing to scale a simple solution, GoogleForms would be up for the job.
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    airSlate, Inc
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • High positive impact and return of investment; easy to use and seamlessly integrated with current Google Drive and Suite
    • Ability to create surveys on demand and quickly, saving time and energy
    • Easy to train others in using Google Forms so that there is not a bottleneck of knowledge
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    airSlate, Inc
    • not traveling with a printer
    • able to do work a lot faster
    • documents always look very professional
    • all the paperwork i need to fill out is typed, not handwritten into forms which looks much more professional. Almost as if I had an assistant to type out my documents
    • I love the fact that I can make an edit to an existing PDF. I dont have to go back and forth and ask for editable copies of word documents, etc.
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