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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Reflektive

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AReflektive is an employee performance management platform from the company of the same name in San Francisco, California.N/A
    Pricing
    Google FormsReflektive
    Editions & Modules
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    Google FormsReflektive
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    Google FormsReflektive
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    Reflektive
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    64 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    65 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Google FormsReflektive
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Google Forms and Reflektive
    Feature
    Google Forms
    6.7
    123 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Reflektive
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    Ratings
    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 Reflektive
    Feature
    Google Forms
    8.0
    121 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Reflektive
    -
    Ratings
    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 Reflektive
    Feature
    Google Forms
    7.0
    110 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Reflektive
    -
    Ratings
    Survey logic flexibility7.0110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Google Forms and Reflektive
    Feature
    Google Forms
    8.4
    122 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Reflektive
    -
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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 Reflektive
    Feature
    Google Forms
    7.9
    116 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Reflektive
    -
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    Access controls7.8113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance7.990 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Google Forms and Reflektive
    Feature
    Google Forms
    7.6
    90 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Reflektive
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    Vendor-offered crowdsourcing7.842 Ratings00 Ratings
    Respondent restrictions7.588 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Google Forms and Reflektive
    Feature
    Google Forms
    -
    Ratings
    Reflektive
    10.0
    7 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Google Forms and Reflektive
    Feature
    Google Forms
    -
    Ratings
    Reflektive
    9.4
    7 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Plan weighting00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Manager note taking00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
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    Jotform
    Score8.5 out of 10
    15Five
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Qualaroo
    Score7 out of 10
    Lattice
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    QuestionPro
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google FormsReflektive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (127 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (67 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (49 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 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
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google FormsReflektive
    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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    Reflektive
    Reflektive is well suited for medium to large organizations where cross-functional work is a regular occurrence. It isn't meant to be used for employee reviews, self-reviews, or take the place of a corporate communications platform; rather, it is meant to do one thing - serve as a public soapbox and repository for giving and receiving employee gratitude.
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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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    Reflektive
    • In larger organizations, it is difficult to communicate and share news with everyone without sending all-agency emails. Reflektive lets you provide that feedback or recognition for everyone to see, but saves your inbox from unnecessary emails.
    • The weekly roundup email highlights a few of the most recent recognitions. It’s nice to see a brief highlight, without having to get notifications for each post.
    • Reflektive let’s you tag multiple people in a post, so you can thank a whole team in one post.
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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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    Reflektive
    • Reflektive often didn't do the best job informing users about the product changes we could expect to see.
    • Oftentimes, it was hard to know exactly who would see what in the system. We had to go to our customer service rep for a lot of questions that we wished were more thoroughly explained in the help center.
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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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    Reflektive
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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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    Reflektive
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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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    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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    Reflektive
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    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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    Reflektive
    Reflektive is great with support. From the beginning, when it comes to training materials for those new to Reflektive, to clearly rolling out updates in the interface or releasing new features, everything is very clear and communicated solidly. Support is always available when needed, and answers are easy to find when support is not available.
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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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    Reflektive
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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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    Reflektive
    Reflektive stacks up really well against its competitors because it's in all in one solution. It provides performance management tools, engagement surveys, and analytics. The majority of Reflektive's competitors only provide one of these features at most. Therefore Reflektive's competitors have to purchase multiple tools and HR teams have to use multiple tools for their employees. This creates more work not only for HR teams but for users as well.
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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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    Reflektive
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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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    Reflektive
    • (+) improved company review process.
    • (+) improved company goal tracking and visibility!
    • (+) evolving product offering with a responsive team
    • (-) Functionality to send rewards/gift cards
    • (-) More format options in text boxes
    • (-) Integration of GIFs to make feedback more fun / personable
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