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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

    Slido

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ASlido is an audience interaction platform that helps users to get the most out of meetings and events by crowdsourcing top questions and engaging participants with live polls and quizzes. From internal communications professionals to team leaders, conference organizers, and individual presenters, Slido can be used by those looking to enable open conversation at a live or virtual meeting. Slido works with popular video conferencing and presentation platforms and integrates with Microsoft…

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    Pricing
    Google FormsSlido
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Engage (one-time)
    $49.00
    Engage (EDU annual)
    $72.00
    Professional (EDU annual)
    $120.00
    Engage (annual)
    $144.00
    Professional (one-time)
    $199.00
    Professional (annual)
    $720.00
    Institution (EDU annual)
    $720.00
    Premium (one-time)
    $999.00
    Enterprise (annual)
    $2400.00
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google FormsSlido
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$144 per year
    Additional Details—Additional users are extra $100.00 - $600.00
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Google FormsSlido
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Cisco
    Chose Slido
    As Slido integrates well with other cisco tools like webex, we selected it over others.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slido
    As we already work with Cisco that was a big bonus in our decision. But otherwise Slido presented itself as the best candidate as we were already used to it and provided great value, as well it provided integration with other products we use out of the box. And provided …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slido
    They have many similar features but we chose Slido because of the changes and the acceptance that everyone has given it, such as the quizzes, the polls, everything is very interactive and that makes us choose the product. Since the audience feels that they are taking their …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    64 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    68 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    65 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    60 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    67 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    41 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    49 Answers
    Features
    Google FormsSlido
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Google Forms and Slido
    Feature
    Google Forms
    6.7
    123 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Slido
    -
    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 Slido
    Feature
    Google Forms
    8.0
    121 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Slido
    -
    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 Slido
    Feature
    Google Forms
    7.0
    110 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Slido
    -
    Ratings
    Survey logic flexibility7.0110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Google Forms and Slido
    Feature
    Google Forms
    8.4
    122 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Slido
    -
    Ratings
    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 Slido
    Feature
    Google Forms
    7.9
    116 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Slido
    -
    Ratings
    Access controls7.8113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance7.990 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Google Forms and Slido
    Feature
    Google Forms
    7.6
    90 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Slido
    -
    Ratings
    Vendor-offered crowdsourcing7.842 Ratings00 Ratings
    Respondent restrictions7.588 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Google Forms and Slido
    Feature
    Google Forms
    -
    Ratings
    Slido
    9.1
    8 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.18 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Google Forms and Slido
    Feature
    Google Forms
    -
    Ratings
    Slido
    9.1
    7 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings9.27 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.45 Ratings
    Event registration00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Google Forms and Slido
    Feature
    Google Forms
    -
    Ratings
    Slido
    9.1
    9 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings9.29 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings9.29 Ratings
    Presentation Streaming00 Ratings8.76 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Google Forms and Slido
    Feature
    Google Forms
    -
    Ratings
    Slido
    8.7
    7 Ratings
    6% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    Audience Engagement
    Comparison of Audience Engagement features of Google Forms and Slido
    Feature
    Google Forms
    -
    Ratings
    Slido
    9.1
    35 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Quizzes00 Ratings9.635 Ratings
    Survey Features00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
    Gamification Features00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Engagement Tracking Tools00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google FormsSlido
    Small Businesses
    Jotform
    Score8.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qualaroo
    Score7 out of 10
    Mentimeter
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    QuestionPro
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Mentimeter
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google FormsSlido
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (127 ratings)
    9.5
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (67 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (49 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google FormsSlido
    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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    Cisco
    How was it well suited to me? - The leaderboard and freedom to edit the quiz. The fastest finger quiz to announce the winner based on fairness. The ease of login through QR Scanner. Also, it did not pinch my pocket at all. The best part is this $25 earning opportunity via feedback :-). And the list goes on... The less appropriate part was mentioned earlier in ways that I see improvements with Slido, coming to utilize Slido everywhere and in various ways. Overall, I love the AI suggestions.
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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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    Cisco
    • Slido integrates well with Microsoft PowerPoint which is very much useful for us.
    • The post poll dashboard reports are very much insightful.
    • Shareable links are created easily with Slido. Also, this saves a lot of time and manual effort for us.
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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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    Cisco
    • I miss the Slack integration; they used to have this and they deprecated it in the last year or so.
    • I believe they have a nice integration for PowerPoint, would be nice if they had something similar with google slides since that is what we typically use internally.
    • We use the word cloud feature often and sometimes answers seem to get lost (as in don't show up at all) on the screen. for example, an answer will be there, then as more answers come in it disappears, and when we get to a certain threshold of answers it somehow pops back up again. It's not the worst but sometimes someone will ping me that their submission didn't make the word cloud and they're bummed.
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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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    Cisco
    It gives High engagement of audience or trainees during live workshops and easily connect with other software. Ease of use for both participants and host for live interaction and workshops. Since it doesn't require any app to download and can be used via browser. It understands the issue of users and gives updates time to time.
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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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    Cisco
    Overall, it is a handy tool. We do not use it too often in meetings; we started using it creatively for quizzes and Q&A with radio/TV audiences. Producers or Sponsors often explicitly request the option to include this particular type of interaction, and we are happy to do so. It helps that the setup is easy, so is copying events, etc. I sometimes miss Switcher (for our live events), but I understand the reasons it was phased out
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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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    Cisco
    It is available all the time as it doesn't create issues while using.
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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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    Cisco
    It's great working and doing collaboration. Require more working on page reloading
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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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    Cisco
    I had to use the support for this tool only once. The response was very rapid, very professional and fulfilled my needs immediately. Online support services are sometimes advertised only to lure people into buying the product but and non-existent or difficult to use afterwards. Not with Slido. This was not an automated chatbot and the direct contact really helped me
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    In-Person Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    It was very helpful knowing the software and its features.
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    Online Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    I find that training is very informative as it helps understanding the software usages and implementation. It gives the usgaes area and how to create gamification and live Q&A section so that you can use in live team meetings and workshops. It is very useful in training and webinars where a large pool of people are there.
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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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    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Cisco
    I find Slido a bit easier to use than Poll Everywhere and other live polling software that I've used. While other software offers similar features, I've found that Slido's setup is a bit more intuitive and makes it easier to duplicate polls you've made for reuse. You get the most bang for your buck with Slido's basic plan compared to other polling software's basic tier.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    No everything is working perfectly fine
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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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    Cisco
    It very scalable to large pool audiences during live townhall or meetings.
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    Professional Services
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    It's effective
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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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    Cisco
    • Slido helped us increase student engagement which resulted in improved academic results for our students
    • The Q&A feature helped us answer questions we received from parents and audeince during live events which resulted in increased admissions in our educational institution
    • The gamification of polls and surveys helped us attract a lot of audience and made the meetings interactive
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