Google Forms - quick and simple
July 13, 2016

Google Forms - quick and simple

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Forms

A whole group of students used Google forms to gather data for their research and projects.
  • Easy to set up
  • Available anywhere
  • Friendly user interface even for non-tech users
  • Spreadsheet with form answers could be more flexible
  • Offline availability
  • More templates
The alternative I have considered was to build and host my own survey. I chose Google Forms on projects where I had less time to build all of that setup. However, on some projects, I needed offline availability and, therefore, I had to go with a custom solution given that Google Forms won't work offline at all.
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If you cannot afford creating and hosting your own survey technology, Google Forms is more than appropriate.

Google Forms Feature Ratings

Survey templates
8
Themes
7
Custom logo/branding
7
Changes to live survey
8
Question design help
8
Multiple question types
10
Survey logic flexibility
8
Response tracking
7
Data export
10
Standard reports
9
Custom reports
Not Rated
Analytics
8
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing
Not Rated
Respondent restrictions
Not Rated
Access controls
10
Compliance
8