Google Surveys is great for quick answers to simple questions
February 17, 2022
Google Surveys is great for quick answers to simple questions

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Google Surveys
I've actually used Google Surveys more with the nonprofit group I'm with than in my career position, but all the times I've used it I found it easy to set up. I've also found it easy to get results, you can share within the Google Docs environment and you can add other users to help with the survey. We have used Google Surveys for everything from (at my job) collecting student data in regards to particular focus group functions, regarding program activity and engagement, and about the location of our college, in general. For the nonprofit, we've used Google Surveys to gather information about our members, ask members specific questions regarding individual teams and their work or visits they've attended with their therapy animals. We've also collected voting data for our board elections, and otherwise and generally have used it to measure the pulse of how our members are feeling (during the pandemic) about continuing with Happy Tails as a member or if they felt more comfortable waiting until after the pandemic is over.
Pros
- Measure the pulse of how our members are feeling (yes/no questions, multiple-choice questions).
- Learn how students are doing with specific projects (textual-based questions, essay-type answers).
- Run an election for board members (use of the "other" notation so that people can write in their own choices).
Cons
- It's a little cumbersome in its "form" in that you might have to wait a bit for something to come up for you to choose.
- Using Data Studio is great but if you don't have experience with it there's quite a learning curve.
- It's more digital than printable...
- It has given us easy access to simple questions that we needed to ask our members/students, etc.
- We like how the data is displayed (results) - it has helped people see the visual aspects of what we are trying to accomplish.
- We've been able to get surveys out to people quickly in the time of the pandemic to ask the questions we need to ask without having to sign up for any time of membership (pay per survey, basically).
We used Google Surveys a couple of times because it was easy to set up a quick set of questions. We also liked that it created a visual of the data and fed our analytics. But overall, we've remained with Qualtrics because many of our surveys are complicated and found it difficult to use Google Surveys for more complicated types of questions (nested questions, question trees, etc.).
Do you think Google Surveys delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Google Surveys's feature set?
Yes
Did Google Surveys live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Google Surveys go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Google Surveys again?
Yes
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