ToolGPAOctober 2026

Forms & Surveys

The Insider’s Guide

Build forms and surveys and collect the answers.

Google Forms
Tally
LimeSurvey
Jotform
Fillout
HeyForm

Every one we grade, what they cost, the best buy at each budget and the three to look at first.

Checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com

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01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the Forms & Surveys page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing

31

form and survey tools we grade, from their own pages

Build forms and surveys and collect the answers.

Before you choose, here are 8 things to know about form and survey tools, worked out from every one we grade.

1
We grade 31 form and survey tools
27 of them are free or have a free plan, and 3 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.
2
Paid plans start at $21 a month in the middle
From $4.92 (Gravity Forms) to $99 (QuestionPro), going by what each one's paid plans start at.
3
Best value: Jotform, Zoho Forms, Google Forms and Gravity Forms
Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.
4
8 of 31 have iPhone and Android apps
31 run in a web browser and 0 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.
5
The middle GPA is 2.4
2 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is Google Forms, at 3.2.
6
Best free option: Google Forms
Google Forms has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.2. Form, survey and quiz builder that comes with a Google Account.
7
27 worth keeping, 0 you could make
By our keep-or-make rules, 27 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 4 are a close call.
8
2 price changes in the past year
That's how many price moves we've recorded for form and survey tools in twelve months. Prices change, so check the maker's page before you pay.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three form and survey tools we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1st
3.2GPA
Google Forms
Free plan · from $7/mo
For: Most people
Google Forms builds forms, surveys and quizzes in a browser, shares them by link, email or embed, and charts the answers as they arrive or stores them in a linked Google Sheet. It is free with a personal Google Account. Questions can branch on earlier answers, and a form can become a quiz with point values and answer keys. Know the limits: no dedicated mobile app is listed, file upload questions require respondents to sign in to a Google Account, and there is no standalone paid plan. The business version comes inside Google Workspace, from $7 per user a month with a 1-year commitment, and drafting a form with Gemini needs Business Standard or higher or a Google AI plan.
The Google Forms Insider’s Guide
2nd
2.8GPA
Tally
Free plan · from $24/mo
For: Anyone who wants a fuller form builder without paying
Tally works like a text document: you type questions onto a page and insert input blocks. Its free plan allows unlimited forms and submissions within a fair use policy, with conditional logic and file uploads, and it adds payments, signatures and calculations, which Google Forms' listing does not have. Submissions can be sent on to Notion, Google Sheets, Airtable or Slack. It is second because the free plan shows Tally branding on forms: removing it, custom domains and team collaboration all need Pro at $24 a month, billed yearly. Free file uploads stop at 10 MB per file, and sustained volumes around 50,000 submissions a month lead to a custom plan.
The Tally Insider’s Guide
3rd
2.4GPA
LimeSurvey
Free plan · from $39/mo
For: Researchers, and anyone who must keep answers on their own server
LimeSurvey is an open-source survey tool. Its free Community Edition installs on your own server, so response data stays on infrastructure you control, and the hosted LimeSurvey Cloud has a free plan. Surveys can use skip logic, branching, quotas and randomization, run in several languages, and export to SPSS, R and Stata. It is third because it is built for surveys more than everyday forms and asks more of you: the free edition has to be installed and run on a server, the free cloud plan has limits on responses and administrators that the pricing page does not state, and hosted prices vary by country: a June 2026 copy of the US page lists Basic at $39 a month for 1,000 responses.
The LimeSurvey Insider’s Guide

Part 03 · Pricing

What they cost

What paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans

$21

A month to start, in the middle of those that charge

Going by our grades, Jotform, Zoho Forms, Google Forms and Gravity Forms give the most for the money among form and survey tools: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $21 a month across the 31 that charge, from $4.92 (Gravity Forms) to $99 (QuestionPro).

10 of the 31 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 2 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

The best buy at each budget

Up to $5 a month
Gravity Forms
Starts at $4.92 a month when paid by the year. Nothing at that price or less scores higher.
Up to $10 a month
Zoho Forms
Starts at $10 a month. Nothing at that price or less scores higher.

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 31 form and survey tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. The green line is the best score at each price.

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

The best free ones

Google Forms
Free plan · Free plan · from $7/mo
3.2
Jotform
Free plan · Free plan · from $34/mo
3.0
Fillout
Free plan · Free plan · from $15/mo
2.8
HeyForm
Free plan · Free plan · from $15/mo
2.8
OpnForm
Free plan · Free plan · from $25/mo
2.8
Tally
Free plan · Free plan · from $24/mo
2.8

Part 04 · Grades

The grades

The highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject

3.2

The highest GPA, Google Forms's

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 12 highest graded form and survey tools, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
Google Forms	A	A	C	B	B	3.2
Jotform	C	C	A	A	B	3.0
Fillout	B	B	B	C	B	2.8
HeyForm	B	B	B	C	B	2.8
OpnForm	C	A	B	C	B	2.8
Tally	C	A	B	C	B	2.8
Youform	C	A	B	C	B	2.8
Zoho Forms	B	C	B	B	B	2.8
Zoho Survey	A	C	B	C	B	2.8
forms.app	C	B	B	C	B	2.6
KoboToolbox	C	C	A	C	B	2.6
Microsoft Forms	A	C	C	B	C	2.6

How the whole category does

Each bar is every form and survey tool we grade, cut by the letter it got on that subject.

Value for money
avg 2.2
Free plan and trial
avg 2.4
Features
avg 2.8
Ease of use
avg 2.2
Platforms and integrations
avg 2.9

Part 05 · Keep or make

Keep or make?

Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself

0

Simple enough to make yourself, of 31

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where form and survey tools land, by the same rules for every tool.

27
Keep it
It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.
4
Your call
You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.
0
You could make this
What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Worth keeping

Google Forms
The plain part of Google Forms you could make: forms, surveys, templates and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Jotform
To replace Jotform you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Fillout
To replace Fillout you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
HeyForm
To replace HeyForm you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.

Part 06 · Every tool

Every tool

All of them, best graded first, with what each costs

31

Tools, best graded first

Every form and survey tool we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

Part 07 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two

7

Questions, each answered in a line or two

What are the best form and survey tools?

Google Forms first, Tally second, LimeSurvey third. Google Forms is for most people.

Which form and survey tools give the most for the money?

Jotform, Zoho Forms, Google Forms and Gravity Forms. Each is the highest-scoring tool at its price or below: Gravity Forms scores 2.3 out of 4 and starts at $4.92 a month when paid by the year; Google Forms scores 2.7 out of 4 and starts at $7 a month for each person; Zoho Forms scores 3.0 out of 4 and starts at $10 a month; Jotform scores 3.7 out of 4 and starts at $34 a month.

Which form and survey tools are best for under $10 a month?

Zoho Forms, with a score of 3.0 out of 4: the highest among the 5 that start at $10 a month or less.

Which form and survey tools cost the most for what they offer?

On this chart, Heyflow (starts at $49 a month, scores 2.3 out of 4, and 18 tools score higher for less), LimeSurvey (starts at $39 a month, scores 2.3 out of 4, and 17 tools score higher for less) and FlexiQuiz (starts at $17 a month, scores 2.0 out of 4, and 9 tools score higher for less).

How much do form and survey tools cost?

The middle starting price is $21 a month: half of the 31 form and survey tools with a recurring price start below that and half above.

How is the score on this chart worked out?

It is the average of three of the five grades ToolGPA gives every tool: features, ease of use, and platforms and integrations, with an A worth 4 and an F worth 0.

How does ToolGPA grade form and survey tools?

Five grades, A to F, for value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them.

Part 08 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

3,189

Tools graded, in 94 categories

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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94
categories
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price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries

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Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what each tool’s pages, app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Product names are trademarks of their owners, and no maker made, paid for or approved this guide. Prices and plans change: check each maker’s own site before you buy.