FlexiQuiz vs Microsoft Forms
We give FlexiQuiz a 2.0 GPA and Microsoft Forms a 2.6, out of 4.0. Microsoft Forms grades higher on value for money and ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
FlexiQuiz
Online quiz and test maker with auto-grading and learner portals
Microsoft Forms
Survey, quiz and poll builder included with Microsoft 365
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAFlexiQuizFair | 2.6GPAMicrosoft FormsGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGraded against its alternatives. Essentials is $17 a month billed yearly, $25 monthly, for 500 responses: less than Typeform or Jotform, more than Google Forms quizzes, which are free. Embedding and selling quizzes need Premium at $25, and the API needs Enterprise at $60. | AFree with a personal Microsoft account, and the paid version isn't sold on its own: it rides inside Microsoft 365 from $5.40 per user a month, a fifth of this category's $24 middle, with business email and the Office web apps in the same price. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree for good, with unlimited quizzes and the AI question writer, but each quiz stops at 10 questions and the account at 20 responses a month. One class sitting one test and you're there. | CFree with a personal account, and 400 forms is plenty, but each form or quiz stops at 200 responses. You'll hit that on anything public. The Microsoft 365 trial needs a credit card and converts to a paid plan. |
| Features | CIt does the quiz job fully: marking with points and grades, timers, random order, attempt limits, learner portals, live games and selling access. That's a smaller job than forms in general, though, and the listing puts embedding on Premium and the API on Enterprise. | CThe basics, and Microsoft admits where they stop: surveys, quizzes, polls with branching, real-time charts and Excel export, but its own pages send you to Dynamics 365 Customer Voice for heavier branding and analysis. Nothing here for payments, signatures or calculations. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Each quiz still has to be written and its marking and settings chosen, though the AI generator drafts one from a prompt, a web page or a file. | BNo store rating on record, but if you're on Microsoft 365 there is nothing at all to set up. Open it in a browser, build the form, share a short URL or a QR code. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with nothing to install. Stripe is there for selling from Premium, but the API, webhooks and Zapier all wait for the $60 Enterprise plan, so on most plans it doesn't connect to much. | CWeb only, and the connections all stay inside the family: Excel, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint and Copilot. No API on record, so answers don't easily reach anything that isn't Microsoft's. |
| Best for | tests that mark themselves | surveys and quizzes inside Microsoft 365 |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: FlexiQuiz and Microsoft Forms. How we grade
Price against what you get
FlexiQuiz starts at $17 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Microsoft Forms starts at $5.40 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
Microsoft Forms scores higher and starts $11.60 a month lower. Of the other form and survey tools on the chart, 9 score higher than FlexiQuiz for less, and none scores higher than Microsoft Forms for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- FlexiQuiz starts at $17 per month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly). Microsoft Forms starts at $5.40 per user / month, paid yearly (Business Basic without Teams; $7.00 with Teams).
- FlexiQuiz also covers online courses.
- Microsoft Forms also covers surveys and reports.
At a glance
| FlexiQuiz | Microsoft Forms | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $17 per month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly) | $5.40 per user / month, paid yearly (Business Basic without Teams; $7.00 with Teams) |
| Free plan | Unlimited quizzes with up to 10 questions each, 20 responses a month, 8 question types, the AI question generator and 10 respondent portals. | Free with a personal Microsoft account: up to 400 forms and 200 questions per form, with each form or quiz limited to 200 responses (1,000 on paid personal accounts). |
| Free trial | None listed | One-month free trial of Microsoft 365 business plans; a credit card is required and it converts to a paid subscription |
| Web | ||
| Made by | NextSpark Pty Ltd | Microsoft |
| Price read from | flexiquiz.com | microsoft.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
FlexiQuiz
- Teachers and trainers who want tests marked automatically
- Companies running staff onboarding and compliance assessments
- Course sellers who want to charge for quizzes without a separate store
Microsoft Forms
- Organizations that already pay for Microsoft 365
- Classroom quizzes and quick polls in Teams or PowerPoint
- Internal surveys restricted to people inside one organization
Worth knowing
FlexiQuiz
- The free plan stops at 20 responses a month and 10 questions per quiz.
- The API, webhooks, Zapier, single sign-on and custom CSS are listed only on the $60-a-month Enterprise plan.
- Selling quizzes, custom certificates and embedding on your own site need Premium or higher.
- The terms state there are no refunds, and a subscription must be cancelled at least 3 days before the next payment.
Microsoft Forms
- Forms is not sold on its own; the paid versions come inside Microsoft 365 plans.
- Personal Microsoft accounts are limited to 200 responses per form or quiz when free and 1,000 when paid.
- Each user can create up to 400 forms, with up to 200 questions per form.
- Copilot features need a Copilot license, and Microsoft points to Dynamics 365 Customer Voice for more advanced branding and analysis.
Key features
FlexiQuiz
- Auto-graded quizzes and exams
- Nine question types, from multiple choice to matching and file upload, with points per answer, category scores, custom grades and manual marking for written answers.
- Test settings
- Timers, question randomization, attempt limits, scheduled start and end times, password protection and save-and-resume are available on every paid plan.
- AI question generator
- Generate a scored quiz from a prompt, a URL or an uploaded file: up to 10 questions on the free plan and 50 on paid plans. The help guide says it uses ChatGPT.
- Respondent portals and groups
- Learners log in to a portal to see the quizzes and courses assigned to them; Essentials allows 100 portals, Premium 800 and Enterprise 5,000.
- Live quiz games
- Host real-time quizzes with access codes, speed bonuses and a leaderboard, for up to 100, 200 or 400 players depending on the plan.
- Selling quizzes and courses
- From Premium, put a payment page in front of a quiz or a group of quizzes, with Stripe, coupon codes and no FlexiQuiz transaction fees.
Microsoft Forms
- Surveys, quizzes and polls
- Build surveys, quizzes and polls in a browser. Branching questions collect more detailed information by sending respondents to different follow-ups.
- Real-time charts and Excel export
- Responses appear in real-time charts and automatically generated reports, and can be exported to Excel for custom analysis.
- Copilot in Forms
- With a Microsoft 365 account and a Copilot license, Copilot drafts a form from a prompt, suggests refinements and summarizes results into key findings.
- Quizzes for teaching
- Quizzes assess student progress, can carry videos in their questions and export answers to Excel. Forms is available to Office 365 Education customers.
- Polls inside Microsoft 365 apps
- Polls can be created in Teams, Outlook and PowerPoint, with an allowance of 400 polls on top of the 400-form limit.
- Sharing options and themes
- Distribute a form by short URL, QR code, Outlook, Teams or an embedded link, limit it to specific people in an organization, and restyle it with editable themes.
Plans
FlexiQuiz
Free$0
Unlimited quizzes of up to 10 questions, 20 responses a month and 10 respondent portals.
Essentials$17
per month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly)
1 administrator, 500 responses a month, unlimited questions, live quizzes for up to 100 players, the question bank and 2 GB of storage. $204 a year.
Premium$25
per month, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly)
2 administrators or trainers and 2,000 responses a month, plus learning paths, custom certificates, embedding and selling quizzes or courses. $300 a year.
Enterprise$60
per month, billed yearly ($89 billed monthly)
15 administrators or trainers and 25,000 responses a month, with the API and webhooks, Zapier, single sign-on, custom CSS and phone support. $720 a year.
Enterprise+Custom
Any number of users, higher limits, team training, custom development and a dedicated account manager, through sales.
Microsoft Forms
Microsoft account$0
Forms with a free personal Microsoft account: up to 400 forms, 200 questions per form and 200 responses per form or quiz.
Business Basic (no Teams)$5.40
per user / month, paid yearly
Microsoft 365 with web and mobile Office apps, business email and 1 TB of storage per user. Forms is included, Microsoft Teams is not.
Business Basic$7.00
per user / month, paid yearly
The same plan with Microsoft Teams, for up to 300 users. Work accounts can collect up to 5,000,000 responses per form.
Business Standard with Copilot$23.50
per user / month, paid yearly
Adds desktop versions of the Office apps and Microsoft Copilot in apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.
Business Premium with Copilot$32.00
per user / month, paid yearly
Adds device security and management, threat protection and sensitive-data protection on top of Standard.
Ways to pay less
FlexiQuiz
- Annual discount
Save over 25% with yearly billing
Billed yearly, Essentials is $17 a month instead of $25, Premium $25 instead of $39 and Enterprise $60 instead of $89. FlexiQuiz puts the saving at more than 25%.
Microsoft Forms
- Nonprofit
Business Basic free for eligible nonprofits
Microsoft's nonprofit page lists Microsoft 365 Business Basic, which includes Forms, as a grant that is free for up to 300 users, with staff pricing of $3.50 for Business Standard and $5.50 for Business Premium.
- Education
Office 365 A1 free for eligible schools
Educators and students with an eligible education email address can get Office 365 A1 for free. Microsoft says Forms is available to Office 365 Education customers.
