Google Forms vs Microsoft Forms

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

Google Forms

Form, survey and quiz builder that comes with a Google Account

Free plan · from $7/mo

Microsoft Forms

Survey, quiz and poll builder included with Microsoft 365

Free plan · from $5.40/mo

Where they differ

Google Forms starts at $7 per user / month with a 1-year commitment (Workspace Business Starter). Microsoft Forms starts at $5.40 per user / month, paid yearly (Business Basic without Teams; $7.00 with Teams).
Google Forms also covers templates.

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	Google Forms	Microsoft Forms
Pricing	Free plan	Free plan
Starts at	$7 per user / month with a 1-year commitment (Workspace Business Starter)	$5.40 per user / month, paid yearly (Business Basic without Teams; $7.00 with Teams)
Free plan	Free with a personal Google Account at forms.google.com. Workspace Essentials Starter, a no-cost edition for work email addresses, also includes Forms. Gemini form drafting needs an eligible paid plan.	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	14-day Google Workspace trial for new customers, limited to 10 users; billing details required	One-month free trial of Microsoft 365 business plans; a credit card is required and it converts to a paid subscription
Web
Made by	Google	Microsoft
Price read from	knowledge.workspace.google.com	microsoft.com
Checked	Oct 5, 2026	Oct 5, 2026

Google Forms

Microsoft Forms

Google Forms

There is no standalone paid Forms plan; the business version comes only inside Google Workspace, with Gmail, Drive and Meet.
Google's help pages describe using Forms in a mobile web browser on Android, iPhone and iPad; no dedicated mobile app is listed.
File upload questions require respondents to sign in to a Google Account and cannot be used on forms stored in a shared drive.
Help me create a form is desktop-only, cannot yet build multi-section forms, and needs Business Standard or higher or a Google AI plan.

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.

Google Forms

Drag-and-drop form editor: Choose from multiple question types, reorder them by dragging, and add images or videos. File upload questions save submissions to a folder in the owner's Google Drive.
Answer-based logic: Show questions based on earlier answers, so each respondent only goes through the sections that apply to them.
Quizzes with answer keys: Turn a form into a quiz with point values and answer keys on supported question types, and attach a written or YouTube explanation to an answer.
Response charts and Google Sheets: Answers are charted in a Summary tab as they arrive and can be stored in a new or existing Google Sheet for deeper analysis.
Templates and themes: Start from premade survey and questionnaire templates, then set colors, images and fonts to match an organization's branding.
Help me create a form: Gemini drafts a form from a prompt or from Drive files such as Docs, Sheets, Slides and PDFs. It works on desktop and needs an eligible Workspace or Google AI plan.

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.

Google Forms

Personal Google Account$0
Forms, surveys and quizzes for personal use, with response charts and a linked Google Sheet.
Business Starter$7
per user / month, 1-year commitment ($8.40 flexible)
Google Workspace with 30 GB pooled storage per user. Gemini in Workspace apps is listed as limited.
Business Standard$14
per user / month, 1-year commitment ($16.80 flexible)
2 TB pooled storage per user. The lowest Business edition that Google lists for Help me create a form.
Business Plus$22
per user / month, 1-year commitment ($26.40 flexible)
5 TB pooled storage per user, plus Vault, eDiscovery and advanced endpoint management.
EnterpriseCustom
No minimum or maximum user count, with data loss prevention and data regions; priced through Google 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.

Google Forms

Annual discount
Lower rate with a 1-year commitment
Business Starter costs $7 per user per month on the Annual/Fixed-Term Plan versus $8.40 on the Flexible Plan. Standard drops from $16.80 to $14 and Plus from $26.40 to $22.
Nonprofit
Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0
Eligible nonprofits get Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0 per user, or Business Standard at $3.50 and Business Plus at $6.16 per user per month on a 1-year commitment.
Education
Education Fundamentals at no charge
Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, which includes Forms, is available at no charge to qualifying institutions.

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.