Jotform vs Google Forms
Jotform or Google Forms? Here is how they compare on price, free plan, platforms and the jobs each does best, from each vendor's own pages.
| Compared on | Visit | Visit |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Form builder with payments through 40+ gateways, AI form generation and 100 free submissions a month | Google's form and quiz builder, free with a Google Account, with responses that flow into Google Sheets |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | $34/mo billed annually (Bronze)Jotform pricing | $7/user/mo billed annually (Business Starter)Google Forms pricing |
| What it covers | Single user; $408 billed yearly; 25 forms, 1,000 submissions a month, 100,000 form views, 100 payment submissions and 100 signed documents a month, 1 GB uploads; branding removable. Charged in EUR in Europe. | $8.40 per user a month on the Flexible Plan (no commitment) or $7 per user a month on the Annual Plan ($84 per user a year). Starter, Standard and Plus can be bought for up to 300 users. |
| Free trial | None stated | 14-day free trial of Google Workspace for new customers, for up to 10 users; billing details needed, charged only after the trial |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web |
| Integrations (vendor's figure) | 200+ integrations, including Zapier, Google Sheets, Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe and PayPal | Not stated |
| Open source | No | No |
| Made by | Jotform Inc. | Google LLC |
Choose Jotform if…
- You want a mobile app (iOS and Android).
- The job is collecting payments, orders and donations through a form.
- The job is healthcare intake forms that need HIPAA features.
Choose Google Forms if…
- The job is quick surveys, quizzes and sign-up forms at no cost.
- The job is teams that already keep their data in Google Sheets and Google Workspace.
Still weighing it up?
If neither is quite right, Jotform and Google Forms are also compared with their other rivals: Google Forms vs Microsoft Forms, Typeform vs Jotform and Typeform vs Google Forms.
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What Jotform does
- Drag-and-drop form builder with conditional logic, 500+ widgets and form templates
- AI Form Generator: describe a form in a prompt, then chat to change its content and design
- AI Agents that answer respondents' questions by chat, voice or SMS, with monthly conversation limits per plan
- AI Data Assistant that builds tables, insights and charts from submissions
- Payments through 40+ gateways including Square, PayPal, Stripe and Authorize.Net, with no extra Jotform transaction fee
- Integrations including Google Sheets, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Mailchimp and Zapier
Watch out for
- Starter allows 5 active forms and 100 submissions a month, with Jotform branding
- Bronze, Silver and Gold are single-user plans; multi-user accounts need Enterprise
- HIPAA features need Gold or Enterprise
What Google Forms does
- Multiple question types arranged with drag-and-drop, plus premade survey and questionnaire templates
- Logic that shows relevant questions based on previous answers, and quizzes that test knowledge
- Automatic real-time charts of responses and raw-data export to Google Sheets
- Gemini "Help me create a form" builds a form from a prompt, or from Docs, Sheets, Slides and PDF files (eligible Workspace or Google AI plan)
- Gemini summaries of open-text answers, plus actionable insights for forms with at least 12 responses and 3 questions (eligible plan)
- Share by email, link or social media, or embed on a website; collaborators edit and analyze results together
Watch out for
- Its pages do not describe collecting payments in a form
- Gemini form creation and response summaries need an eligible Google Workspace or Google AI plan
- Gemini summaries need 3 to 200 responses, skip quiz responses and are not saved
Questions
Is Jotform or Google Forms cheaper?
They price different things, so neither is simply cheaper. Jotform's entry price, $34/mo billed annually (Bronze), is for the whole plan; Google Forms's, $7/user/mo billed annually (Business Starter), is per user or seat. Price the number of people, channels or contacts you have on each.
Do Jotform and Google Forms have free plans?
Both do. Jotform: Starter: 5 active forms, 100 submissions a month, 10,000 form views a month, 100 MB upload space, 500 stored submissions, 10 payment submissions and 10 signed documents a month, 100 fields per form, 5 AI Agents with 100 conversations a month; Jotform branding. Google Forms: Free with a personal Google Account. Google's pages read do not state a form or response limit; files count toward the 15 GB of storage free Google Drive users get. Gemini features need an eligible paid plan.