Comparison
Google Forms is free, widely available, and good for simple use cases. This page covers where it falls short for teams that need roles, approval, richer logic, or EU hosting. Prices are as of the last-verified date and are geo-localized (USD shown here). SurveyBaker's own pricing is in NOK — see honest pricing.
Last verified: 2026-06-23
Google Forms supports branching, but only at the section level, and only when triggered by a multiple-choice or dropdown question. There is no piping (inserting a prior answer into a later question), no quotas, and no question-level conditional display. SurveyBaker supports question-level conditional logic, piping, and a logic linter that flags broken or unreachable logic before you publish.
Google Forms shares forms through Google Drive, which gives collaborators edit or view access to the form — but there are no roles (editor vs reviewer), no approval step, and no draft/publish staging. Anyone with edit access can change or publish immediately. SurveyBaker includes team roles, an approval step, and staging on the free plan.
There is no standalone upgrade for Google Forms. Adding features means buying all of Google Workspace (US list price): Starter at $7 per user per month (annual), Standard at $14, or Plus at $22. Gemini AI in Forms — including suggested questions and response summaries — unlocks at the Standard tier ($14 per user per month, annual). SurveyBaker's team features, approval workflow, and logic are included at no cost, with no Workspace subscription required.
Google Forms is operated by Google (Alphabet), a US company. SurveyBaker stores survey data in the EU: Supabase, AWS region eu-west-1 (Ireland), on every plan including the free one. Our own platform providers are not EU companies either, so we do not claim to be beyond the reach of foreign disclosure law. What we claim is that EU storage is the default here, not a paid upgrade.
Yes. Google Forms is free with any Google account, with no response caps (except file-upload forms, which are bounded by Google Drive storage). There is no standalone paid version of Forms — upgrading means buying all of Google Workspace.
Only at the section level, and only off multiple-choice or dropdown questions. Google Forms does not support piping, quotas, or compound conditions.
No. Google Forms uses Google Drive sharing (co-editing) with no role-based access and no approval workflow. SurveyBaker includes both on the free plan.
No. There is no standalone upgrade for Forms. Getting Gemini AI in Forms requires a Workspace Standard plan at $14 per user per month (annual), which includes the full Workspace suite.
Google Forms is operated by Google (Alphabet), a US company. SurveyBaker stores survey data in the EU (Supabase, eu-west-1 — AWS Ireland) on every plan, including the free one. Our own platform providers are not EU companies either, so the difference is where data is stored by default — not immunity from foreign disclosure law.
Google Forms facts on this page were checked against the vendor's own public pages on the date below. Prices and plan limits are geo-localized and change over time — if you spot something outdated, tell us and we will re-verify.
Last verified: 2026-06-23