Google Forms vs Paperform: free basics or design freedom?
Google Forms is free, instant, and wired into Sheets, which is hard to beat for quick collection. Paperform is the design led builder that feels like a document you fill in, with payments, calculations, and unusual layout freedom built in. Paperform wins our overall score on capability and respondent feel; Google Forms wins, decisively, on cost and simplicity.
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How they score
Scores are our editorial assessment against the VettedSaaS rubric · not vendor supplied.
Feature by feature
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Pricing, side by side
Entry paid tier, billed annuallyPricing as of June 2026. Google Forms is free with a personal account; paid Google Workspace is billed per user from about $7 per user per month, and HIPAA requires a signed BAA on a paid Workspace plan. Paperform offers a free plan capped at 30 submissions per month plus a 7 day trial; Essentials is about $29 per month, Pro about $59 per month for up to 3 users, and Business about $129 per month for up to 5 users, with extra user fees above the included seats. Check the vendor for current pricing.