Top Free Alternatives to Google Forms

Stop paying expensive subscriptions for Forms & Surveys tools. Discover the best free and open-source replacements for Google Forms.

Why switch from Google Forms?

Google Forms has a dated design and harvests respondent data. Open-source form tools offer beautiful modern interfaces, direct database storage, and complete privacy for user responses.

Tally

Free / Premium Paid
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The simplest way to create forms. Write like a document, and get beautiful forms for free.

Key Features

  • Notion-like keyboard shortcuts
  • Unlimited forms & responses
  • Payment collection integration
  • Conditional logic & calculations

Pros

  • + Most beautiful and intuitive form builder on the web
  • + 99% of features are completely free
  • + Highly customizable layout and styling

Cons

  • - Not fully open-source (uses a freemium model)
  • - Self-hosting is not available (cloud only)

Formbricks

Free / Open Source
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Build forms and receive & manage submission data in one platform

Key Features

  • 100% data control
  • Self-hostable
  • No vendor lock-in
  • Community-driven

Pros

  • + Ownership of your data
  • + Flexible and customisable
  • + Cost-effective

Cons

  • - Requires server setup
  • - Smaller commercial support