Forms & Surveys
Microsoft Forms
Simple forms and quizzes bundled with Microsoft 365 and Teams.
4.4· 454 reviews· via G2Founded 2016 · Redmond, WA
What is Microsoft Forms?
Microsoft Forms is a lightweight tool for building surveys, quizzes, and polls, included with Microsoft 365. Aimed at educators and business users, it collects responses and shows real-time results that flow into Excel and other Microsoft apps.
Best known for: Simple surveys and quizzes bundled with Microsoft 365 and Teams
Key features
- Surveys, quizzes, and polls
- Real-time response analytics
- Auto-graded quizzes for education
- Excel export of responses
- Branching and conditional questions
- Teams and SharePoint integration
Who Microsoft Forms is best for
- Organizations standardized on Microsoft 365 and Teams
- Quick internal polls, quizzes, and staff feedback
- Schools and enterprises that need forms inside their existing tenant
Ideal team: Microsoft 365 organizations and schools of any size who want lightweight forms inside the tools their staff already use.
Microsoft Forms pricing
Free
$0
- Included with a Microsoft account
- Up to 200 responses
- Quizzes & polls
Business Basic
$7/per user / mo
- Web/mobile Office apps
- Teams & Exchange
- Higher response limits
Popular
Business Standard
$14/per user / mo
- Desktop Office apps
- Webinars
- Copilot Chat
Business Premium
$22/per user / mo
- Advanced security
- Device management
- Threat protection
Costs to watch before you commit
- Free/standalone use caps responses (≈200); higher limits require a paid M365 subscription.
- Microsoft rebalanced M365 list prices in July 2026 (Basic $7, Standard $14).
- Advanced branching and analytics are thinner than dedicated survey tools.
Top Microsoft Forms alternatives
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PaperformDocument-style forms that feel like a web page, with payments built in.
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Google FormsFree, unlimited forms and quizzes wired straight into Google Sheets.
Gravity FormsThe developer-favorite forms plugin for self-hosted WordPress sites.
SurveyMonkeyThe category-defining survey platform with a huge template and question bank.