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Is Microsoft Forms free to use?

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Mia Ramsey

Published Mar 23, 2026

Today, we’re excited to announce the availability of Microsoft Forms for personal use. It is free for anyone with a Microsoft account, with premium features such as an expanded number of respondents and more templates available to Microsoft 365 Personal and Microsoft 365 Family subscribers.

Does Microsoft have something like Google forms?

Microsoft Forms is Microsoft’s answer to Google Forms, and it works largely in the same way, but with more data analysis functionality thanks to its integration with Excel. Adding questions to Microsoft Forms is fast and simple: add a question, choose the answer format, and type in your questions and response options.

Who can use Microsoft Forms?

Who can use Microsoft Forms? Microsoft Forms is generally available to Office 365 Education customers, Microsoft 365 Apps for business customers, and users with a Microsoft account (Hotmail, Live, or Outlook.com).

Does Google have a forms app?

Sadly, Google Forms doesn’t have a dedicated Android or iOS apps as of now. You will have to create a form through a mobile browser of your choice from Google Forms website. You can then add more questions of various types, change the theme, view responses, and more all through the website on the mobile browser.

What’s the difference between Microsoft Forms and Google Forms?

Both the services have support for spreadsheets. Google Forms supports Sheets, and MS Forms supports MS Excel. The difference is how they accomplish the task of linking spreadsheets. The good news is that Google Forms stores everything in the cloud.

What is the cost of Google Forms?

Plans and pricing Google Forms is completely free for individual Google users. All you need is a Google account, which is itself free as well. Forms is also available for businesses as part of G Suite, which starts at $6 per user per month.

Is Google Forms free of cost?

Collect and organise information big and small with Google Forms. Free of charge.

Can anyone use Microsoft Forms?

Is there any app for Microsoft Forms?

PowerApps is mobile-friendly and can run on web browsers or on phones. Microsoft PowerApps and Forms are included in your university provided Office 365 license and are compatible with iOS, Android and Windows devices.

Is there a Microsoft Forms app?

Microsoft Forms is optimized for Internet Explorer 11, Edge, Chrome (latest version), Firefox (latest version), Chrome on Android (latest version), and Safari on iOS (latest version).

Is Google Forms app safe?

Yes, Google Forms responses are stored in a worksheet that can only be accessed through a Google account login. The transmission of data uses SSL to encrypt the data during transport (but not in storage!) The data is as secure as most other systems which take survey data and store it.

Can Google Forms be used without a Google account?

While you can fill out Google Forms without having a Google account (unless the person that created the form clicked a required sign-in box), you’ll need a Google account to create a Google Form.