Google Forms Comparision
Features | SchoolStream standard plan | Google Forms standard plan |
| Subscription Options | Pay-as-you-go | Monthly or annual subscription per user |
| Only pay for what you’ve used | fix cost even your usage is low | |
| Subscription Pricing | FREE Unlimited Users | $12 per user/month Based on the statistics of 2023 |
| $0.059 /Form Instance (Personal Account); $0.089/Form Instance (Business Account); | ||
| Return on Investment (ROI) | > 200% | ? |
| Labor hours + Material Savings | Not available | |
| Value for the Money | Highest | ? |
| Based on customer feedback | Not available | |
Workflow Automation | ||
| Connecting multiple workflows | ✔ | |
| Conditional Routing | ✔ | |
| Time-triggered temporary replacement of recipients | ✔ | |
| Hot-swap of recipients | ✔ Can switch recipients any time, system will try to rerout forms | |
| Process multiple forms in one workflow | ✔ | |
| Muti-Actions at different routing levels (Approve, Deny, Send emails, etc.) | ✔ | |
| Revision/Resubmit | ✔ | |
| Send status notification to additional collaborators | ✔ | |
| Process multiple webpages | ✔ | ✔ |
| Can link to other applications | ✔ | ✔ |
Information container (Forms, Webpages, other documents) | ||
| User design effort | No Effort | Significant Effort |
| Free customization if shared in CN ecosystem | ||
| Forms | 400+ form templates | Limited form templates |
| adding more every day | ||
| Common fields of all information collectors within a package | ✔ system synchronizes common fields across all forms | |
| Form Design Tools | ✔ | ✔ |
| Websites | ✔ | |
| Image Links | ✔ | ✔ |
| Video links | ✔ | ✔ |
| Upload attachment document | ✔ | |
| Other Form links | ✔ | |
| Private & Public Forms | ✔ | |
| Covert to standard government PDF forms | ✔ | |
| Package: a collection of related forms share common data | ✔ | |
| Customized fields positions in a Form | ✔ | |
Security and Information Sharing | ||
| Admin-defined roles and role authorities | ✔ | |
| Admin-controlled collaborator’s role assignment | ✔ | |
| Role-based access to form fields and information container | ✔ | |
| Role-based access to all CN features | ✔ | |
| Customize services for data visualization and reporting | ✔ | |
Automatic Filling | ||
| Integrated automatic filing all forms and Information Containers | ✔ | |
| File Archiving | ✔ Available for Business Account | |
Ease of Maintance | ||
| Easy to reconfigure workflow and reciepients when change happens | ✔ | |
| Filing system helps organizing and finding all processed workflows and forms | ✔ | |
| Configurable catergorization helps organizing the workflows | ✔ | |
| Single Sign On (SSO) with Microsoft Azure Active Directory | ✔ | |
| 24/7 Support | ✔ | |
| Form and information container conversion and customization services | ✔ | |
| Workflow design and consulting services | ✔ | |
| Application development services | ✔ | |
| System integration services | ✔ | |
| File Archiving feature to store historical data for auditing | ✔ | |