The best alternative to Microsoft Forms
Microsoft Forms is a solid tool for internal surveys inside M365. For public-facing forms, that's a different story.
Microsoft Forms is free with any Microsoft account (200 responses per form) or bundled into M365: the Personal plan ($6.99/mo) raises the limit to 1,000 responses, and any Business or Education plan reaches 5,000,000 responses per form. That's a generous limit — the problem isn't volume, it's that it's still an internal data-collection tool, not a form builder built for the public.
Why switch
What Microsoft Forms isn't built to do
Microsoft Forms was built for internal M365 surveys, not for public forms that capture orders, look like your brand, or speak the language of whoever fills them out.
- Real order capture — add products with prices and quantities, and every response arrives with the full order detail. Microsoft Forms offers no product fields on any tier, not even Enterprise.
- True branding removal — on anota you can fully remove the platform's branding. Microsoft Forms only lets you swap the header image at every tier including Enterprise: the Microsoft branding never fully goes away.
- Built for the public, not just your org — anota is designed from the ground up for public-facing forms: customers, prospects, the general public. Microsoft Forms is designed for surveys and data collection inside your own M365 organization.
What Microsoft Forms still does better
- Deep Teams and Excel integration — Microsoft Forms responses flow straight into Excel and can be shared and analyzed from Teams without leaving the M365 ecosystem. It's the deepest integration in the category.
- Native Power Automate support — if your organization already automates processes with Power Automate, Microsoft Forms connects natively without external connectors.
- Free or already included if you pay for M365 — if your company already pays for Microsoft 365 Business or Education, Microsoft Forms comes included at no extra cost, with up to 5,000,000 responses per form.
- Zero learning curve if you already use M365 — for teams already living in Outlook, Teams, and Excel, opening Forms feels just as familiar. No new account to create, no new tool to learn.
Microsoft Forms prices per their public pricing page as of July 13, 2026. Microsoft Forms is a trademark of its respective owner, which is not affiliated with anota.
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