Compare Options for Building an Online Form
There are a variety of tools available for building online forms.
Challenge
Do you need to migrate away from a manual and time consuming paper-based process to an effective online alternative? If so, what is the best tool for creating and managing an online process?
Solutions
Before selecting a tool to build your online form, consider the following:
- Do you need a workflow to manage multiple approvals and tasks?
- What kind of outputs do you need?
- What kind of analytics will you need?
- Do you need to integrate with other systems?
Google Forms
Google Forms is great for easily gathering input from your audience. It has a simple interface for building forms that require little to no expertise. It provides an automatic overview of the form responses right in the form interface. It also provides an option to push form responses to a Google Sheet for further analysis. Design and customization are limited.
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Effort Required
Key Considerations
- Easy to use
- Provides built-in overview of results
- Integrated with other Google products
- Results can be sent to a Google Sheet for further analysis
Jadu Forms
Jadu Forms (XFP) is an easy-to-use web form builder. It is a secure and flexible non-technical tool to build accessible eForms. Forms are easy to create, with no coding required. Jadu Forms is integrated with other systems, such as Peoplesoft, to pull data into your form. Jadu Forms provides built-in integration with Perceptive Content.
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Effort Required
Key Considerations
- Easy to use
- No coding required
- Advanced branching and logic available
- Integrates with Perceptive Content
Qualtrics
Qualtrics is an easy-to-use, full-featured, web-based tool for creating and conducting online surveys. Qualtrics has a range of features to meet both simple and complex survey creation and distribution needs. Qualtrics can be used for many purposes such as evaluations, quizzes with immediate feedback, lessons with branching, program assessment, event evaluation, feedback surveys, applications, contact forms, agreements, collection of uploaded files, and complex survey designs.
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Effort Required
Key Considerations
- Easy to use for simple forms; more effort for more complex surveys
- Has 20+ different question types with additional customization options
- Advanced branching and display logic available
- Has a sleek and customizable look
- No coding required; custom coding and API calls are available
- Able to export data in a variety of formats (e.g. CSV, Excel, SPSS, etc.)
- Built-in reporting functionality
TeamDynamix Request Forms
Request Management in TeamDynamix allows catalog items to be requested and fulfilled based on defined workflows. Request forms and their associated workflows are built by our admin team based on your needs.
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Effort Required
Key Considerations
- Streamline service delivery for user
- Automated workflows with status updates
- TeamDynamix built-in functionality