Microsoft Forms is free and convenient if your whole organization already lives in Microsoft 365. But it was built for internal surveys, not client-facing forms: respondents must sign in with a Microsoft account to upload files, branding is limited to a theme color, and files land in your OneDrive or SharePoint. Formiqa is built for public, branded forms with dedicated storage and no account lock-in.
Microsoft Forms requires respondents to sign in with a Microsoft work or school account to use a file-upload question — regardless of your share settings. For public or client-facing forms, that friction kills anonymous file collection. On Formiqa, anyone can upload with no account at all.
You can set a theme color and a header image — that's it. There's no way to add your logo to the form body, use a custom domain, or remove Microsoft branding. Forms look unmistakably 'Microsoft', which reads as unprofessional for client-facing use.
Uploaded files land in the form owner's OneDrive (personal forms) or SharePoint (group forms), inside your Microsoft 365 tenant, drawing down that quota. Formiqa stores uploads in dedicated Cloudflare R2 — isolated, encrypted at rest, and accessible directly from your dashboard.
You need a Microsoft account just to build a form, responses open in Excel with inconsistent file naming, and any real automation requires Power Automate. If you're not already all-in on Microsoft 365, that overhead outweighs the 'free' price tag.
5 forms, 10 submissions per form/month, 1 GB dedicated file storage, all 15+ field types, drag-and-drop builder. No credit card required.
50 forms, 2,500 submissions per form/month, 10 GB file storage, CSV export, email notifications, custom branding. No per-response fees.
Free with any Microsoft account. Up to 200 responses per form (lifetime, on a free personal account). File uploads are unavailable without a Microsoft 365 work or school account.
Higher response ceilings, but file uploads still require a work/school account.
Enables file uploads (respondent sign-in required); files stored in OneDrive/SharePoint.
Formiqa gives you the essentials — drag-and-drop builder, file uploads, submission dashboard — at a flat monthly rate. No per-response surprises.