Govforms vs. Google Forms
A comparison of Govforms and Google Forms across audience, design, hosting, integrations and support.
| Area | Govforms | Google Forms |
|---|---|---|
| Who it's for | Public-sector and regulated teams requiring GOV.UK-style services. | Individuals and organisations of all sizes needing basic surveys. |
| Design & UX | Native GOV.UK and MOJ Design System components. | Simple, theme-based forms without built-in government styling. |
| Security & hosting | UK-hosted platform with UK-only data residency. | Cloud-native service hosted on Google's global infrastructure. |
| Integrations | Deep Microsoft 365 integration plus GOV.UK Notify. | Tight integration with Google Sheets. |
| Complexity handling | End-to-end transactional services with long, branching journeys. | Short forms, surveys and quizzes with basic branching. |
| Environments & change | Separate Prototype, QA and Production environments. | Forms edited and then shared or embedded. |
| Analytics | Cookie-free performance analytics with journey-level, page-level and field-level insight. | Basic response charts. |
| Support | UK-based live-service support with SLAs. | Standard help channels. |