SurveyKar vs Microsoft Forms
Microsoft Forms isn't a product you buy — it's a product you already have, if your organization pays for Microsoft 365. There's a free personal tier tied to a Microsoft account, and a fuller version bundled into Business and Education plans. No pricing page sells "Microsoft Forms" on its own, because Microsoft doesn't offer one. That's fine when the whole company already lives inside Microsoft 365 and the form is an internal one — staff feedback, an IT request. It stops being fine the moment a customer who has never heard of your tenant needs to fill it out, especially if that form should also take their payment.
Side by side
Microsoft Forms details are taken from Microsoft Forms’s own published pages, checked on 17 October 2026. Plans change — check their site for current terms.
| Feature | SurveyKar | Microsoft Forms |
|---|---|---|
| How you get it | Sign up directly and pay for a plan, or start free | Not sold standalone — included with a Microsoft 365 subscription, or free for personal use with a Microsoft account |
| Free plan | 3 surveys, 3 forms, 250 responses a month | Free for personal use with a Microsoft account; some features need a Microsoft 365 Personal/Family subscription |
| Taking payments | Yes — Razorpay checkout, or pay at venue, cash or UPI QR | Not offered as a built-in feature |
| Quizzes with scoring | Yes — answer keys, points and pass/fail | Yes — auto-graded quizzes, alongside Teams and SharePoint |
| Who needs an existing subscription | Nobody — no other product purchase required | Organizations already paying for Microsoft 365 Business or Education plans |
Where it doesn't matter which you pick
- Both support quizzes with automatic grading — the difference is what each is bundled alongside, not whether the capability exists.
Choose Microsoft Forms if…
- Microsoft 365 is already paid for, and Forms is sitting there unused.
- The survey stays inside the company — staff feedback, an IT ticket, nothing customer-facing.
- Auto-graded quizzes alongside Teams and SharePoint are what you need.
Choose SurveyKar if…
- A Microsoft 365 license shouldn't be the thing gating whether your survey tool works.
- Customers are filling this out, not colleagues, and some of them should pay while they're at it.
- Bookings, QR check-in and WhatsApp follow-ups need to live in the same account as the form.
What SurveyKar adds beyond forms
- Booking & Payment forms with packages, add-ons, time slots with capacity and pricing rules.
- QR Walk-in registration with consents, counter payments, check-in and check-out.
- Surveys answered inside WhatsApp, sent from your own WhatsApp Business number.
- Review requests, a CRM for contacts and automations in the same account.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
- Microsoft Support — What's the difference between a Microsoft 365 subscription and free web apps
- Microsoft 365 Blog — Survey or quiz your friends and family with Microsoft Forms
Microsoft Forms is a trademark of its owner. This page is an independent comparison and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft Forms.
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