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The Microsoft Forms alternative for everyone
Microsoft Forms is built for Microsoft 365. Inside a company on Teams and SharePoint it is convenient; outside that world it gets restrictive fast. Personal accounts cap each form at 200 submissions, file uploads only work for people inside your organization, and every form wears the same Microsoft look.
Nicelyformed needs no subscription and no ecosystem. Unlimited forms and submissions free, AI that builds the form from a sentence, and full control over how it looks.
Nicelyformed vs Microsoft Forms at a glance
Microsoft Forms pricing and plan details are as published in August 2026 and may change; check their site for current plans.
Why choose Nicelyformed over Microsoft Forms?
No ecosystem required
Microsoft Forms works best when you and your respondents live inside one Microsoft 365 tenant. Nicelyformed assumes nothing: you sign up free, respondents need no account at all, and forms are shared with a plain link or embedded on any site.
Forms that carry your brand
Microsoft Forms offers preset themes and stock header images. Nicelyformed forms take your logo, a cover image, full color theming, and a choice of 50 fonts, free. Pro removes the small Nicelyformed badge for $19.99 a month.
A builder that keeps up
Describe the form and the AI builds it; ask for changes and they apply in front of you. Add conditional logic, answer piping, multi-page flows with partial capture, and NPS scoring without hunting through menus, or without a Copilot license.
Start free, stay free
Free
$0 forever
- Unlimited forms & submissions
- Logic, recall, themes, analytics
- Close by date or cap, redirect, email alerts
- 100 AI prompts a month
- Small Nicelyformed badge
Pro
$19.99/month
- Everything in Free
- No badge on your forms
- File uploads up to 100 MB
- 1,000 AI prompts a month
Frequently asked questions
Is Nicelyformed free to use instead of Microsoft Forms?
Yes. The free plan has unlimited forms and unlimited submissions, with logic, piping, themes, file uploads, analytics, and 100 AI prompts a month. There is no per-form submission cap.
Can people outside my organization fill in my forms?
Yes, that is the default. Anyone with your link can answer and upload files, no account and no Microsoft sign-in. You can still limit a form to one submission per device or close it by date or by a submission cap.
Can I move my forms over from Microsoft Forms?
There is no automatic Microsoft Forms import yet. The fastest path is to paste your questions into the AI chat and ask it to rebuild the form. It usually takes under a minute, and you can keep refining in plain language from there.
Is Nicelyformed really free?
Yes. The free plan includes unlimited forms, unlimited submissions, and every builder feature: logic, answer piping, themes, analytics, and 100 AI prompts a month. Free forms carry a small Nicelyformed badge, and that is the whole catch.
Do respondents need an account?
No. Anyone with your link can answer on any device, no sign-in required.
What does Pro cost and what does it add?
Pro is $19.99 a month or $199 a year. It removes the badge from your forms, raises file uploads to 100 MB, and includes 1,000 AI prompts a month. Every building feature is already free.
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