6 Alternatives to Google Forms for Ranking Surveys
So, you’ve just realized the only option for ranking on Google Forms is a messy Matrix Grid…
Not to worry, here’s a breakdown of the 6 most popular survey tools you can use for your ranking project instead of Google Forms 👇
Best Free Alternatives to Google Forms for Ranking Surveys
OpinionX
Formester
SurveyMonkey
Typeform
Slido
Mentimeter
1. OpinionX
OpinionX is a survey platform for running advanced research methods. It includes a bunch of different voting methods for ranking people’s preferences:
Order Rank → Drag and drop a list of options into your preferred order.
Points Rank → Each participant freely spends their points amongst a list of options.
Pair Rank → Breaks the list of voting options into a series of head-to-head votes.
MaxDiff Analysis → Breaks the list of options into sets of 3-6 options and asks people to pick the best/worst option in each set.
Rating Scale → Vote on each option separately using a labelled numerical scale.
Matrix Grid → Table voting with optional numerical scale (like a set of pooled rating scales).
Conjoint Analysis → Creates profiles with categories and options that randomize each time to rank the categories and options based on how important they are to people’s decisions.
Because OpinionX was built for more advanced surveys, it has a bunch of extra benefits. For example, you can filter the results to include or exclude specific people with just one click, letting you compare how different types of people voted in your ranking survey.
Free Version: All question types and analysis features are available for free on OpinionX. It also includes collaboration features, allowing you to build surveys with your teammates or friends. The main limitation on OpinionX’s free tier is that surveys are limited to 25 respondents. After you pass this limit, the survey will continue collecting data, but it won’t be possible to include those submissions in your results dashboard.
^ Example of an “Image Ranking” survey on OpinionX (1 = Results, 2 = Voting)
Premium Tiers: OpinionX is primarily a platform for running advanced market research surveys like conjoint and maxdiff, pricing studies like Van Westendorp and Gabor Granger, and analysis methods like segmentation and clustering. All OpinionX premium plans include unlimited participants per survey. The entry price is therefore higher than form tools like Typeform and Jotform, but it unlocks a much more advanced toolkit for researchers. Check out OpinionX’s up to date pricing plans for more info.
2. Formester
Formester is an AI form, survey, and quiz builder with unlimited forms and unlimited responses on the free plan. Its AI form generator builds a survey from a plain-language description, and scoring with weighted answers is included without a paid tier. Formester handles ranking through scoring and weighted answers rather than a drag-to-rank question, however it is the only tool in this list that genuinely offers unlimited respondents per survey, which makes it a very practical pick when Typeform's 10-response free cap runs out or you hit SurveyMonkey’s 25 responses limit.
3. SurveyMonkey
Rank order questions are only available for premium customers on SurveyMonkey, starting from $39/month for the Standard Monthly plan. The free tier of SurveyMonkey only lets you have up to 10 questions per survey and up to 25 responses per survey.
4. Typeform
While Typeform does have a ranking question on its free tier, you’re only allowed 10 participants in total across all your surveys per month, which is extremely limiting. Typeform’s ranking question is pretty useless across all pricing plans — they don’t actually have any analysis features for ranked questions at all (you can’t even randomize the order ranking options appear to respondents).
5. Slido
Slido is an audience engagement tool for live events. It has a drag-and-drop ‘ranking poll’ feature that (even Slido themselves) recommend only using for ranking small lists, like in the screenshot below. The free tier allows up to 100 participants, after which Slido offers per-year or per-event pricing plans (no monthly option).
6. Mentimeter
Mentimeter is very similar to Slido but focuses on classrooms instead of conferences. Its free version has a limit of two questions per “presentation” and premium plans are charged per-year only. It also wins the award for “most clicks required to rank stuff” (arguably the worst survey design for ranking out of all 6 tools in this post).
Time To Start Ranking!
Get started with the free version of OpinionX today and you’ll have your ranking survey ready to go in minutes. There’s no time limit on the free plan and you don’t need to put in your credit card details either — jump straight into setting up your free ranking setup here.