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The Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) is one of my favorite bits of tech I’ve ever tested, and it excels in every single way on and off the course.

Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2): One minute review

Simply put, the Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) is the best golf watch money can buy, and one of the best bits of tech I have ever tested or even used, period. There, I have said it. I said something similar about the Garmin Approach S70 when I tested that last year, I know, but this premium watch really is something else.

I’ve tested a whole range of tech in my years, and there’s only a handful of products that I’ve really hated letting go of, and in a very strong field, this golf watch is absolutely one of them. If you’re looking for a do-everything golf watch but one that does everything at a premium level, brilliantly, then this is it.

In every functionality I tested, this watch has excelled, and from strap to screen, its design and build have proved a perfect balance of confidence-giving robustness, ease of use, and slick looks.

Design-wise, the Golfer (Gen 2) is a beauty. My review unit is the Carbon Edition, and its sleek black and green colorway makes for an aesthetically pleasing watch on the face of it, but there’s sturdiness under the hood from the leather and rubber strap, to the robust bezel and case, and especially the excellent domed glass screen – itself a joy to use. It also has a pleasant weight and size to it that makes its one size (46mm total diameter) hit the goldilocks physical size for me of being great for sport, as well as a daily driver.

The watch comes with all the excellent golf features that we’ve come to expect from Garmin. Extra features like the PlaysLike Distances are brilliant; there are 43,000 courses preloaded, and there are so many other features, such as swing tempo measures, stat tracking, and more. Throw in the fact that when you buy the watch, you get three CT10 trackers that you can put in the top of your clubs too, and the package is basically complete and void of holes (nearly). Then, team this with the Garmin Golf Membership subscription – sadly not included with the watch despite its high price – and you have the ultimate on-course caddie if you really are going big.

It not only looks the part on the wrist as a daily smartwatch, but it’s chic, easy to use, responsive, and does everything well. I wish there were a more ‘premium looking’ font on the watch, though, as Garmin’s default one doesn’t scream more-than-two-thousand-dollar device.

A lot will be made of the MARQ Golfer (Gen 2)’s price tag, but we’re swimming in premium waters here; an end of the pool that all markets of tech have. And there is a market for this. And if this isn’t for you, then Garmin offers a host of alternative options that are cheaper and more focused. But if you are in the market for a best-of-the-best golf watch, then read on to find out why the Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) is the absolute peak of wrist-bound on-course companions and the premium option for you.

If you’re looking to go big, go premium, and go once on your golf watch, this is the watch for you.

Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2): Specifications

Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2)

Price

Starts at $2,300 / £1,999.99 / AU$3,900

Dimensions

1.8 x 1.8 x 0.59in / 46 x 46 x 15mm

Weight

2.89oz / 82g

Bezel/case

Titanium (Grade 5) / fused carbon fiber bezel / Fused carbon fiber with titanium rear cover

Display

390 x 390px; 1.2in / 30.4mm; Domed sapphire crystal AMOLED

GPS

GPS+GLONASS+Galileo+SatIQ Technology

Battery life

Smartwatch mode: Up to 16 days; GPS only: Up to 42 hours; All satellite systems: Up to 32 hours

Connection

Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi

Water resistant?

Yes, 10 ATM

Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2): Price and availability

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• List prices of $2,300 or $3,100 / £1,999.99 or £2,699.99 / AU$3,900 or AU$5,249 (Fused Carbon or Titanium version)
• Premium price tag makes it expensive, but the value proposition is strong
• No subscription included feels a little mean

Right, let’s get the big one out of the way first: this is an expensive smart or golf watch. There is a market for this level of premium golf watch, and the Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) certainly doesn’t swim alone here.

Garmin, as a brand, is also one of the best for offering watches up the entire scale of golf watch premium-ness, too; heck, even some of its non-golf devices can help you out on the course. As a result, the Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) earns its place in the brand’s lineup, appealing to those who are on the lookout for a top-tier golf and smart watch that delivers without compromise.

So, it’s expensive, but does it offer good value? After using it for a long while, and comparing it to my also-premium TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E4 Golf Edition, I think it does. Its featureset and capability are unrelenting and truly top-tier. As I said above, if you really are looking for one premium golf watch to rule them all, then this is it. It does everything the Tag Heuer does, and it’s got all that Garmin excellence in data tracking, too.

It’s also worth noting that, at the time of writing, there are two variants of the watch available and a sizable gap between them in terms of price. My unit is the Fused Carbon Fiber model, which sits a full $800 / £700 / AU$1,349 more than the Grade 5 Titanium model. As a result, the latter makes a much more compelling value proposition argument, and is only a ‘bit’ more than the Tag Heuer.

There is one notable drawback on pricing, for me, though: it feels a little mean to offer a complete golf watch but not include a Garmin Golf Membership subscription.. This feels like it would be a worthy addition from both price tag and premium-experience perspectives.

• Value score: 4/5

Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2): Design

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• 1.2in / 30.4mm AMOLED screen is superb
• Domed sapphire crystal lens material is a joy to use
• Slick, robust, chic, perfectly weighted, and well-made

The case and bezel are rock solid and confidence-inspiring, and the aesthetic of the Carbon model is slick and a good balance of understatedness and a bit of flash. The build is so good here: you’re also getting a good water resistance rating of 10 ATM, allowing it to withstand swims.

The AMOLED screen is wonderfully sharp, bright, and vivid, and the domed lens is something I wish all smartwatches had across the board. The screen is also slightly smaller than the Approach S70 (a purely golf-focused watch), which is something to be aware of if you value screen real estate above all else, but I actually find it to make for a better watch overall.

Even the watch strap is top-tier. The outside is a smart-looking leather strap that ensures it looks the part at all times, and the inside is made of an FKM rubber, which is perfect for when you get hot on the course, as well as for ensuring it doesn’t slip and slide all over the shop. Take note, other golf watch manufacturers.

A big gripe of mine with the brand's golf watches – and even with some of the best Garmin watches – is the subpar bespoke charging mechanism, which means you have to lay your watch flat on its front and have a cable sticking up from its rear. Luckily, the Golfer MARQ (Gen 2) features a different solution, which, much like my Samsung smartwatch, involves a flat charger tool that means you can lay your watch flat on its back. It’s not the nice dock that I have with my Tag Heuer, but it’s definitely an improvement.

The buttons are intuitive to make navigating the watch and apps very easy, easier than the S70’s three buttons, which have multiple functions each. However, I do have a minor gripe with one small design element: Garmin’s default font.

While it’s a perfectly serviceable font and makes for clear reading, it started to grate on me a little after a while using the Gen 2. It looks a bit simple and not as chic as the font on my Tag Heuer, and thus doesn’t feel as premium as the watch itself or befitting of such an otherwise premium experience.

• Design score: 5/5

Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2): Features

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• All the golf features you could want (bar one)
• All the fitness trackers you could want
• All the daily smartwatch features you could want

In brief, when it comes to features, the Garmin Golfer MARQ (Gen 2) is bursting at the seams and has everything you could possibly wish for from a premium golf watch. Or a smart watch. Or a fitness tracker. Or a sports smart watch. There are frankly too many to go over.

Headlines in the golf feature set make for delightful reading, though. It has all the courses you could want and presents them beautifully. It’s got a supremely accurate golfing yardages, built into a fulsome and complete virtual caddie experience, offering features for shot dispersion, wind direction and speed, pin finder for blind shots, club tracking (with the CT10 trackers), a brilliant PlaysLike distance feature which tells you the actual yardage of the holes with weather and topography factored in, information about hazards and doglegs, score and stat tracking, swing temp features, and more. It’s frankly wild how much Garmin has crammed in just from a golfing perspective.

The only golf feature ‘missing’ is the green contour data and imaging. This can only be acquired via a paid subscription to the Garmin Golf Membership – that’ll still be an extra $9.99 / £9.99 / AU$14.49 a month, sadly. I really think Garmin could have included that with this watch, given the device’s price tag and commitment folks will be making.

As a Garmin watch, it also channels the best of the brand’s pedigree when it comes to sports, fitness, and health tracking, too. Once again it is impossible to go through all those features, but know that if you’re looking for your next golf watch to be capable of handling your exercise and workout routines, sleep health and body battery monitoring, body condition tracking, offer maps for walking and trail hiking, as well as have you covered for stock trading, skiing, paying with your watch, then the Garmin Golfer MARQ (Gen 2) can handle it.

As a premium watch, it also offers a superb experience for daily use, with plenty of functions for messaging, music control, calendar, sunset, and weather viewing. Whatever you think you want your watch to do, the Garmin Golfer MARQ (Gen 2) can almost certainly do it.

• Features score: 5/5

Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2): Performance

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• Unparalleled on-course performance
• A joy and easy to use with intuitive controls
• Excellent as a day-to-day smartwatch and for fitness and health, and its battery lasts forever

As might be obvious already, this is probably the closest thing to a perfect golf watch as you can get right now. The Garmin Golfer MARQ (Gen 2) is basically unparalleled in its on-course golfing features and makes for the perfect virtual caddie. This is something I cannot emphasize enough, either.

There are basically too many excellent golf features to mention individually, but the headline ones are sublime. Firstly, you’ll be incredibly hard-pushed to find a course that it doesn’t have a map for, with over 43,000 preloaded onto the device.

Once you are on the course, the complete virtual caddie role that the Garmin Golfer MARQ (Gen 2) successfully plays is extraordinary. The maps of the holes are clear, the yardages are accurate and on-point, the wind speed and direction tool is useful, and I cannot imagine playing without the PlaysLike distance feature now. This feature is so good and brilliant on the course, factoring in weather and environmental conditions as well as topography to give you a more accurate yardage for club selection. Combine this with the brilliant views of greens and hazards, a shot dispersion feature that can help you factor in what could come into play, and the pinpointer feature for when you have zero sight of the green, and it’s a complete experience. And that’s before the quality round and score logging, too.

Enhancing this further is the shot tracking that the watch is capable of when combined with the CT10 trackers for your club. While my Tag Heuer has built-in shot tracking and is thus more convenient for this, the Golfer MARQ (Gen 2) covers its bases on that front by coming with three of said trackers too.

The display and domed glass make the watch a delight to use, whatever the weather outside on the course, too, with the domed form of the lens making a brilliant screen to interact with compared to a flat screen – it’s a subtle design difference, but an impactful one.

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Flitting back between normal smartwatch and golf mode is as simple as one button press, and this ease of use and intuition is a microcosm of the broader experience of having the Garmin Golfer MARQ (Gen 2) on your wrist. Its design and build mean that it’s also beautifully weighted and comfortable, looking great for sports and socialising alike.

Engaging with other features is a joy, too. From messaging to maps, from stress to sleep, and the array of wider health and fitness apps, the Garmin Golfer MARQ (Gen 2) excels.

The above is all supported by a battery life you’ll rarely have to worry about. For example, I used the watch for two weeks, all day, every day, and for two full rounds of golf, and still had a bit more than 10% battery life left over. Garmin lists the battery life as “Up to 16 days” when in smartwatch mode, and “up to 42 hours” in GPS-only mode, and my experience has me believe that this is accurate. After a while, I gave up counting and tracking the battery life; in all honesty, it is that good.

My gripes are tiny, and I feel like I’m nitpicking intensely, but at this price, it pays to be hyper-aware of anything that impacts the experience.

As previously mentioned, it seems like a misstep to not include a subscription to the Garmin Golf Membership to unlock even more features for the watch. Additionally, the default Garmin font doesn’t ‘feel’ at home on such a premium watch. A small nitpick, I know, but compared to the slick Tag Heuer presentation of text, this does let the Golfer MARQ (Gen 2) down. Finally, I have noticed that the default style for notifications is showing the original or first message that gave you the notification, not the most recent. As a result, glancing at the watch to see what’s been said most recently in a conversation or group chat is impossible after you’ve received a few messages.

However, these really are nitpicks of the smallest kind. Overlooking these tiny complaints, the Garmin Golfer MARQ (Gen 2) does everything spectacularly, and it’s the best smart or golf watch I have ever used.

• Performance score: 5/5

Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2): Scorecard

Category

Comment

Score

Price

This is a premium watch, and the price tag is high. It does offer value in the premium market, though, and will be all the golf and smartwatch you ever need.

4/5

Design

The layout, build quality, screen, and overall design of the watch are a joy to use. It also does away with the annoying charger found on other Garmin watches, and even the strap is a balance between rubber for activity and leather for looks.

5/5

Features

This is a perfect golf watch for those looking to maximise a device’s usefulness and assistance on the course, as well as get a premium smart watch.

5/5

Performance

Unsurprisingly, the Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) puts all its excellence in features and design to near-perfect use on the course and as a daily driver. The perfect on-course companion in terms of accuracy, navigation, features, and practicality.

5/5

Total

Quite simply, the best golf watch on the market right now, if you’re looking at the premium end of the market, then this should basically be your only contender. A fantastic, exquisite device.

5/5

Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2): Should I buy?Buy it if...

You want the very best golf watch on the market

Making me even consider how much I love my Tag Heuer premium golf watch, the MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) offers the full package for a premium golf watch and features all the tools and options for those looking to get the absolute most out of such a course companion.

You want a gadget that can be a premium day-to-day smartwatch, too

The Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) is a joy to use every day as a smartwatch and features all the capabilities and performance you’d expect from a top day-to-day device. Even the domed glass makes it a delight to use for the most mundane things.

You want Garmin’s fitness and health tracking pedigree and features

All of Garmin’s trademark fitness and health tracking features are present on the Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2), so it only enhances the watch's total package offering.

You’re looking to upgrade within the Garmin ecosystem

If you’re the owner of one of Garmin’s lower-end golf watches and have been saving up to go to something bigger and more premium while keeping all of your data conveniently and easily, then the Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) is perfect for you.

Don't buy it if...

You don’t need slick smartwatch looks, capability, or performance

The MARQ (Gen 2) is a premium smart watch as well as a sublime golf watch, but if you don’t need the former, then you can save money by going elsewhere.

You don’t need Garmin’s full smartwatch featureset

If you are only after a premium golf watch with some extra features, but not a huge range like the Golfer (Gen 2) offers, then you’ll likely find a better golf watch fit elsewhere.

You’re on a budget

It’s obvious, but the Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) is a seriously premium watch with a pricetag to match, so for some, it’s going to be flat-out prohibitively expensive.

Also consider

Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2)

TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E4 Golf Edition (42mm / 45mm)

Garmin Approach S70

Price

$2,300 or $3,100 / £1,999.99 or £2,699.99 / AU$3,900 or AU$5,249

$1,750/$1,950 / £1,500/£1,700 / AU$2,500/AU$2,800

$649.99/$699.99 / £549.99/£599.99 / AU$1,099/$AU$1,199

Dimensions

1.8 x 1.8 x 0.59in / 46 x 46 x 15mm

1.77 x 1.77 x 0.6in/ 45mm x 45mm x 15.3mm / 1.7 x 1.7 x 0.55in/42 x 42 x 14.2mm

1.8 x 1.8 x 0.5in/47 x 47 x 13.4mm / 1.7 x 1.7 x 0.5in/42 x 42 x 12.6mm

Weight

2.89oz/82g

1.7in/50g / 2.1oz/59.4g (45mm)

2oz/56g / 1.6oz/44g

Case/bezel

Titanium (Grade 5)/fused carbon fiber bezel / Fused carbon fiber with titanium rear cover

Titanium Sand-Blasted/Fixed Bezel Ceramic

Ceramic

Display

390 x 390px; 1.2in / 30.4mm; Domed sapphire crystal AMOLED

454 x 454px (45mm); 1.28in/32.5mm / 1.39in/35.3mm; AMOLED

454 x 454px / 390 x 390px; 1.2in/32mm / 1.4in/35.4mm; AMOLED

GPS

GPS+GLONASS+Galileo+SatIQ Technology

GNSS

GPS+GLONASS+Galileo

Battery life

Smartwatch mode: Up to 16 days; GPS only: Up to 42 hours; All satellite systems: Up to 32 hours

Full day (18 holes plus normal smartwatch use) / Two full days (smartwatch use only)

Smartwatch mode: Up to 16 days/up to 10 days; GPS mode: up to 20 hours/up to 15 hours

Connection

Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC

Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi

Water resistant?

Yes, 10 ATM

Yes, 50m

Yes, 5 ATM

TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E4 Golf Edition

Now priced at a few hundred dollars or pounds under the MARQ Golfer (Gen 2), the TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E4 Golf Edition is a superb premium option to consider if you’re only looking at the top end of the market. It offers a whole host of similar golf features, is a lovely smartwatch to use every day, and it also comes as a premium package with ball markers and some Titleist Pro V1s (but sadly, no shot trackers for your clubs).

Read our full TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E4 Golf Edition review

Garmin Approach S70

If you must have a Garmin golf watch and the brand’s pedigree, but can't stretch to the MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) - and don’t mind missing out on the watch’s other features and premium-ness - then you can pick up the Approach S70 as a golf-focused solution for a much lower price tag.

Read our full Garmin Approach S70 review

(Image credit: Future/Rob Dwiar)How I tested the Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2)

I used the Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) over the course of several weeks, playing multiple rounds at my home course in Somerset and away in Germany, and using it as my daily driver smartwatch. I have used almost all of its features, including messaging, music controls, fitness and sleep, and more.

I compared the Garmin MARQ Golfer (Gen 2) to my TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E4 Golf Edition, as well as a cheaper ShotScope G6 GPS watch, to see how big the gap is between a competitor and a simpler option on the market.

I was able to compare the watches on the course to see how yardages, features, and overall ease of use as golf watches and smartwatches matched up between them, as well as live with it for a long while to gauge the everyday qualities of it.

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Google Forms is an online form builder with robust functionalities, both on the free and paid tiers. It simplifies the process of creating and managing online forms to gather data from various audiences. It doesn’t have the most advanced data collection features, but it works well for collecting and analyzing simple data.

I reviewed Google Forms extensively so that you don’t have to go through the same stress. My review focused on essential factors, including its features, pricing, ease of use, and customer service. Read on to learn about Google Forms’ unique strengths, weaknesses, features, and how it fares against rival online form builders.

(Image credit: Google)Google Forms: Plans and pricing

Google Forms is a freemium tool. Anyone with a Google account can access the free version and enjoy most features. The free version lets you create surveys to gather and analyze data. There’s no limit on the number of responses you can collect, as long as it fits within your allocated storage space.

Free users have 15 GB of storage for data collected on Forms and other Google tools. They’re also limited to self-service and community support. If you need more storage space, direct support, enhanced security, and collaborative features, a Google Workspace subscription unlocks these benefits.

Google Workspace is designed for businesses with employees who need access to Google’s software suite, which includes Forms. It unlocks premium features on Google Forms and many other Google tools, such as Docs (document editing), Sheets (spreadsheets), and Meet (videoconferencing).

Google Workspace has three pricing plans: Starter, Standard, and Plus. The Starter plan costs $7 per user per month and unlocks 30 GB of storage for each account. It also unlocks access to Gemini, Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, which can help you create online forms.

The Standard plan costs $14 per user per month. It provides 2 TB of storage per account, ample enough to store vast volumes of data collected via forms. It also includes access to Google Gemini and direct support from Google’s team if needed.

The Plus plan costs $22 per user per month and increases storage to a sizable 5 TB per account. It unlocks enhanced security features for organizations where data security is paramount. Google Gemini and direct support, which are available on other plans, are also included.

Google offers an Enterprise Plus plan with no regular pricing. This plan is designed for large companies, typically with a minimum of a few hundred employees, that can negotiate a custom plan with Google’s sales team.

The core features of Google Forms remain the same in both the free and paid versions. What differentiates the paid plans is access to Google Gemini, higher storage space, enhanced security, and access to advanced features on other Google tools.

Google Forms is designed as a simple tool for individuals and enterprises to gather and analyze data. It doesn’t have the most sophisticated features you’ll find on form collection tools designed specifically for businesses, but it works well for everyday forms.

(Image credit: Google)Google Forms: Features

Google Forms offers a decent set of functionalities that enable you to create and manage online forms. It lacks some sophisticated analytics, customization, and integration features, but it meets most basic form creation needs.

To start, Google Forms has a library of pre-loaded form templates. Examples include templates for party invites, event registrations, online orders, and RSVPs. You can use these templates as the foundation for your forms, instead of going through the hassles of creating them from scratch.

Whether you select an existing template or create a form from scratch, Google Forms makes the creation process noticeably easy. You can input as many questions as you like in a numbered format. Existing questions can be rearranged by dragging and dropping them in the desired positions.

Each question on a form can have various response formats, including a short text, paragraph, multiple choice, checkboxes, dropdown list, rating, date, time, and even a file upload. Any uploaded files will count towards your allocated storage space, so carefully consider this if you’re creating forms for a large number of recipients.

You can insert images to add context to a question. A question can be compulsory or optional, depending on your preferences for collecting data. The short text format lets respondents answer a question in a single line, and the paragraph format allows respondents to type their answers in multiple lines.

You may choose to make your questionnaire a quiz, with point values assigned to each answer and automatic feedback once the respondent completes the questions. You can choose to collect email addresses during your response, and respondents can receive an email copy of their answers after completing the form.

As a respondent completes a form, you can choose to display a progress bar highlighting how far they’ve gone and how many answers are left. You can also choose to shuffle the question order for each respondent. Likewise, you can display a custom message after a respondent clicks the submit button, e.g., “Thank you for your response!” These features may sound trivial, but they go a long way in creating an interactive form that people are encouraged to complete.

I liked that Google Forms allows respondents to edit their responses after submitting a form. This feature is helpful, given the tendency for people to make mistakes when filling out forms. For instance, if I create a form asking people for their opinion about a product, it’ll be helpful to allow them to edit their responses after interacting with the product repeatedly. However, the response editing feature isn’t enabled by default. You have to toggle it on manually.

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Notably, respondents don’t have to complete a form in one go. If a respondent has a Google account, which includes most online users anyway, and is signed in, their responses to each question are saved as a draft for 30 days. They can close the form and return within 30 days to the same responses, then complete the rest and finally press the submit button.

With your form created, you can share the link via email, social media, or embed the form on your website. All responses will be collated and displayed in a single dashboard, making them easy to analyze. You can export the responses to Google Sheets for further analysis.

Google Sheets comes in handy if the responses are numerical, as you can use formulas to analyze them. For example, I created a mock quiz and got mock responses from some friends and colleagues. Then, I used Google Sheets to grade the forms automatically. You can conduct real quizzes and grade them just like I did, saving considerable time, especially when dealing with many respondents.

On Google Sheets, you can also generate charts to visualize responses, from bar charts to pie charts, line charts, and scatter plots. I liked that the charts were very customizable, but that sounds more like something to discuss in a Google Sheets review than in Google Forms.

I mentioned earlier that Google Forms’ core features don’t differ much between the free and paid plans, but the latter unlocks valuable collaboration functionalities. Under a Google Workspace plan, multiple users can collaborate in real-time to create and edit forms.

For example, five employees can work on the same form, with each adding questions and configuring settings. Every employee can monitor each other’s changes on the form and message each other via Google Chat to clarify changes.

A standout feature on Google Forms is its support for conditional logic, i.e., showing or hiding questions based on a responder’s previous answer. For example, in a survey about which smartphone brands people use, selecting “iPhone” opens a new question of “Which iPhone do you use?” and selecting “Samsung” opens a new question of “Which Samsung smartphone do you use?”

However, Google’s conditional logic support is basic. It doesn’t allow the most complex workflows that are permitted in various business survey tools. Generally, Google Forms excels in basic form management but has limited dynamic features. It doesn’t have as many integrations and customizations as you’d find in survey apps like Qualtrics XM.

For example, Google Forms doesn’t let you directly capture signatures from respondents, detect a respondent’s geographic location, or generate PDFs from form data. Though it’s slightly customizable, all forms created on Google Forms retain a similar structure, which doesn’t bode well for businesses that always want to deliver a unique experience.

Google Forms integrations are mostly limited to other Google tools, but with few third-party integrations compared to rival survey apps. Another drawback is that while Google Forms lets you embed forms on a website, you can’t host the form directly on a custom domain.

From my perspective, Google Forms was created mainly as a free tool for individuals and businesses to manage everyday online forms. It works excellently for basic forms, with features that many rivals charge money for. However, if you need an online form app with extensive integrations, customizations, and features, you’re better off with an alternative. 

Google Forms: Interface and in use

Google Forms scores an A+ in simplicity and ease of use. The interface is as simple as it gets, which I’ve observed as the norm with Google tools. From creating forms to viewing and analyzing responses, the Google Forms interface is easy to navigate. It helps that the app doesn’t have many complex features, so it isn’t hard to familiarize yourself with the interface.

You can easily add questions, rearrange them, and insert visual elements when creating forms. After creating a form, the Publish button is prominently displayed at the top-right corner, so you can click it and share the form with respondents. I liked that Google Forms has many keyboard shortcuts that make navigation more fun, although it took me some time to master them.

Google Forms is accessible only via the web interface. There are no dedicated desktop and mobile apps, unlike some rival tools.

Google Forms: Support

Google Forms users have access to reasonable support resources, depending on their tier. Free users can scour through the Help Center to resolve issues. The Google Forms section of the Help Center contains abundant user guides that will help you troubleshoot issues.

Free users can also check Google’s official support forum for answers to their questions. If the answer isn’t present, you can ask a new question and expect answers from other Google Forms users, but there’s no guarantee. Fortunately, Google Forms’ intuitive interface means you wouldn’t encounter many problems in the first place.

If you’re subscribed to Google Workspace, you can get direct help from Google’s support team via email, telephone, and live chat. Google has a 24/7 support team, but response times can vary depending on your location and the type of issue. Nonetheless, Google offers decent support with few complaints.

Google Forms: The competition

Google Forms has many rivals with unique strengths and weaknesses. As I’ve mentioned, Google Forms doesn’t have the most advanced features you’ll find in some rivals. SurveyMonkey is the main competitor I’d like to highlight and examine what sets it apart from Google Forms.

SurveyMonkey doesn’t have an interface as intuitive as that of Google Forms. However, it offers more sophisticated features, integration, and customizability. With SurveyMonkey, you can create more dynamic forms and customize them to fit your brand.

The built-in analytics features are more comprehensive on SurveyMonkey than on Google Forms. SurveyMonkey has many more third-party integrations, making it an ideal choice for businesses that want to conduct complex surveys.

The drawback is that SurveyMonkey isn’t as cost-effective as Google Workspace, considering the additional features you’ll get with the latter outside Google Forms. SurveyMonkey does have a free plan, but with minimal features compared to Google Forms’ free version.

Google Forms: Final verdict

Google Forms fulfills a valuable need for creating simple online surveys and collating responses. It’s the go-to tool I recommend for individuals or businesses seeking to conduct simple surveys.

However, if you need the most complex survey features and extensive customization, it’s not the best choice. Google Forms is perfect for small surveys but not large-scale ones.

We've featured the best survey tools.

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