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Google Forms alternative for taking orders
Google Forms is free, everyone has it, and an order form in it works until the second week: no stock, no payment, a spreadsheet to copy totals from, no way to answer "is it ready?". This page is for a bakery, farm shop, caterer or maker who takes orders by link and wants the order to be an order.
Free plan. No credit card required.
Updated 20 October 2026
Where Google Forms is better
- Free and unlimited. A Google account is all it takes, and there is no response cap on a normal form.
- Sheets. Every response lands in a spreadsheet you already know how to sort, filter and share.
- Familiarity. Customers have filled in a Google Form before; nobody needs instructions.
Where Answe is better
- A real catalog. Products with variants, prices and quantities, so the customer builds an order and sees the total, not a list of checkboxes.
- Payment and confirmation. Pay by card at the end if you want, and the customer gets a confirmation in the same chat.
- Replies. "Can you make it gluten-free?" is a message in the order thread, answered from the inbox or the app, not a lost email.
Answe and Google Forms side by side
| Answe | Google Forms | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan; Standard €9.99 a month. | Free with a Google account. |
| Free plan | Yes: 100 responses per question, 2 active widgets. | Yes, everything is free. |
| Takes an order as an action | Yes: catalog, quantities, total, optional card payment, confirmation. | No: collects answers, no catalog, no payment. |
| Replies land in one inbox and the app | Yes, every order is a chat. | Responses in a Sheet; reply by email yourself. |
| Visitor free text | No: customers answer your structured question. | Long-answer questions. |
| Website embed | Yes, plus a link for Instagram and WhatsApp. | Yes, an iframe. |
| Setup time | Minutes from the order template; paste your products. | Minutes. |
Google Forms facts checked 29 October 2026 onGoogle Forms’s site; Answe figures are the ones onour pricing page. Check both before you decide.
Switch in 10 minutes
- Open the bakery order form template and press Use this template.
- Paste your products with prices; add variants like size or flavour.
- Put the link in your Instagram bio and send it to customers who used to get the Google Form.
- Turn on card payment when you want to stop chasing bank transfers.
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What Answe costs
Prices as of 20 October 2026
See all plansFrequently asked questions
Can I take payment with the order?
Yes. Card payment through Stripe is an action at the end of the order; you can also take orders without payment and settle on pickup.
Do I still get a spreadsheet?
Orders export to CSV from the inbox, and the account-level reports show totals across orders.
Is the free plan enough for a small shop?
The free plan takes 100 responses per question. A shop doing more than that a month is on Standard at €9.99.
What does Google Forms do better?
It is completely free, unlimited and already in your Google account, and every answer is in a Sheet. For a one-off sign-up or a survey, use it.
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