# Alchemer vs Google Forms API (slim)

> Google Forms API scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Alchemer's 41.4 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do forms create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Google Forms API scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Alchemer's 41.4 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do forms create.

- Alchemer: E 41.4, rank #798 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alchemer.min.md
- Google Forms API: BB 70.8, rank #139 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-forms.min.md
- Alchemer, good for A company already on an Alchemer Business Platform contract that wants an agent to build surveys, load contacts, send campaigns and export responses.
- Google Forms API, good for Agents that build forms and quizzes in a Google account and read the answers back, where people already use Google Forms. Ahead on Reliability, 91 against 35; Schema & documentation, 78 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 47; Security & auth, 66 against 44; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Maintenance & community, 61 against 45; Transparency & trust, 80 against 61. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Alchemer | Google Forms API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 91 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 45 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 47 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 45 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 80 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Alchemer | Google Forms API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Alchemer LLC | Google |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.alchemer.com/v5` | `https://forms.googleapis.com/v1` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Alchemer Software as a Service Agreement | Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The client libraries are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-01-14 | 2021-11-09 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-23 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 32k npm/wk |