{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "fillout", "name": "Fillout", "vendor": "Restly, Inc. (trading as Zite)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.fillout.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "forms", "summary": "Fillout is a form, survey and quiz builder from Restly, Inc., which trades as Zite. Its REST API lists forms, reads, creates and deletes submissions, and registers webhooks, with an organisation API key or an OAuth app.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fillout", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fillout.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fillout.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fillout.json", "repo": "https://github.com/fillout/api-client", "license": "Proprietary service under Fillout's terms of service. The TypeScript API client on GitHub is MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.fillout.com/v1/api", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@fillout/api" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. An organisation API key from the Developer tab of account settings goes in `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e`, and can be regenerated or revoked there. There is one key per organisation and the docs describe no scopes. Third-party apps use an OAuth authorisation code flow (authorise at `app.zite.com/authorize/oauth`, exchange at `server.fillout.com/public/oauth/accessToken`), with no scopes, expiry or refresh token documented. Fillout says public or partner OAuth apps may need its review before other users can connect (https://fillout.com/help/oauth-applications).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with REST API access, 1,000 responses a month, unlimited forms and seats, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Paid plans are flat monthly fees by response quota. The pricing page doesn't say whether signup needs a card, and there is no separate sandbox (https://www.fillout.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$15 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the REST API docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 1785, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.fillout.com/help/fillout-rest-api", "llmsTxt": "https://www.fillout.com/help/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://www.fillout.com/help/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "forms.responses", "forms.webhooks", "forms.surveys", "forms.embed" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "api-key", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "free-tier", "typescript", "status-page", "soc2", "eu-hosting" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 52.2, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 567, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 46, "payments": 30, "reliability": 70, "schema": 63, "security": 37, "transparency": 69 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Fillout's REST API is on every plan, the free one included, with a public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec, llms.txt and submission filters by date, status and text. It has eight operations and none creates or edits a form. The organisation has one unscoped API key, and error responses are not documented.", "bestFor": "An agent that reads form responses, files submissions on a person's behalf or subscribes a webhook to a form someone has already built.", "strengths": [ "REST API access is included on the free plan, which allows 1,000 responses a month with unlimited forms and seats", "Public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec at fillout.com/help/openapi.json, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every help page", "Submissions can be filtered by date range, status and search text, sorted, and paged with `limit` (1 to 150) and `offset`", "The spec types 38 question kinds as an enum, so each answer arrives with its field type", "Subprocessor list with countries and a column showing which ones may process submission data" ], "weaknesses": [ "No operation creates or edits a form. Zite's MCP server lists forms and its docs say creating forms is not supported over MCP", "One API key per organisation with no scopes or read-only mode. Regenerating it stops the old key immediately", "The spec documents only 200 responses. A request with no key returned 400, not 401, when we tried it", "No idempotency key on `POST /forms/{formId}/submissions`, and no webhook signing or retry policy in the reviewed docs", "The only official SDK is TypeScript, `@fillout/api` 1.5.0, last published on 5 May 2025" ], "agentNotes": [ "Build the form in the Fillout editor first. The API reads forms and writes submissions but can't create a form or change its questions", "Read the base URL from the Developer settings page. EU-hosted accounts use https://eu-api.fillout.com/v1/api", "Stay under 5 requests a second per key and read the `ratelimit-remaining` and `ratelimit-reset` response headers", "Page submissions with `limit` (at most 150) and `offset`, and stop at `pageCount`. `status=in_progress` returns unfinished ones", "Send at most 10 submissions per create call and don't retry blindly, because the call has no idempotency key" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 52.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 46, "payments": 30, "reliability": 70, "schema": 63, "security": 37, "transparency": 53 }, "provenanceScore": 85 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @fillout/api", "http": "curl \"https://api.fillout.com/v1/api/forms\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $FILLOUT_API_KEY\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/forms.responses", "tool": "https://letme.dev/fillout" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter (2,000 responses a month)", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "billed annually at $180" }, { "item": "Pro (5,000 responses a month)", "unit": "month", "usd": 40, "note": "billed annually at $480" }, { "item": "Business (unlimited responses)", "unit": "month", "usd": 75, "note": "billed annually at $900" }, { "item": "Team bundle (forms, Zite apps and databases)", "unit": "month", "usd": 300, "note": "or $3,000 a year" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Restly, Inc.", "domain": "fillout.com", "domainRegistered": "2001-05-31", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.fillout.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.fillout.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://fillout.statuspage.io", "changelog": "https://zite.com/help/whats-new", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms (effective 2 July 2022) say Fillout is operated by Restly, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with a contact address at 1210 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, and Illinois governing law.", "The privacy policy (last modified 7 October 2025) names Restly, Inc., d.b.a. Zite, at 9450 SW Gemini Dr, PMB 39088, Beaverton, Oregon 97008.", "The API answers at api.fillout.com and eu-api.fillout.com. OAuth authorisation starts at app.zite.com and the token exchange is at server.fillout.com.", "www.fillout.com/.well-known/security.txt and fillout.com/security.txt return 404. The security page gives security@fillout.com for reports.", "The status page at fillout.statuspage.io is titled Zite and names status.zite.com as its address.", "The changelog lives on zite.com and labels entries by month. Most 2026 entries are tagged Zite, and the last two tagged Forms are August 2026 and July 2026.", "RDAP for fillout.com gives a registration date of 2001-05-31." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fillout.json", "live": { "slug": "fillout", "probe": { "target": "https://api.fillout.com/v1/api", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:10.556163147Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 213, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 205, "p95ms24h": 506, "samples24h": 64, "samples30d": 64, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 64, "ok": 64 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://fillout.statuspage.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:05.03834233Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "fillout/api-client", "version": "v1.5.0", "released": "2025-05-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:11:45.173327774Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@fillout/api", "version": "1.5.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:11:41.429140032Z" } ], "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": 1785, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://fillout.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:39.813366641Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://zite.com/help/whats-new", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:32:02.160286971Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "37498aa607dc" }, { "url": "https://www.fillout.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:43.838512567Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a0d53763719b" }, { "url": "https://www.fillout.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:45.886955696Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "66ae075dfd53" }, { "url": "https://www.fillout.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:47.900414085Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8d0f4f44915c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:10.556163147Z" } }, "answer": "Google Forms API scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Fillout's 52.2 (D), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "google-forms", "name": "Google Forms API", "vendor": "Google", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.google.com/workspace/forms", "kind": "http-api", "category": "forms", "summary": "REST API from Google for creating and editing Google Forms forms and quizzes, reading responses and quiz grades, and subscribing to change notifications through Cloud Pub/Sub. Access is by OAuth 2.0.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-forms", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-forms.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-forms.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-forms.json", "repo": "https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client", "license": "Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The client libraries are Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://forms.googleapis.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@googleapis/forms" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "google-api-python-client" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0, set up by a person in a Google Cloud project with a consent screen. No partner or sales approval. Six scopes work with the API. forms.body, forms.body.readonly and forms.responses.readonly are specific to Forms, and drive, drive.file and drive.readonly are the Drive scopes. Reading responses needs forms.responses.readonly, drive or drive.file. Google's troubleshooting page says apps asking for sensitive scopes must pass verification to remove the unverified-app warning. The limits page says calls by a service account count as one account for quota. Watches also need a Pub/Sub topic that grants publish rights to forms-notifications@system.gserviceaccount.com.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Standard use of the Forms API has no additional cost, and a Google account can enable it without a card or contract. Quotas are 975 reads, 450 response-list reads and 375 writes a minute per project, with no daily limit. Google says exceeding the quota request limits is planned to incur charges to the Cloud billing account later in 2026, with no price published and 90 days' notice promised. Push notifications use Cloud Pub/Sub, which is billed separately and needs billing enabled. There is no separate sandbox; a test form in any account does that job (https://developers.google.com/workspace/forms/api/limits; https://developers.google.com/workspace/tools-safety).", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Forms API docs, the limits page or the discovery document (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 0, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 31730, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.google.com/workspace/forms/api/guides", "capabilities": [ "forms.create", "forms.responses", "forms.webhooks", "forms.surveys" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "free", "oauth", "webhooks", "typescript", "python", "enterprise", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.8, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 127, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 35, "reliability": 91, "schema": 78, "security": 66, "transparency": 80 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Six OAuth scopes separate form structure from responses, and batchUpdate applies a batch atomically with a revision check. Notifications go only to a Cloud Pub/Sub topic and carry no response data, the API can't list forms or create file upload questions, and the release notes were last updated on 8 April 2025.", "bestFor": "Agents that build forms and quizzes in a Google account and read the answers back, where people already use Google Forms.", "strengths": [ "Separate read-only scopes for form structure (forms.body.readonly) and responses (forms.responses.readonly), plus the per-file drive.file scope", "forms.batchUpdate applies every request or none, and writeControl.requiredRevisionId rejects a write made against a stale revision", "Public discovery document for v1 (revision 20261004, 10 methods, 64 schemas) and Markdown copies of doc pages at `.md.txt` URLs", "Quotas are 975 reads, 450 response-list reads and 375 writes a minute per project, with no daily cap", "No Forms incident on the Workspace status dashboard since 12 November 2025, read on 8 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Push notifications go only to a Cloud Pub/Sub topic in the caller's project, which needs Cloud billing, and they carry no form or response data", "A watch expires after seven days unless renewed, with at most 20 watches per form and event type for each project", "No method lists forms or deletes one, the API can't create file upload questions, and it can't submit a response", "The release notes have two entries, the latest dated 8 April 2025, and no error reference page was found beyond authentication and 429", "forms.create copies only the title, so a ten-question form takes forms.create, forms.batchUpdate and, by the vendor's notice, forms.setPublishSettings" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call forms.create with a title only, then add items with forms.batchUpdate. Any other field in the create body is disallowed", "Publish with forms.setPublishSettings before sharing. Google's notice says forms created through the API after 30 June 2026 start unpublished", "Pass pageSize on forms.responses.list. With none set a page can hold up to 5,000 responses. Use filter=timestamp \u003e N to fetch only new ones", "After a Pub/Sub notification, call forms.responses.list yourself. The message holds only formId, watchId and eventType. Renew each watch within seven days", "Send writeControl.requiredRevisionId on forms.batchUpdate, and read the form before retrying a timed-out forms.create, which has no idempotency key" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 70.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 35, "reliability": 91, "schema": 78, "security": 66, "transparency": 66 }, "provenanceScore": 94 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @googleapis/forms", "http": "curl \"https://forms.googleapis.com/v1/forms/$FORM_ID/responses?pageSize=50\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/forms.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/google-forms" }, "sameCompany": [ "gemini-api", "gemini-embedding", "vertex-ai-tuning", "google-model-armor", "google-imagen", "google-veo", "google-lyria", "google-speech-to-text", "google-adk", "google-secret-manager", "google-weather-api", "chrome-devtools-mcp", "google-maps-platform", "google-cloud-translation", "google-calendar-api", "google-drive-api", "gemini-cli", "google-ads-api", "google-sheets-api", "gmail-api" ], "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Google LLC", "domain": "google.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-09-15", "domainNote": "The endpoint is on googleapis.com, Google's API domain. google.com was registered in 1997.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://developers.google.com/terms", "privacy": "https://policies.google.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://www.google.com/appsstatus/dashboard/", "changelog": "https://developers.google.com/workspace/forms/release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Google APIs Terms of Service (last modified 9 November 2021) name Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View.", "RDAP for google.com gives a registration date of 1997-09-15.", "www.google.com/.well-known/security.txt expires on 1 April 2030 and names g.co/vulnz, security@google.com and the vulnerability reward programme.", "Google publishes a discovery document for the API, not an OpenAPI spec.", "The release notes page has two entries, 17 March 2022 and 8 April 2025.", "The Google privacy policy read on 8 October 2026 is the version effective 1 October 2026." ], "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-forms.json", "live": { "slug": "google-forms", "probe": { "target": "https://forms.googleapis.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:11.306229755Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 604, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 604, "p95ms24h": 664, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:11.306229755Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Restly, Inc. (trading as Zite)", "b": "Google", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.fillout.com/v1/api", "b": "https://forms.googleapis.com/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$15 per month (plan)", "b": "free", "name": "Price for forms responses" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Fillout's terms of service. The TypeScript API client on GitHub is MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. 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These are the vendors' published prices for the job.", "question": "Which is cheaper for forms responses, Fillout or Google Forms API?" }, { "answer": "Fillout takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Google Forms API uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Fillout and Google Forms API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Fillout has a hosted endpoint at https://api.fillout.com/v1/api and Google Forms API at https://forms.googleapis.com/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call Fillout and Google Forms API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that reads form responses, files submissions on a person's behalf or subscribes a webhook to a form someone has already built.", "slug": "fillout", "watchFor": "No operation creates or edits a form. Zite's MCP server lists forms and its docs say creating forms is not supported over MCP" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 91 against 70", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 63", "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 47", "Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 37", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 61 against 46", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 80 against 69" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better" ], "goodFor": "Agents that build forms and quizzes in a Google account and read the answers back, where people already use Google Forms.", "slug": "google-forms", "watchFor": "Push notifications go only to a Cloud Pub/Sub topic in the caller's project, which needs Cloud billing, and they carry no form or response data" } ], "job": { "capability": "forms.responses", "name": "Forms responses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formstack-vs-google-forms.json", "title": "Formstack vs Google Forms API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formstack-vs-google-forms" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-jotform.json", "title": "Google Forms API vs Jotform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-jotform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-surveymonkey.json", "title": "Google Forms API vs SurveyMonkey", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-surveymonkey" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-tally.json", "title": "Google Forms API vs Tally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-tally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-typeform.json", "title": "Google Forms API vs Typeform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-typeform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-formbricks.json", "title": "Fillout vs Formbricks", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-formbricks" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-formstack.json", "title": "Fillout vs Formstack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-formstack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-jotform.json", "title": "Fillout vs Jotform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-jotform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-paperform.json", "title": "Fillout vs Paperform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-paperform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-surveymonkey.json", "title": "Fillout vs SurveyMonkey", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-surveymonkey" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-tally.json", "title": "Fillout vs Tally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-tally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-typeform.json", "title": "Fillout vs Typeform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-typeform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-paperform.json", "title": "Google Forms API vs Paperform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-paperform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-google-forms.json", "title": "Formbricks vs Google Forms API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-google-forms" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 21, "edge": "google-forms", "fillout": 70, "google-forms": 91, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "google-forms", "fillout": 63, "google-forms": 78, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 25, "edge": "google-forms", "fillout": 47, "google-forms": 72, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 29, "edge": "google-forms", "fillout": 37, "google-forms": 66, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "google-forms", "fillout": 30, "google-forms": 35, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "google-forms", "fillout": 46, "google-forms": 61, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "google-forms", "fillout": 69, "google-forms": 80, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Google Forms API scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Fillout's 52.2 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do forms responses.", "verdicts": { "fillout": "Fillout's REST API is on every plan, the free one included, with a public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec, llms.txt and submission filters by date, status and text. It has eight operations and none creates or edits a form. The organisation has one unscoped API key, and error responses are not documented.", "google-forms": "Six OAuth scopes separate form structure from responses, and batchUpdate applies a batch atomically with a revision check. Notifications go only to a Cloud Pub/Sub topic and carry no response data, the API can't list forms or create file upload questions, and the release notes were last updated on 8 April 2025." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-google-forms", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-google-forms.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-google-forms.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-google-forms.min.md" }, "markdown": "Google Forms API scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Fillout's 52.2 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do forms responses.\n\n- Fillout: grade D, 52.2/100, rank #567 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fillout.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fillout.json\n- Google Forms API: grade BB, 70.8/100, rank #127 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-forms.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-forms.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Fillout (D)\n\nGood for: An agent that reads form responses, files submissions on a person's behalf or subscribes a webhook to a form someone has already built.\n\nWatch for: No operation creates or edits a form. Zite's MCP server lists forms and its docs say creating forms is not supported over MCP\n\n### Google Forms API (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents that build forms and quizzes in a Google account and read the answers back, where people already use Google Forms.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 91 against 70\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 63\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 47\n- Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 37\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 61 against 46\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 80 against 69\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n\nWatch for: Push notifications go only to a Cloud Pub/Sub topic in the caller's project, which needs Cloud billing, and they carry no form or response data\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Fillout | Google Forms API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 91 | Google Forms API +21 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 78 | Google Forms API +15 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 47 | 72 | Google Forms API +25 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 37 | 66 | Google Forms API +29 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 35 | Google Forms API +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 61 | Google Forms API +15 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 69 | 80 | Google Forms API +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **52.2 · D** | **70.8 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Fillout | Google Forms API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Restly, Inc. (trading as Zite) | Google |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.fillout.com/v1/api` | `https://forms.googleapis.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| Price for forms responses | $15 per month (plan) | free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Fillout's terms of service. The TypeScript API client on GitHub is MIT | Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The client libraries are Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-24 |\n| Terms last updated | 2022-07-02 | 2021-11-09 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-07 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 1.8k npm/wk | 32k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Fillout.** Fillout's REST API is on every plan, the free one included, with a public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec, llms.txt and submission filters by date, status and text. It has eight operations and none creates or edits a form. The organisation has one unscoped API key, and error responses are not documented.\n\n**Google Forms API.** Six OAuth scopes separate form structure from responses, and batchUpdate applies a batch atomically with a revision check. Notifications go only to a Cloud Pub/Sub topic and carry no response data, the API can't list forms or create file upload questions, and the release notes were last updated on 8 April 2025.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Fillout\n\n1. Build the form in the Fillout editor first. The API reads forms and writes submissions but can't create a form or change its questions\n2. Read the base URL from the Developer settings page. EU-hosted accounts use https://eu-api.fillout.com/v1/api\n3. Stay under 5 requests a second per key and read the `ratelimit-remaining` and `ratelimit-reset` response headers\n4. Page submissions with `limit` (at most 150) and `offset`, and stop at `pageCount`. `status=in_progress` returns unfinished ones\n5. Send at most 10 submissions per create call and don't retry blindly, because the call has no idempotency key\n\n### Google Forms API\n\n1. Call forms.create with a title only, then add items with forms.batchUpdate. Any other field in the create body is disallowed\n2. Publish with forms.setPublishSettings before sharing. Google's notice says forms created through the API after 30 June 2026 start unpublished\n3. Pass pageSize on forms.responses.list. With none set a page can hold up to 5,000 responses. Use filter=timestamp \u003e N to fetch only new ones\n4. After a Pub/Sub notification, call forms.responses.list yourself. The message holds only formId, watchId and eventType. Renew each watch within seven days\n5. Send writeControl.requiredRevisionId on forms.batchUpdate, and read the form before retrying a timed-out forms.create, which has no idempotency key\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Fillout or Google Forms API?\n\nGoogle Forms API scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Fillout's 52.2 (D), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Which is cheaper for forms responses, Fillout or Google Forms API?\n\nGoogle Forms API, at free against $15 per month (plan) for Fillout. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.\n\n### Do Fillout and Google Forms API need an API key?\n\nFillout takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Google Forms API uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Fillout and Google Forms API without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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