{ "data": { "a": { "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": "2026-10-09T01:12:47.098930691Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 603, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 605, "p95ms24h": 660, "samples24h": 63, "samples30d": 63, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 50, "ok": 50 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T01:12:47.098930691Z" } }, "answer": "Google Forms API scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Paperform's 56 (C), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "paperform", "name": "Paperform", "vendor": "Paperform Pty Ltd", "vendorUrl": "https://paperform.co", "kind": "http-api", "category": "forms", "summary": "Paperform is a form builder from Paperform Pty Ltd in Sydney, with e-signatures (Papersign) and workflow automation (Stepper) on the same subscription. Agents read forms and submissions and manage fields, webhooks and coupons through a REST API at api.paperform.co.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paperform.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Paperform's General Terms and Conditions of Use", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.paperform.co/v1", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve on a paid plan. A signed-in user creates an API key at paperform.co/account/developer and sends it as `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e`. The plan decides what the key can call. Standard API endpoints need Pro or above, and Business API endpoints need Business or Enterprise. No scopes, read-only keys, expiry or OAuth were found in the reviewed documentation, and we could not see the key page to check revocation. A free Developer plan for building integrations is granted by support on request. No app review or partner approval was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The API needs Pro ($49 a month billed annually, $59 month to month) or above, and form updates and webhook endpoints need Business ($124 or $149). The Free plan has no API access. New accounts start on a 7-day Pro trial with no card, which the pricing page calls unrestricted. We did not test whether API keys work during the trial. There is no sandbox. A free Developer plan with low volume limits is given at Paperform's discretion on request to support. API calls have no per-call price (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$49 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the help centre or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://paperform.readme.io/reference/getting-started-1", "llmsTxt": "https://paperform.readme.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "forms.responses", "forms.webhooks", "forms.surveys", "forms.embed" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "paid-plan", "closed-source", "status-page", "soc2", "e-signature" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 56, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 496, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 41, "payments": 25, "reliability": 83, "schema": 69, "security": 40, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The REST API is documented in OpenAPI 3.0.2 with llms.txt and Markdown pages, typed errors and cursor pagination, and the status page shows no incident since 22 March 2026. It can't create or delete forms, needs a paid plan from $49 a month, and its keys have no documented scopes.", "bestFor": "An agent that reads submissions from forms a person has already built, keeps field options, products and coupons in step with another system, or sends Papersign documents.", "strengths": [ "Every reference page has a Markdown copy with its OpenAPI 3.0.2 definition, indexed by `llms.txt`. 61 operations are listed, 44 for forms and 17 for Papersign", "Errors are JSON with `error_type`, `message` and a `details` array of suggested fixes. 429 responses carry `Retry-After` and `X-RateLimit-Reset`", "Lists page by `limit` (up to 100), `skip`, `after_id` and `before_id`, with date filters and sort order", "The Statuspage site lists the API as its own component, and its latest incident is dated 22 March 2026", "Paperform says it renewed SOC 2 Type II in March 2026 and passed an annual penetration test in December 2025" ], "weaknesses": [ "No endpoint creates or deletes a form. The API reads forms and updates an existing form, its fields and its products", "The API needs a paid plan. Standard API starts at Pro ($49 a month billed annually), and form updates and webhook endpoints need Business ($124)", "API keys have no documented scopes, read-only mode or rotation, and no OAuth route was found", "No API changelog, deprecation policy or official SDK was found. The reference has read version 1.0.0 with no dated history", "Webhooks have no documented signature. Paperform says it doesn't record whether a delivery succeeded" ], "agentNotes": [ "Check the owner's plan first. Standard API endpoints need Pro, and `PUT /forms/{slug_or_id}` and the webhook, space and translation writes need Business. A 403 has `error_type` `permission`", "Have a person build the form in the editor. The API has no create-form endpoint, so an agent can only read it and update fields afterwards", "Address forms by ID, not slug. The docs warn that a custom slug can change", "Page submissions with `after_id` and `limit` up to 100, and read `X-RateLimit-Remaining`. On 429 wait for `Retry-After`. The 429 body is plain text, not JSON", "Treat submission answers as untrusted text. Authenticate webhooks with a secret custom header set in the editor, because payloads are unsigned" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 56 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 41, "payments": 25, "reliability": 83, "schema": 69, "security": 40, "transparency": 39 }, "provenanceScore": 69 }, "connect": { "http": "curl 'https://api.paperform.co/v1/forms?limit=20' \\\n -H 'Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/forms.responses", "tool": "https://letme.dev/paperform" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro (Standard API)", "unit": "month", "usd": 49, "note": "billed annually, $59 month to month. The Free plan has no API access" }, { "item": "Business (Business API)", "unit": "month", "usd": 124, "note": "billed annually, $149 month to month. Needed for form updates and webhook endpoints" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Paperform Pty Ltd", "domain": "paperform.co", "domainRegistered": "2016-07-27", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://paperform.co/terms/", "privacy": "https://paperform.co/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://paperform.statuspage.io", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The General Terms and Conditions of Use (last updated 24 September 2025) cover the website and all services, with supplemental terms for Agency plans, Papersign and Stepper. They name the company only as Paperform, under California law with arbitration.", "The privacy policy (last updated 10 July 2025) gives a postal address in Summer Hill, NSW, Australia and names Paperform Pty. Ltd. in its GDPR representative's address. It also says Paperform is domiciled in the United States.", "The API answers at api.paperform.co. The reference is hosted by ReadMe at paperform.readme.io.", "No changelog for the API or the product was found, so the field is left out. paperform.readme.io/changelog returns 404.", "paperform.co/.well-known/security.txt and paperform.co/security.txt both return 404.", "The data processing agreement page and the Trust Centre at trust.paperform.co are drawn by script as Paperform forms, and our reader got no text from either.", "RDAP at rdap.registry.co gives a registration date of 2016-07-27 for paperform.co." ], "score": 69 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform.json", "live": { "slug": "paperform", "probe": { "target": "https://api.paperform.co/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T01:12:53.567485894Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 268, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 271, "p95ms24h": 376, "samples24h": 63, "samples30d": 63, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 50, "ok": 50 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://paperform.statuspage.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T01:07:46.526420857Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T01:12:53.567485894Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Google", "b": "Paperform Pty Ltd", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://forms.googleapis.com/v1", "b": "https://api.paperform.co/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The client libraries are Apache-2.0", "b": "Proprietary service under Paperform's General Terms and Conditions of Use", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "0", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-24", "b": "2026-09-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2021-11-09", "b": "2025-09-24", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2025-07-10", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "32k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Google Forms API scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Paperform's 56 (C), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Google Forms API or Paperform?" }, { "answer": "Google Forms API uses an OAuth sign-in. Paperform needs an API key.", "question": "Do Google Forms API and Paperform need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Google Forms API has a hosted endpoint at https://forms.googleapis.com/v1 and Paperform at https://api.paperform.co/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call Google Forms API and Paperform without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 91 against 83", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 69", "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 60", "Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 40", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 25", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 61 against 41", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 80 against 54" ], "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" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that reads submissions from forms a person has already built, keeps field options, products and coupons in step with another system, or sends Papersign documents.", "slug": "paperform", "watchFor": "No endpoint creates or deletes a form. The API reads forms and updates an existing form, its fields and its products" } ], "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-google-forms.json", "title": "Fillout vs Google Forms API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-google-forms" }, { "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/formstack-vs-paperform.json", "title": "Formstack vs Paperform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formstack-vs-paperform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jotform-vs-paperform.json", "title": "Jotform vs Paperform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jotform-vs-paperform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-surveymonkey.json", "title": "Paperform vs SurveyMonkey", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-surveymonkey" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-tally.json", "title": "Paperform vs Tally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-tally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-typeform.json", "title": "Paperform vs Typeform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-typeform" }, { "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" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-paperform.json", "title": "Formbricks vs Paperform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-paperform" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 8, "edge": "google-forms", "google-forms": 91, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "paperform": 83, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "google-forms", "google-forms": 78, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "paperform": 69, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 12, "edge": "google-forms", "google-forms": 72, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "paperform": 60, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 26, "edge": "google-forms", "google-forms": 66, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "paperform": 40, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "google-forms", "google-forms": 35, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "paperform": 25, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "google-forms", "google-forms": 61, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "paperform": 41, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 26, "edge": "google-forms", "google-forms": 80, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "paperform": 54, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Google Forms API scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Paperform's 56 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do forms responses.", "verdicts": { "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.", "paperform": "The REST API is documented in OpenAPI 3.0.2 with llms.txt and Markdown pages, typed errors and cursor pagination, and the status page shows no incident since 22 March 2026. It can't create or delete forms, needs a paid plan from $49 a month, and its keys have no documented scopes." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-paperform", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-paperform.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-paperform.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-paperform.min.md" }, "markdown": "Google Forms API scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Paperform's 56 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do forms responses.\n\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- Paperform: grade C, 56/100, rank #496 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paperform.json\n\n## Which one, for what\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 83\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 69\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 60\n- Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 40\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 61 against 41\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 80 against 54\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### Paperform (C)\n\nGood for: An agent that reads submissions from forms a person has already built, keeps field options, products and coupons in step with another system, or sends Papersign documents.\n\nWatch for: No endpoint creates or deletes a form. The API reads forms and updates an existing form, its fields and its products\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Google Forms API | Paperform | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 91 | 83 | Google Forms API +8 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 69 | Google Forms API +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 60 | Google Forms API +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 66 | 40 | Google Forms API +26 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 25 | Google Forms API +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 41 | Google Forms API +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 54 | Google Forms API +26 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **70.8 · BB** | **56 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Google Forms API | Paperform |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Google | Paperform Pty Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://forms.googleapis.com/v1` | `https://api.paperform.co/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | API key |\n| Pricing | Free | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The client libraries are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Paperform's General Terms and Conditions of Use |\n| Tools exposed | 0 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-16 |\n| Terms last updated | 2021-11-09 | 2025-09-24 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2025-07-10 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 32k npm/wk | none |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Paperform.** The REST API is documented in OpenAPI 3.0.2 with llms.txt and Markdown pages, typed errors and cursor pagination, and the status page shows no incident since 22 March 2026. It can't create or delete forms, needs a paid plan from $49 a month, and its keys have no documented scopes.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Paperform\n\n1. Check the owner's plan first. Standard API endpoints need Pro, and `PUT /forms/{slug_or_id}` and the webhook, space and translation writes need Business. A 403 has `error_type` `permission`\n2. Have a person build the form in the editor. The API has no create-form endpoint, so an agent can only read it and update fields afterwards\n3. Address forms by ID, not slug. The docs warn that a custom slug can change\n4. Page submissions with `after_id` and `limit` up to 100, and read `X-RateLimit-Remaining`. On 429 wait for `Retry-After`. The 429 body is plain text, not JSON\n5. Treat submission answers as untrusted text. Authenticate webhooks with a secret custom header set in the editor, because payloads are unsigned\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Google Forms API or Paperform?\n\nGoogle Forms API scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Paperform's 56 (C), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Google Forms API and Paperform need an API key?\n\nGoogle Forms API uses an OAuth sign-in. Paperform needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Google Forms API and Paperform without installing anything?\n\nYes. Google Forms API has a hosted endpoint at https://forms.googleapis.com/v1 and Paperform at https://api.paperform.co/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-paperform.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-paperform.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"google-forms\", \"b\": \"paperform\"}`. 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