Is Request Forms a Microsoft Forms alternative?

Only if you are not locked to Excel and Teams. Microsoft Forms is the default inside Microsoft 365. Request Forms is a separate vendor with stronger design and payments.

What is the Microsoft Forms response limit?

Personal free accounts: 200 per form. Personal paid: 1,000. Work and school: Microsoft Support documents up to 5,000,000, with 50,000 on GCC High and DoD. Confirm on Microsoft Support.

Can Request Forms score a quiz like Microsoft Forms?

Not as an answer-key quiz. A calculated field can add numbers. It will not grade a quiz and release marks.

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Request Forms vs Microsoft Forms

Microsoft Forms is the right pick inside Microsoft 365. It is already paid for, it writes to Excel, and it has quiz mode. Request Forms has stronger logic, CSS, payments, and webhooks. It will not replace Teams or Excel. If your org is Microsoft, start there.

Facts reviewed 28 August 2026. Open the sources at the end for live prices and limits.

When to pick each

Pick Request Forms

You are not on Microsoft 365 and you need a public form with CSS.
You need Stripe, signatures, or calculated fields.
You need a webhook.
You need more than 200 responses on a personal Microsoft account without upgrading Microsoft.

Pick Microsoft Forms

Staff already have Microsoft 365. Excel and Teams are the destination.
You need quiz mode with points.
You need to restrict respondents to the tenant.
You need millions of responses on a work or school form. Microsoft documents up to 5,000,000.
You need Copilot in Microsoft 365, where licensed.

Feature table

Request Forms cells describe this product as it works today. Microsoft Forms cells come from their public pages on 28 August 2026.

Topic	Request Forms	Microsoft Forms
Form count	Unlimited forms.	400-form cap on work accounts.
Response count	Unlimited responses.	200 per form on personal accounts. Up to 5,000,000 on work accounts.
Starting price	$23.20 per month billed yearly (20% off), or $29 per month. Paid adds hide branding and a custom domain.	Included with Microsoft 365.
Conditional logic	Show, hide, require, and jump. AND or OR.	Branching.
Calculated fields	Add, subtract, multiply, divide, min, max, round..	No calculated fields. Quizzes can score correct answers.
Answer piping	Later questions cannot insert earlier answers into the prompt.	No piping into question text.
Prefill visible fields	URL params and embed data-field attributes fill visible questions..	Limited. Not a first-class prefill product.
Hidden URL fields	URL param or static value..	No hidden field block.
Payments	Stripe Connect. The organization connects its own account.	No native card payments.
File uploads	Unlimited file size.	Follows Microsoft limits.
Signatures	Drawn signature pad. Free. Not a certified e-sign product.	No signature field.
Native Google Sheets	CSV or a new Google Sheet. No live link.	Excel, not Sheets.
Zapier, Make, Notion, Airtable	No native connectors. Use a webhook or an API key.	Power Automate, Teams, and Excel. Strong inside Microsoft 365.
Webhooks	Public HTTPS. 5 second timeout.	No first-party webhook.
REST API	Create and update forms, read submissions, and manage webhooks..	Microsoft Graph. Not a public hobby API.
Teams and seats	No seat limit. Invite as many members as you need.	Share in the Microsoft 365 tenant.
Custom CSS	50,000 character cap. Unsafe CSS is stripped.	Themes only.
Custom domain hosting	CNAME a hostname and serve forms on that host. Needs a paid organization.	No custom form domain.
Remove vendor branding	Hide the Request Forms link on a paid organization. Free forms keep the link.	Microsoft branding stays.
Website embed	Web component embed: inline, button modal, link modal, and RequestForms.open..	Embed in Microsoft 365 pages and some websites.
Redirect after submit	A thank-you block is the last screen.	No redirect to your URL.
Close by date or cap	Close after a response count, a date, or both..	You can stop accepting responses. Start and end date exist in Microsoft Forms.
Password on the form	No password.	Restrict to the organization, or anyone with the link.
Partial submissions	A row is stored only on submit.	No partial inbox. A quiz can allow save in some Microsoft 365 modes.
Respondent confirmation email	Owner notify email goes to one verified organization member.	Optional email receipt. Limited templates.
CSV / spreadsheet export	CSV download or a new Google Sheet. Formula-looking cells get a text prefix.	Excel is the native export.
PDF of a submission	No PDF export of a response.	No filled-PDF product.
Quizzes and scoring	No answer-key quiz. A calculated field can score. No auto-grade.	Quiz mode with points and correct answers.
Spam controls	Math captcha, optional reCAPTCHA, honeypot, submit rate limits.	Microsoft 365 identity and spam tools.
Form analytics	Views, starts, submits, conversion, hosted vs embed, referrer host. Last 7 days.	Summary charts. No dedicated drop-off funnel.
One question at a time	Focus shows one question at a time. A section break after each question does the same on Pages and Stepper.	One page with sections. Not a conversational UI.
HIPAA	No HIPAA program and no BAA.	Microsoft 365 compliance depends on your tenant agreement.
AI / assistant builder	In-app assistant can write and edit a form. Guided or LLM. Hosted MCP at /mcp can sign in and call the same API as the website.	Copilot in Microsoft 365, where licensed.
Templates	Organization templates and a public gallery.	Templates in Microsoft Forms.
Version history	No form version history.	No public form version history like Drive.
Import from another builder	No importer.	No importer from Typeform.

Pros and cons

	Request Forms	Microsoft Forms
Pros	Show/hide logic, calculations, Stripe, signatures, CSS, webhooks. Public link that does not need a Microsoft account. Spam tools and a web component embed with a homepage backlink. Organizations with roles, without a Microsoft tenant.	Included with Microsoft 365. No extra form-builder bill. Excel export and Teams collection. Quiz mode. Work and school accounts: Microsoft documents up to 5,000,000 responses per form. Restrict to people in the organization.
Cons	No Excel or Teams connector. No quiz answer key. No Microsoft compliance package. No tenant-only identity lock like Microsoft 365.	Personal Microsoft accounts: 200 responses per form on free, 1,000 on paid. Source: Microsoft Support. Logic is branching, not a full show/hide builder. No custom CSS, no Stripe, no signature field, no first-party webhook. Design stays Microsoft. Work accounts also have a form-count cap that includes recycle bin. Microsoft documents 400 forms.

Price and limits

Topic	Request Forms	Microsoft Forms
Cost	Builder is free. Paid is $23.20 per month billed yearly (20% off), or $29 per month.	Included with Microsoft 365 or a Microsoft account.
Personal accounts	Unlimited responses on free.	200 responses per form on free. 1,000 on paid Microsoft accounts.
Work / school	Same product. No Microsoft tenant features.	Up to 5,000,000 responses per form per Microsoft Support. GCC High / DoD: 50,000.
Excel	CSV download.	Native.

Questions

Is Request Forms a Microsoft Forms alternative?: Only if you are not locked to Excel and Teams. Microsoft Forms is the default inside Microsoft 365. Request Forms is a separate vendor with stronger design and payments.
What is the Microsoft Forms response limit?: Personal free accounts: 200 per form. Personal paid: 1,000. Work and school: Microsoft Support documents up to 5,000,000, with 50,000 on GCC High and DoD. Confirm on Microsoft Support.
Can Request Forms score a quiz like Microsoft Forms?: Not as an answer-key quiz. A calculated field can add numbers. It will not grade a quiz and release marks.