A travel-trade alternative to Google Forms
Google Forms is free and fast, and for an internal question it is hard to argue with. Respond is for the form a trade buyer sees — your branding, one question at a time, and answers that land on the contact record.
Google Forms is free, familiar and quick, and it comes with a Google account.
What RepBud Respond is
Google Forms deserves its popularity: free, quick, and everybody can use it. Where reps tend to want something else is when the form is client-facing — a fam-trip review going to agents you are courting, a rate-sheet acknowledgement, a stand sign-up at a major show — and when the answers need to be more than a spreadsheet.
RepBud Respond builds a branded form in minutes: short and long text, single and multiple choice, dropdown, rating, date, email, phone, an acknowledgement block and section breaks, dragged into order with a live phone preview beside you. Respondents answer one question at a time on any phone, with no account and no app, and half-finished answers survive a refresh. Each response is matched to your contacts by email — new people flagged and added in one click — and results appear in the dashboard as charts and quotes. It is included on all plans.
What it brings to your day
The form a buyer should see
Your brand, not a default
The respondent page carries your name, company and colours, reusing the brand saved for Reach — so a buyer sees your form rather than a generic one.
Answers on the contact record
Matched to your contacts by email, so responses live with the relationship rather than in a spreadsheet you have to reconcile afterwards.
Built for a phone on a stand
One question at a time, a QR code for the stand, and links that can carry a name and email so the form arrives pre-filled for someone you are inviting personally.
A public link that is guarded
Server-side answer validation, per-IP rate limiting and a honeypot, with a paused form declining politely rather than breaking.
Being straight with you
Google Forms is free and Respond is part of a paid product, so if the form is an internal one-off, the free tool is the sensible answer. Respond has no certified e-signature, and cannot yet be sent through a Reach campaign. Forms and monthly responses come with a per-plan allowance rather than being open-ended.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions people ask us
Why pay for a form builder when Google Forms is free?+
For an internal question, honestly, do not — free is the right answer. The case for Respond is client-facing forms: your branding on the page, one question at a time on a phone, a QR code for the stand, and answers matched to the contact record instead of landing in a spreadsheet you reconcile by hand.
Where do the answers go?+
Each response is matched to your contacts by email, so an answer from a buyer you already know attaches to the person you already have. Someone new is flagged and can be added to Contacts in one click. Results also sit in the dashboard as charts and quotes, and export to CSV and Excel.
Can I use a form on a trade-show stand?+
Yes — that is one of the jobs it was built for. Share one link or download a QR code for the stand, and respondents answer one question at a time on their own phone with no account and no app. Links can carry a name and email so the form arrives pre-filled when you send it to someone specific.
Will the form look like mine?+
Yes. The respondent page carries your name, company and colours, reusing the brand you saved for Reach — so a buyer sees your form rather than a form-builder's. A live phone preview shows exactly what they will see while you are still building it.
Can I get the raw data out?+
Yes. Every response exports to CSV and Excel, and individual responses can be read in full in the dashboard. Your data stays yours and comes out in a format anything else can read.
Have a look for yourself
Respond is included on all plans, with an allowance of live forms and monthly responses. Begin a 14-day complimentary stay, build a form in minutes and put a QR code on your stand.
Begin your complimentary stay →Google Forms is a trademark of its respective owner and is not affiliated with, or endorsing, RepBud. This page describes RepBud and is based on publicly available information as of July 2026; it makes no representations about Google Forms’s current features or pricing. Both are good tools built by people who care about their craft — please compare them against your own needs before deciding. RepBud is designed to assist, not replace, your professional judgement.