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Switch from Google Forms to Domandata

Google Forms is free and simple, which is exactly why it runs out of room fast: no randomized treatment arms, no branching logic beyond basic section jumps, and no path to SPSS or Stata.

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Google Forms is free, familiar, and fine for a short questionnaire. It has no concept of a randomized treatment arm, no quotas, and section-jump logic is as far as branching goes — every response exports as a flat Sheet, with no codebook, no replication package, and no path to SPSS or Stata.

Why researchers switch from Google Forms

What Domandata does specifically to make social science research easier than Google Forms.

From shuffled questions to real experiments

Treatment arms, stratified assignment, and permutation sets replace Google Forms' single randomized-question-order option.

Branching that's actually branching

A visual flow canvas with multi-condition logic replaces "go to section based on answer."

Data that leaves the Sheet behind

Native SPSS/Stata files, a generated codebook, and randomization audit columns replace a flat Google Sheet you'd otherwise recode by hand.

Quotas and preregistration Google Forms doesn't have at any price

Path-aware quotas, OSF integration, and instrument fingerprinting are things Google Forms simply doesn't offer, free or paid.

Domandata vs. Google Forms

Feature	Domandata	Google Forms
Randomized treatment assignment	Randomized treatment arms with weighted, stratified, or balanced allocation, plus permutation sets that shuffle values across variables without within-respondent repeats — all built in, no scripting.	No concept of treatment arms or permutation sets; only randomized question/option order within a single form.
Quotas & partner status links	Path-aware quotas on treatment arms and Flow endings, with shareable quota-status links so partners can watch fill counts live without editor access.	No quota system at all; the form stays open until you manually close it.
Branching, piping & flow logic	Visual flow canvas shows every routing path, condition, and piped variable at a glance.	Section-jump logic only ('Go to section based on answer') — no piped text, no multi-condition branches.
Research-specific question types	Conjoint, MaxDiff, card sort, constant sum, text highlighter, click heatmaps, signature, file upload, and AI text/voice chat ship as built-in question types.	Basic question types only (multiple choice, short answer, grid) — no conjoint, MaxDiff, card sort, or similar.
AI-simulated pilot testing	Silicon Samples pilot-test a survey with AI-simulated respondents — built from personas, panel data, or prior responses — before fielding it with real people.	No AI-simulated respondent feature.
Power & sample-size planning	Built-in power and sample-size planning with a Sankey view of expected allocation, right where the survey is built.	No built-in power or sample-size planning tool.
Data-quality tooling	Automated quality scores (speeding, straightlining, duplicate devices, bot signals), author-defined attention/dwell/impossible-combination rules, and a human review queue with an exportable cleaning log.	None built in beyond basic response validation.
Export to SPSS/Stata/R	Native SPSS (.sav) and Stata (.dta) files, a generated codebook, and randomization audit columns (answer order, treatment assignment, fixed-order comparisons) in every export.	Responses export to a flat Google Sheet only — no SPSS/Stata files, codebook, or audit columns.
Open Science / preregistration	Lock and fingerprint a preregistered instrument, push study artifacts to OSF or Harvard Dataverse, and export a complete replication package — data, code, codebook, and instrument bundled together.	No OSF/Dataverse integration or instrument fingerprinting.
Pricing	Free plan for drafting and previewing instruments; paid plans add Flow, Deploy, Export, and team collaboration, with published self-serve pricing.	Free, with no paid tier — but also no path to add the features above without switching tools.

Migrating from Google Forms

Domandata imports directly from a Google Forms link. Share your form as "Anyone with the link," then paste that link into Domandata's Import dialog — questions and choices come in automatically.

Import method: Paste your Google Forms link

Share your form as "Anyone with the link"
In Google Forms, open the Send dialog and confirm the form's sharing link is viewable without sign-in.
Paste the link into Domandata
Open Import from your workspace dashboard, choose the Google Forms tab, and paste the link. Domandata pulls in your questions automatically.
Add the logic Google Forms couldn't do
Build treatment-arm randomization, quotas, and piped text in Flow — none of these exist in a Google Form to import.
Set up your export pipeline
Decide which exports you need (CSV, SPSS, Stata, codebook) under Export — Google Forms only ever gave you a flat Sheet.
Preview, then swap the shared link
Walk the survey in Preview, then replace the Google Forms link wherever you distributed it with your new Domandata deploy link.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I import my Google Form automatically?

Yes. Share your form as "Anyone with the link," then paste that link into Domandata's Import dialog — questions and answer choices come in automatically.

Does my Google Forms section-jump logic carry over?

Section-jump rules import as simple branches where possible, but treatment-arm randomization, quotas, and piped text don't exist in a Google Form to import — you'll add those in Flow.

What happens to my existing Google Forms responses?

Import brings over your questionnaire structure, not historical responses. Keep your existing Google Sheet of responses alongside your new Domandata dataset — the two won't merge automatically.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Domandata's free plan covers drafting and previewing instruments, so you can bring your Google Form over and try it before upgrading for Flow, Deploy, and Export.

Ready to bring your survey over?

Create a free account, then use Import from your workspace dashboard to bring in your Google Forms survey.

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