GoCanvas vs FORM OpX Comparison

Form creation was simple and straightforward

It was expensive and we switched to a product that could handle things like vendor management, inventory, time tracking, GPS, etc....

Apps/ form are very easy to customize and develop.

Limitation to use big reference data. Not really flexibility on PDF designer.

The ease of creation of the forms and the ability to easily edit the forms as many times as needed and then the preview ability to really let you see how it works before trying to implement it. Great for capturing signatures as well.

A little bit of a learning curve on how different fields work and how best to set up the PDF so that the form is legible after filled out.

It is easy to use and intuitive. Form building is fast.

How could a data collection service exist but not allow people to reasonably access and use the data? This app should be free. It really is that limited. For example, if you use this app to make a form that estimates you counted 100 items and later discovered it was 102 items, on a VERY limited basis, you can go back and change from 100 to 102. But, if you actually used that base number for another calculation, don't think GoCanvas will recalculate after you changed the number. You have to do all of your own recalculations, It is ridiculous. Worse, the salespeople will promise anything. We trusted them, spent over 100 hours building the app and then found out we were lied to.

The ease in which a form can be created and deployed to users. I also like the ability to export the data in order to perform analysis.

Unable to attach additional files to the form. There are reports that are not static that I would like to be able to have saved and added to the form prior to submission

GoCanvas is a user-friendly platform that is a valuable tool for us. We primarily use GoCanvas at The Land Stewards for our SWPPP (Stormwater Pollution Prevention Planning) inspections. The thing I like most about the software is the speed at which a form captures the data we need in the field and the stability of the app's features.

The part I like the least about this software is the difficulty in creating / editing the PDF output from a form when building a new form. When the PDF prints from a printer it needs to look a certain way and designing a new form takes quite a bit of trial and error to resolve and get looking right.

A form can be designed and put into production in very short order as long as you have an idea of what you need the form to do and how you would like it laid out.

It took me a little while to get used to the way the user accounts/groups/assigned apps are organized. Some tasks like assigning an app to a group are not as intuitive as I would like.

User friendly, easy to navigate, very easy to update forms.

I'd like the grid function/view to be more easy to add to a form.

We used GoCanvas to house the Health and Safety form that is submitted at the beginning of each day of field work. It was simple and straightforward and convenient to use on smartphones.

For what could just be done (and what we ended up doing) on a Google Form for free was being done in GoCanvas. Given the current situation with our company, we unfortunately made the switch to putting our form on Google Forms.

Forms are easy to create, just send your current ones to GoCanvas and for a small fee they convert for use on laptops, iPads and smartphones. Data can autofill from a spreadsheet we maintain and upload quite easily.

The form you fill out on your iPad, phone or laptop does not look like the final PDF form. You gather the info on a rather bland layout, then send it to GoCanvas who re-formats the info into your professional looking PDF.

I enjoy the form fields are completely customizable and you can create a nice looking PDF with the final product.

I would of continued to use this product except I have to upload all the forms to the locations they need to be so for me I needed a software that did that.

You can essentially loop through a list and make a spreadsheet in your form which makes adoption from paper forms much easier.

If you do the loop you have to manually integrate or pay gocanvas and integration and hosting fee. Otherwise Zapier works for most things.

The ease of creating forms and end user experience has made rolling out the software , well, easy. The departments are in charge of their own forms and any changes which avoids delays they would otherwise experience contacting IT.

Currently, there is not the ability to attach documents to the form. We have the need to include official documents to some of the forms that have been created. We are working around that by taking a photo which works in some cases.

Nice user interface and editable pdf format

Workflows stinks. App sync stinks. Not able to keep a form open to edit by different departments without handing it off.

Hi there, Thank you for your feedback. I apologize that your experience with GoCanvas has been unsatisfactory thus far. Our head of customer experience will be reaching out to make sure that we hear more about your concerns with the sales and contracting process and to understand the technical challenges with the product.

With GoCanvas I was able to put all of my documentation and contracts into a digital form that made it easy to go entirely paper-free.

I had to get used to the method in which the documents were stored, but once I realized how the system worked I was able to use it very efficiently.

I love how simple it is to use and make adjustments to maintain COVID19 daily submission for office safety.

No, everything is awesome. I do wish I could receive a text when one of my team answers yes to a COVID form question in addition to an email.

The functionality and ease of use make this platform great for any business who is looking to get up to par with a paperless system

i honestly cant think of any flaws with the software system. it is very will built and easily accessible and usable for all levels of management.

GoCanvas is simple to learn and use. If you either cannot or don't have time to learn the software, their customer support can help design and setup almost any form that you can envision.

Nothing in life is perfect. GoCanvas is still working to fill the gaps of what it cannot yet do. I wish the GoCanvas submissions would interact with my database software but it will not and that is not a GoCanvas issue either. My database software company will not talk (literally or figuratively) with GoCanvas. Despite this setback, GoCanvas is still a better option (in our opinion) than using the mobile version of the database software.

The basics are very easy to learn and you can quickly create simple forms that allow you advanced mobilization.

When a form has to be dynamic the software becomes a little more complicated and having to set the app up and then the layout on the pdf can be somewhat time consuming.

The forms are easy to complete and scale well on any mobile device. You can capture GPS coordinates, camera information, time stamps, etc. You can implement 'if' conditions in the form editor to only display necessary information based on user selections.

The drag and drop interface of the online forms editor is cumbersome to use. For example, let's say a section of a form has a title, text box, and a dropdown field. If there are 5 sections, then each of the elements in each section have to be copied and then moved to the new sections of the form. There is no way to select the 3 elements as a group and paste them 5 times

You customize your form very easy from the dashboard. We are presently using 12 apps that we designed. A team of 10 people are suing them everyday. No real issues, things can be changed on the fly if need be.

Nothing really. It took a little time to lean the app building. The learning curve was not very steep at all.

This app is very easy to use in sending my customers online forms rather than paper forms which can take up space and time filling them out. It is very easy to complete a form online rather than on paper with a pen.

Some forms do not open correctly which is embarrassing when the client informs you of this.

I like the fact that I can customize the forms to my personal needs

Been a user for quite some time now- over 5 years, at the beginning the apps were a little difficult to make, I spent many hours getting my APP to where it is today (Version 58) the newer app builder is much, much better than previous versions.

It is easy to design an app and it was very intuitive for our crew to figure out how to use it. The ability to take pictures in the form really improved out accuracy and error finding. The fact that everything was stored in the cloud really improved our record keeping ability.

The price isn't really worth it for the functionality that we use. We pay for things that we do not use.

It does what it says and paperless documentation has streamlined our process

The learning curves to build new forms.