Wufoo

Want an easy way to collect and manage data?  Wufoo‘s easy online form builder is perfect for building secure online forms.  At ALCTS, we use it as a way to collect conference program, webinar, and online class proposals.  It’s free if you just need a few forms and don’t expect a lot of responses, and there are several different paid plans for users who will need multiple forms or lots of storage for responses.  Their website has an impressive list of clients (though I wonder in what capacity these organizations are using Wufoo).

The types of questions available are good.  It doesn’t let you create a matrix like Survey Monkey, but you can still finagle most of the questions you want to include into the formats available.  There are also “Fancy Pants” options for specific types of data like prices and phone numbers.

Wufoo doesn’t use any advertising on the forms, and they can be customized with logos.  The result is actually very professional.

Entries can be sent to email accounts, mobile devices, or secure RSS feeds, and the results are also saved by Wufoo.

I can’t compare this to any other online form builders since this is the first one I’ve used.  Overall, it’s worked quite well for our needs.  If anyone else knows of a good one out there (or a bad one to watch out for, for that matter), please leave a message in the comments or email me!