How to take payments with Google Forms: add-ons and other options
Google Forms has no payment question, so on its own it cannot take money. Three routes fill the gap: an add-on that prices your answers, a payment link sent with the form, or a form builder with payments built in. This guide compares what each costs on 100 orders of $25, lists the setup steps for one add-on, and says what you give up.
What Google Forms can and cannot do
Google's list of question types has no payment question and no price field, so a plain form cannot charge anyone. Two details matter later. A file upload question makes the person answering sign in to a Google account, and it is not available if the form sits in a Shared Drive. Answers go to Google Sheets and uploaded files to Google Drive.
Option 1: a payment add-on
Two add-ons in the Google Workspace Marketplace add prices and a payment step to your form. They price themselves differently.
| Neartail Order form | Payable Forms | |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | $18, $28 or $38 a month billed yearly ($36, $56 or $76 billed monthly) for 100, 250 or 500 responses a month | None |
| Fee on each order | None | $0 up to $5.00, $0.49 from $5.01 to $50.00, 1% above $50.00 |
| Free use | No free plan. A 7-day trial with the first 20 responses free | No plan to pay for |
| Payment providers | PayPal, Stripe, Yoco, plus manual methods you confirm by hand | PayPal, Stripe, Square, Razorpay and Rapyd |
| What the buyer sees | A Neartail order page with product cards, quantities and a running total | Your Google Form, then Payable's hosted checkout page |
| Adds | Quantities, stock counts, coupon codes, tax formulas, shipping and delivery fees | Promo codes, a tax rate, a handling fee, repeating items, reminders for unpaid orders |
In both cases you pay the add-on plus PayPal's or Stripe's fee, and neither charges the buyer extra. Neartail's Marketplace listing and its pricing page quote different limits, so confirm the plan on its pricing page before you buy. The figures here come from that page and from Payable's pricing page. Read the permission screen too: Payable's listing asks to edit all your Google Sheets and send email as you.
Setting up an add-on
Payable's setup takes five steps.
- Install the add-on from the Google Workspace Marketplace.
- Add dollar amounts to the options of multiple choice, checkbox or dropdown questions.
- Connect PayPal, Stripe or another provider.
- Try the form in Test Mode, which every Payable form starts in.
- Turn Test Mode off and share the form's link.
Also turn on Google's Collect email addresses and set it to Responder input, because Payable's help says the Verified setting makes buyers sign in to Google. Payable shows the total on its own checkout page after the form is sent, and it has no quantity box, so you price quantity options yourself. Neartail starts from one of its templates or an imported Google Form, and its Format prices option reads the prices in your questions.
What 100 orders of $25 cost
Take 100 orders at $25 in a month, or $2,500 in sales. PayPal Checkout is 3.49% + $0.49 and a Stripe card is 2.9% + $0.30, paid by you as the seller. This table shows what you keep. The sums are exact. PayPal and Stripe round each charge to the cent, so a real month can differ by a few cents per order.
| Setup | Add-on cost | You keep with PayPal | You keep with Stripe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neartail Basic, billed yearly | $18 | $2,345.75 | $2,379.50 |
| Neartail Basic, billed monthly | $36 | $2,327.75 | $2,361.50 |
| Payable Forms | $49 | $2,314.75 | $2,348.50 |
| Payly Payment form | $0 | $2,363.75 | $2,397.50 |
The two add-ons move in opposite ways with volume. Payable takes $0.49 on every $25 order, so it costs $9.80 at 20 orders and $122.50 at 250. Neartail is a flat fee for each plan: Basic covers up to 100 orders, and Premium covers up to 250 for $28 billed yearly. Below 37 orders a month, Payable costs less than Neartail Basic billed yearly. Above that, Neartail costs less.
Option 2: a payment link next to the form
If you charge one price, keep the Google Form for answers and add a payment link to its description or confirmation message. PayPal's and Stripe's payment links have no monthly fee. PayPal charges 3.49% + $0.49 on a PayPal payment and 2.99% + $0.49 on a card. Stripe charges 2.9% + $0.30 on a domestic card. The catch is two steps for the buyer. Nothing ties a payment to a response except a name or email you match by hand, and someone can submit the form without paying.
Option 3: a form builder with payments built in
This route replaces the Google Form instead of extending it. Jotform's free plan allows 10 payment submissions a month, and its next plan, Bronze, costs $39 a month ($34 billed yearly) for 100. Jotform adds no fee of its own on each payment. A builder with no plan fee, such as Payly's Payment form below, passes only PayPal's or Stripe's fee through.
Which option fits
- An existing form that sells products with quantities or stock: Neartail.
- An existing form with few orders or small amounts: Payable. It takes nothing on payments of $5.00 or under.
- One price and a few sign-ups: a payment link.
- A new form: a builder with payments built in.
The same job in Payly
Payly's Payment form is its own form builder, not a Google Forms add-on. It has every question type Google Forms has. You put prices on answers or let people type an amount, a running total adds them up, and payers choose Pay with PayPal or Pay with Credit Card on the last page. Payly adds no fee, so only PayPal's or Stripe's fee applies. It has no quantity box, stock counts, discount codes, tax or shipping rates, and a form cannot sit inside another website. See Take orders with a form and Take payments on a form, or create a free Payly account.
Questions
Can Google Forms take payments by itself?
No. Google's question types include no payment question. You need an add-on, a payment link or a form builder that takes payments.
Do my customers need a Google account to pay?
It depends on your form's settings. A file upload question needs a Google sign-in, and so does the Verified setting for collecting email addresses, so Payable asks for Responder input instead. Test your form in a private window before you share it.
Is there a free way to add payments to Google Forms?
Not entirely. PayPal or Stripe always takes its fee, Payable takes $0.49 on a $25 order, and Neartail's trial lasts 7 days with 20 free responses. A form builder with no plan fee avoids the add-on cost.
Prices as published by each company for the US in November 2026. Prices can change; check each company's own pricing page.
