We were recently considering quick prototyping using Google Forms but ran into two key limitations:
(1) Getting a _validated_ email address of the submitter. It does support an email field, but makes it a free-form text input with no way of enforcing ownership of that email.
(2) Pre-populating some of the fields when we send the user to a form via a link. Without this, the user ends up filling the fields even though they have already submitted that information in another form.
Are there any powerful (forms + spreadsheet) products out there that solve these (and are cheaper than, say, AirTable) ?
Calcapp may be what you're looking for. You can validate text fields using regular expressions and there's an example of how to validate an e-mail address here: https://www.calcapp.net/learn/beyond-numbers.html#validating.... Fields can be pre-populated with either values you know ahead-of-time or through Excel-like formulas.
Yes. We can make one in 30 minutes with https://qbix.com/platform .
But what is the goal of this? I want to understand since it sounds like you need real PROFILES for reusable personal data.
(1) Getting a _validated_ email address of the submitter. It does support an email field, but makes it a free-form text input with no way of enforcing ownership of that email.
(2) Pre-populating some of the fields when we send the user to a form via a link. Without this, the user ends up filling the fields even though they have already submitted that information in another form.
Are there any powerful (forms + spreadsheet) products out there that solve these (and are cheaper than, say, AirTable) ?
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