What types of questions or fields does Paperform offer?

There are 27 fields available with Paperform forms, plus some additional controls that govern them. We’ve summarized them below — click on a field type to learn more about it.

Question Types

Text

Allow the respondent to enter free-text as a response.

Email

Capture an email address.

URL

Capture valid URLs.

Yes/No

Ask your audience to answer either yes or no.

Color Picker

Select the desired color with a color picker, find colors by hex code, or restrict colors to specified swatch.

Number

Capture a numerical response (whole or decimal).

Phone Number

Capture a phone number, optionally in a specific format.

Address

Capture a physical address

Country

Choose from a list of all countries.

Appointment

Schedule appointments and optionally connect to your Google Calendar to automatically handle availability and create events.

Date

Type or select a valid date.

Time

Type an exact time.

Scale

Choose on a scale of X to X.

Slider

Select a value from a minimum and maximum scale

Multiple Choice

Choose one or more of your options - text, and/or images! This can be configured to behave like a checkbox (multiple answers) or a radio button (only one answer).

Dropdown

Choose option(s) from dropdown.

Image Upload

Upload one or more images.

File Upload

Upload one or more files.

Signature

Draw a signature that is stored as an image.

Price

Add a simple price to the form, or allow the respondent to enter in their own price (great for donations).

Product

Select from a list of products, with SKU and quantity management built-in.

Subscription

Choose from a list of Stripe or Braintree subscription plans for the submitter to subscribe to.

Calculation

Get creative with Excel-style functions that are run live on respondents' answers. Great for complex calculations, or transforming answers into more desirable formats.

Hidden

Used to pre-fill answers from the URL and not show them to the submitter.

Rank

Show a list of pre-determined options in a list, and ask respondents to rank them in order.

Rating

Show up to ten symbols of your choosing, and allow respondents to select a rating using these symbols.

Matrix

Show a grid with a list of questions along each axis, and allow respondents to select one or more options on the grid per row.