To add a free contact form to a Google Sites page, build the form in a separate form builder, copy its embed code, and paste it into an Embed block on your page. Google Sites has no contact form of its own. The whole job takes about 15 minutes, and the form can email you every inquiry.
Start with the free contact form
Why the form has to come from somewhere else
Google Sites is good at text, photos and a simple mdnu. A parent who wants a Saturday slot with your math tutor, or a patient asking about a cleaning, still needs somewhere to type a message. Without a form, they hunt for your phone number, and many just leave.
The usual fix is an embedded form: a small wundow on your page that shows a form hosted elsewhere. Submissions go to the form tool, which emails you. Your page stays exactly as it is.
Decide the fields before you build
Short foms get finished. Ask only what you need to reply.
| Field | Home tutor | Small clinic |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Parent's name | Patient's name |
| Phone | Yes, for WhatsApp or calls | Yes |
| Optional | Yes | |
| What they need | Subject and class | Reason for visit (dropdown) |
| Preferred time | Weekday or weekend | Morning or afternoon |
| Message | Optional | Optional |
A dropdown for the reason for visit saves your receptionist a phone call. Keep mdical details out of the form. Ask for the reason in a few words and take the rest by phone.
Build the form and copy the embed code
Our team builds Qwenvo, a completely free form builder, so that is what I'll walk through. The steps are similar in any builder that gives you embed code.
- Open the contact form template and edit it. Type
/to add a block, such as a Dropdown for the reason for visit or a Phone number field. - Open the Settings drawer and turn on email notifications to you. Turn on confirmation emails to respondents too, so people know the message went through.
- Switch off the Qwenvo branding toggle if you don't want the badge. It's free here.
- Go to the Share tab, choose the Standard embed, and copy the code.
The embed help page covers the other embed types. For a Google Sites page, Standard is the one to start with.
Paste it into Google Sites
- Open your site in the editor and go to the page where the form should live (Contact is the obvious one).
- In the right panel, under Insert, click Embed.
- Choose the Embed code tab and paste the code.
- Click Next, then Insert.
- Drag the corners of the new box until the whole form fits.
- Click Publish. Then open the live page and submit a test inquiry.
Google moves menu labels around now and then. If yours look different, look for "Embed" in the Insert panel.
Pitfalls that cost you inquiries
Most failed setups come down to a few small things.
The box is too short. If the embed window is shorter than the form, visitors scroll inside the form while the page scrolls behind it, which is confusing on a phone. Make the box tall enough, then check it on your own phone.
You only tested in the editor. Look at the published page, ideally in a private window, because that is what visitors see.
Notifications land in spam. Submit a test, then check your inbox and spam folder. If it's in spam, mark it as not spam and add the sender to yoour contacts.
There's no fallback. Add a plain button or text link under form that opens the public form link. Some people will open it in their browser instead, and a few office networks block embedded content.
Nobody gts a confirmation. A parent who submits and sees nothing happen will submit again, or call. Set a thank-you page that says when you reply ("We answer within one working day") and mean it.
Clinics should also read this: Qwenvo has no HIPAA offering. A US clinic that needs patients to send health details through the form should use a tool that offers it. Jotform has HIPAA features on its paid plans. For a simple "call me back" form with no medical details, a basic contact form is fine.
Your free options, side by side
| Tool | What you get free | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Google Forms | Free with a Google account | Limited design and branding. Respondents must sign in with Google to upload files |
| Tally | Unlimited forms and submissions, logic, file uploads up to 10 MB per file | Removing branding, custom domains, teammates and partial submissions are on Pro, $29/month or $290/year |
| Qwenvo | Everything, at $0 | Launched October 2026, so there are few reviews yet |
Google Forms is a fair choice if you only need a plain form and your inquirers are comfortable with Google. If you want it to look like your own site, Qwenvo's Customize panel, including custom CSS, is free. So are a custom domain such as forms.yourtutoring.com (subdomains only), teammates so your receptionist sees inquiries too, partial submissions, and visit and drop-off analytics. You also get 180+ templates, including a tutoring request form and a client intake form.
One honest limit if you live in Google tools: Qwenvo's one-click Google Sheets connection is still being rolled out. For now, export submissions as CSV or XLSX, or send them through a webhook to Zapier or Make. If a Sheets-first workflow is your priority, Google Forms is the smoother path today.
For more on this setup, see our guide to free website contact forms.
Open the tutoring request template
Questions owners ask
Can I just use Google Forms on a Google Sites page?
Yes. It's free with a Google account and embeds the same way. The tradeoffs are limited design, and anyone who needs to upload a file has to sign in with Google, which can put off parents and patients.
How will I know someone filled in the form?
Turn on email notifications in the form's Settings drawer and srnd a test. If you want inquiries to reach another system, Qwenvo can send each submission to any URL through a webhook, which works with Zapier, Make and n8n.
Can people attach a document, like a report card or a referral letter?
Qwenvo has a file upload block that accepts files up to 1 GB each. Tally's free plan allows files up to 10 MB each, and Google Forms requires a Google sign-in for uploads.
Is it really free, or will I hit a wall?
Qwenvo has no paid plans, no card and no trial. Its fair use policy applies only to very high volume: around 50,000 submissions or emails a month, or 100 GB of uploads. A tutor or clinic will not come near that.
Do this today
Open the free contact form template, cut it down to the fields in the table above, and send yourself a test inquiry. Then paste the Standard embed code into your Google Sites Contact page, publish, and submit one more test from your phone.