I was induced with both my kids. The first was a bit of an emergancy and I was induced via a drip. The second was via the gel. Both were very effective. The drip was instant. I went straight into full on contractions. The gel took about an hour until I started to feel small pains which progressed from there. I prefered the gel as I don't like having drips and it also let me work up from small contractions to full on ones.