The best Jotform alternatives in 2026

Why People Look for Jotform Alternatives

Jotform is one of the broadest form builders on the market. It has a drag-and-drop editor, a one-question-at-a-time Card Forms mode, more than 40 payment gateways, built-in e-signatures, HIPAA features and a whole suite around the forms: Apps, Tables, Workflows, a PDF Editor and AI Agents. For many people it is the first form tool they ever use.

So why do people leave? The reasons are usually about plan structure, not missing features. Jotform's own pricing page shows four patterns that push people to look elsewhere:

• Every self-serve plan is single-user. Starter, Bronze, Silver and Gold are all one-user plans. Jotform lists Enterprise, which is priced through sales, as its only multi-user plan. A team of three that wants to edit forms together has to talk to sales or share a login.
• Submission caps on every tier. The free Starter plan allows 100 submissions a month. Bronze allows 1,000, Silver 2,500 and Gold 10,000. There are also monthly form view caps (10,000 views a month on free) and total stored submission caps.
• The storage cap deletes old data. Each plan has a limit on total stored submissions (500 on free, 10,000 on Bronze). Jotform's pricing page says that when you go over it, the oldest submission is deleted to make room. For anyone using Jotform as a record of signups or orders, that is a real risk.
• Branding on the free plan, and only five forms. The Starter plan shows Jotform branding and allows five active forms. Removing branding starts at Bronze, $39 a month or $34 a month billed yearly ($408 a year).

None of this makes Jotform a bad product. It makes it a product that suits one person running many kinds of forms. If you are a growing team, run a lot of submissions, or just want a cleaner free plan, other tools may be a better fit.

This guide is written for people who are switching. For each alternative it covers what you gain, what you give up compared with Jotform, and what to check before you move your forms and data.

Comparison Table

Typeform says it is testing prices, so the numbers you see on its site may differ from the plan prices above.

What You Keep and What You Lose When You Leave Jotform

Before looking at each tool, it helps to know which Jotform features are hard to replace.

Features most alternatives match: conditional logic, calculations, hidden fields or prefill, file uploads, Stripe payments, Google Sheets and Zapier connections, webhooks, and AI form creation. Tally, Fillout and Paperform include most of these on their free or entry plans.

Features that are harder to replace:

• Payment gateway choice. Jotform supports more than 40 gateways, including Stripe, PayPal, Square and Authorize.net, and adds no transaction fee of its own. Tally supports Stripe only. Fillout has native Stripe and offers PayPal only through Zapier. Paperform supports Stripe, PayPal, Square and Braintree. Formstack supports Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net and several others. If you use a less common gateway, check it first.
• HIPAA. Jotform offers HIPAA features and a self-serve BAA on Gold ($99 a month billed yearly). Among the alternatives here, only Formstack (Healthcare plans or HIPAA add-on), Typeform (Enterprise or Growth Custom) and Google Forms (under a Google Workspace BAA) cover HIPAA. Tally and Fillout do not mention HIPAA on their pages, and Paperform says it is not HIPAA compliant and does not sign BAAs today.
• The wider suite. Jotform Apps, Tables, Report Builder, Store Builder and AI Agents have no direct match in a single alternative. Fillout's workflows and PDF generation, Paperform's Stepper automation and Papersign, and Formstack's Documents and Sign cover parts of it.

What you usually gain: more seats, higher or no submission caps, and cheaper branding removal. That is the trade most switchers are making.

Jotform review

Overview

Jotform is the baseline here. It is a general-purpose form builder that has grown into a suite, and its strength is how much it does in one account.

Key features

• Drag-and-drop builder plus Card Forms, a one-question-at-a-time mode
• Conditional logic, calculations, widgets and prefill
• More than 40 payment gateways with no Jotform transaction fee
• Built-in e-signatures (Jotform Sign) with monthly signed-document limits
• HIPAA features and a self-serve BAA on Gold and Enterprise
• More than 200 integrations, including Google Sheets, Salesforce, HubSpot, Airtable, Zapier and webhooks
• An EU data storage option in Frankfurt, set in account data settings

Pricing

All self-serve plans are per account and single-user:

• Starter (free): 5 forms, 100 submissions a month, 10,000 form views a month, 500 stored submissions, 100 MB uploads, Jotform branding.
• Bronze: $39 a month, or $34 a month billed yearly ($408 a year). 25 forms, 1,000 submissions a month, 10,000 stored submissions.
• Silver: $49 a month, or $39 a month billed yearly ($468 a year). 50 forms, 2,500 submissions a month.
• Gold: $129 a month, or $99 a month billed yearly ($1,188 a year). 100 forms, 10,000 submissions a month, HIPAA features and BAA.
• Enterprise: contact sales. The only multi-user plan, with SSO, custom domains and data residency options.

Nonprofits and education get 50% off Bronze, Silver and Gold. Paid plans have a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Pros

• The widest feature set of any tool here
• Payment gateway choice is hard to beat
• HIPAA with a BAA on a self-serve plan
• Large template library and integration list

Cons

• Single-user on every self-serve plan
• Submission, view and storage caps on every plan
• Oldest submissions are deleted when you pass the storage cap
• Free plan limited to five forms with branding

Who should use it

Solo operators and small businesses with one person in charge of forms, who need payments, signatures and HIPAA in one place.

Who should skip it

Teams that need several editors without an enterprise contract, and anyone collecting large volumes on a small budget.

Fillout review

Overview

Fillout is the closest match to Jotform's breadth, but with a very different pricing model. There is no per-seat pricing on any plan, and the free plan includes features Jotform users often pay for elsewhere. Fillout is operated by Restly, Inc., and plans are managed from the billing page of Zite, the company's AI app builder. Fillout and Zite plans are separate subscriptions.

Key features

• Unlimited seats on every plan, including free
• Conditional logic, calculations, scoring, answer piping, pre-fill and hidden fields on the free plan
• Payments, scheduling, PDF generation and workflows on the free plan
• Native Airtable, Notion, Google Sheets and HubSpot integrations, plus webhooks and a REST API
• AI form builder and an AI editing agent

Pricing

All plans are per account with unlimited seats:

• Free: unlimited forms, 1,000 responses a month, 20 MB file uploads, Fillout badge. Fillout's FAQ says forms keep collecting responses past the limit.
• Starter: $19 a month, or $15 a month billed yearly ($180 a year). 2,000 responses a month, signatures, login forms, Calendly. Light Fillout branding remains.
• Pro: $49 a month, or $40 a month billed yearly ($480 a year). 5,000 responses a month, removes all branding, custom CSS.
• Business: $89 a month, or $75 a month billed yearly ($900 a year). Unlimited responses, custom domain, partial submissions, drop-off analytics.
• Team: $300 a month, or $250 a month billed yearly. Adds Salesforce, granular permissions and an EU hosting option.
• Enterprise: contact sales. SSO, audit logs and more hosting regions.

Pros

• No seat limits on any plan, which fixes Jotform's biggest team problem
• 1,000 free responses a month is ten times Jotform's free limit
• PDF generation, scheduling and workflows without leaving the form tool
• Unlimited responses on Business

Cons

• No HIPAA or BAA found on Fillout's pages
• PayPal only through Zapier, not as a native field
• Partial submissions and custom domain need Business
• Salesforce and EU hosting need the $300-a-month Team plan

Who should use it

Teams leaving Jotform because of seat limits, and Airtable or Notion users who want forms that write straight into their base.

Who should skip it

Healthcare teams that need a BAA, and businesses that depend on PayPal or less common payment gateways.

Tally review

Overview

Tally takes a different approach from Jotform. Instead of a drag-and-drop canvas, it uses a document-style editor where you type "/" to add blocks, much like Notion. Tally BV is a Belgian company and stores all form data in the EU.

Key features

• Unlimited forms and submissions on the free plan, within fair use
• Stripe payments, signatures, file uploads (10 MB per file), logic and calculations on the free plan
• Hidden fields, answer piping, duplicate prevention, password protection and redirects free
• Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Zapier, Make, webhooks and an API on the free plan
• Tally AI chat in the editor for everyone since July 2026 plus a free MCP server

Pricing

• Free: unlimited forms and submissions under the fair use policy. Tally gives 50,000 submissions a month and 100 GB of uploads a month as examples of heavy use. Tally branding shown.
• Pro: $29 a month, or $24 a month billed yearly ($290 a year). Removes branding, adds custom domains, partial submissions, unlimited team members, workspaces, custom CSS and drop-off analytics.
• Business: $89 a month, or $74 a month billed yearly ($890 a year). Adds data retention controls, respondent email verification and 90-day version history.

Pros

• The most generous free plan here
• No submission caps on paid plans
• Unlimited team members on Pro
• EU data storage for every account

Cons

• Stripe only, with no recurring payments
• No HIPAA or BAA mentioned on Tally's pages
• No SSO listed on the Business plan
• The document-style editor works differently from Jotform's drag-and-drop builder

Who should use it

Jotform free users who hit the five-form or 100-submission limit, and small teams that want branding removed for $290 a year.

Who should skip it

Anyone who needs PayPal, subscriptions, or HIPAA compliance.

Formstack review

Overview

Formstack is aimed at organizations, not individuals. The company now trades as Intellistack, and Formstack remains the product brand for Forms, Documents and Sign. It is the most direct alternative for Jotform users on Gold who need HIPAA, approvals and Salesforce.

Key features

• Conditional logic, calculations (including date and time), data routing and approvals
• Payments through Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Bambora, Chargify and FirstData
• HIPAA through Formstack for Healthcare plans with a BAA, or as an add-on
• Native Salesforce plus HubSpot, Airtable, Google Sheets, Microsoft and webhooks
• Save and Resume, and a paid Conversion Kit add-on for partial submissions

Pricing

Formstack shows "starting at" prices, per account:

• Forms: $99 a month, or $83 a month paid yearly. 1 builder user, 25 forms, 1,000 stored submissions per form, 2 GB storage.
• Suite (Forms, Documents and Sign): $299 a month, or $250 a month paid yearly. 3 builder users, 100 forms, 5,000 submissions per form, 250 document deliveries a month, unlimited e-signatures.
• Salesforce Solutions and Enterprise: custom pricing.

There is no free plan. A 14-day trial of Forms needs no credit card.

Pros

• HIPAA with a BAA, like Jotform Gold
• Native Salesforce and Salesforce-native form options
• Document generation and e-signatures in one Suite
• Wide payment gateway list

Cons

• No free plan and the highest entry price here
• Forms plan has one builder user, the same limit Jotform has
• Submission limits are stored submissions per form; over the limit, entries are emailed instead of stored
• No EU data residency found

Who should use it

Healthcare, finance and Salesforce teams that need compliance and document workflows more than a low price.

Who should skip it

Anyone leaving Jotform to save money or to get more seats cheaply.

Paperform review

Overview

Paperform is a design-led, doc-style form builder that also bundles e-signatures (Papersign) and workflow automation (Stepper). Its domain moved from paperform.co to paperform.com, and it now offers a free plan and unlimited users on every plan.

Key features

• Free-form, page-like layout with strong theme control
• Payments through Stripe, PayPal, Square and Braintree, with no Paperform transaction fee
• Calculations, scoring and hidden fields on Pro and above
• Papersign e-signatures with monthly document limits
• Stepper workflow automation and more than 4,000 integrations through direct apps, Zapier and Make

Pricing

All plans are per account with unlimited users:

• Free: unlimited forms, 30 submissions a month, 3 signed documents a month. The Paperform badge cannot be removed.
• Pro: $59 a month, or $49 a month billed yearly ($588 a year). Unlimited submissions under fair use, removes branding, partial submissions, calculations, webhooks and API. A custom domain costs $20 a month extra. 7-day free trial, no card.
• Business: $149 a month, or $124 a month billed yearly ($1,488 a year). One custom domain included, user roles, SSO (SAML), bring-your-own S3 storage.
• Enterprise: custom pricing, with EU or Australia data residency.

Pros

• Four major payment providers, closer to Jotform than Tally or Fillout
• Unlimited users on every plan
• Unlimited submissions on Pro under fair use
• E-signatures and automation in the same account

Cons

• Free plan allows only 30 submissions a month
• Not HIPAA compliant today, and Paperform gives no timeline for HIPAA support
• Data stored in the US unless you are on Enterprise
• Custom domain is an extra $20 a month on Pro

Who should use it

Small businesses that sell through forms (bookings, orders, deposits) and want a polished page without per-seat costs.

Who should skip it

Teams that need a big free plan, HIPAA, or EU hosting below Enterprise.

Typeform review

Overview

Typeform is known for the one-question-at-a-time layout. Jotform added Card Forms to compete with that style, but Typeform's whole product is built around it. It suits forms that are part of a customer experience, such as lead capture, onboarding and quizzes.

Key features

• Conversational, one-question-per-screen layout with strong themes
• Branching, calculations, scores, variables and recall on the free plan
• URL parameters (formerly hidden fields) on the free plan
• Payments through Stripe and PayPal from Basic
• Partial Submit Points (1 on Basic and Plus, 3 on Business)
• Typeform AI form creation on all plans

Pricing

Plans are per account. Typeform says it is experimenting with pricing, so prices may vary for you:

• Free: unlimited forms, 10 responses a month across all forms.
• Basic: $39 a month, or $28 a month billed yearly ($336 a year). 100 responses a month, 1 user.
• Plus: $79 a month, or $56 a month billed yearly ($672 a year). 1,000 responses a month, 3 users, removes branding, custom subdomain.
• Business: $129 a month, or $91 a month billed yearly ($1,092 a year). 10,000 responses a month, 5 users, drop-off analysis.
• Enterprise: contact sales. SSO, HIPAA with BAA, custom domains, EU data center for new customers.

Pros

• The most polished respondent experience here
• Logic and calculations free
• Stripe and PayPal from the first paid plan
• More seats than Jotform's self-serve plans (3 on Plus, 5 on Business)

Cons

• Free plan allows only 10 responses a month
• Response caps on every paid plan, and partial responses count toward them
• Signature question only on Growth Flow and above
• HIPAA and custom domains only on Enterprise

Who should use it

Marketing and product teams whose main Jotform use was Card Forms for leads or feedback.

Who should skip it

Operations teams with high submission volumes, signatures, or HIPAA needs on a small budget.

Google Forms review

Overview

Google Forms is free with any Google account and has no separate paid plan. Many Jotform users who only run simple registrations and internal requests can move here at no cost.

Key features

• Unlimited forms and quizzes
• Native Google Sheets responses
• Section branching ("Go to section based on answer") on multiple choice and dropdown questions
• File upload questions that save files to the owner's Drive
• Gemini "Create a form" for eligible Workspace or Google AI plans

Pricing

• Free: with a personal Google account. From September 2026, each form can take up to 500,000 responses and hold up to 1 GB of form and response data, not counting uploaded files.
• Google Workspace: Business Starter $7 per user a month on an annual plan ($8.40 on a flexible plan), Business Standard $14 ($16.80), Business Plus $22 ($26.40). Enterprise through sales.

Pros

• Free, with up to 500,000 responses per form
• Responses go straight to Google Sheets
• Covered under the Google Workspace BAA when an admin accepts it
• No new account needed for anyone who already uses Google

Cons

• No native payments and no native calculations found in Google's help pages
• Branching is limited to section jumps
• File upload requires respondents to sign in to a Google account
• Data regions need Workspace Business Standard or higher

Who should use it

Schools, internal teams and anyone whose Jotform forms were simple signups, polls or quizzes.

Who should skip it

Anyone who collects payments, uses calculations, or needs forms that match a brand.

Head-to-Head: Fillout vs Jotform

This is the closest swap. Both tools try to do more than collect answers: Jotform has PDF Editor, Sign and Workflows, and Fillout has PDF generation, signatures, scheduling and workflows.

The big difference is seats and volume. Jotform Gold costs $99 a month billed yearly for one user and 10,000 submissions a month. Fillout Business costs $75 a month billed yearly for unlimited seats and unlimited responses. On the free plans, Fillout gives 1,000 responses a month and unlimited forms, against Jotform's 100 submissions and five forms.

Jotform still wins on payment gateways (40+ against Fillout's native Stripe), HIPAA (Gold includes a BAA, Fillout lists none) and the sheer number of built-in widgets. If none of those apply to you, Fillout costs less and lets your whole team in.

Head-to-Head: Tally vs Jotform

For Jotform free users, this is the simplest upgrade. Tally's free plan has no form or submission caps under fair use, and includes Stripe payments, signatures and file uploads. Jotform's free plan stops at five forms and 100 submissions a month, and keeps only 500 stored submissions in total.

Removing branding costs $290 a year on Tally Pro, against $408 a year on Jotform Bronze, and Tally Pro includes unlimited team members and a custom domain.

What you give up: payment choice (Tally is Stripe only, with no recurring payments), HIPAA, and Jotform's drag-and-drop canvas. Tally's editor is closer to writing a document. Try it on a real form before you commit, because the way you build forms changes.

Head-to-Head: Formstack vs Jotform for Regulated Forms

If you are on Jotform Gold for HIPAA, your realistic options are Formstack, Typeform Enterprise and Google Forms under a Workspace BAA. Formstack is the only one of these that also gives you a full form builder with payments, approvals and Salesforce on a published price.

Jotform Gold includes HIPAA features and a BAA for $99 a month billed yearly. Formstack Forms starts at $83 a month billed yearly, but HIPAA comes through a Healthcare plan or an add-on whose price is not on the pricing page, so ask for a quote before comparing. Both start with a single builder user. Formstack's Suite adds three builders, document generation and unlimited e-signatures for $250 a month billed yearly.

Note the different limit models. Jotform caps monthly submissions and deletes the oldest when you pass the storage cap. Formstack caps stored submissions per form and emails entries over the limit instead of storing them. Neither is better in every case, so check which one fits how you keep records.

Head-to-Head: Paperform vs Jotform for Payment Forms

Payment forms are where many alternatives fall short of Jotform. Paperform comes closest among the low-cost tools, with Stripe, PayPal, Square and Braintree, and no Paperform transaction fee. Jotform also adds no fee of its own and supports more gateways, including Authorize.net.

Paperform Pro ($49 a month billed yearly) gives unlimited submissions under fair use and unlimited users. Jotform Bronze ($34 a month billed yearly) is cheaper but allows 1,000 submissions a month and one user. Paperform's free plan is much tighter, at 30 submissions a month, so test on the 7-day Pro trial instead.

Head-to-Head: Typeform vs Jotform Card Forms

Jotform's Card Forms mode shows one question at a time, which is Typeform's signature format. If that is the main way you use Jotform, Typeform is the natural move. It has logic, calculations and URL parameters on the free plan, and Plus gives you three seats.

The cost is volume. Typeform Plus allows 1,000 responses a month at $56 a month billed yearly, which is lower than Jotform Silver's 2,500 submissions at $39. And Typeform's free plan allows only 10 responses a month. Choose Typeform for the respondent experience, not for price per submission.

Migrating Off Jotform: A Checklist

Switching form tools is mostly about data and links. A clean move looks like this:

1. Export your submissions first. Jotform lets you download submissions from Tables with "Download All" as CSV, Excel or PDF. Jotform Inbox also has an Attachments download for uploaded files.
2. List what each form does. Note logic rules, calculations, payment fields, signature fields and integrations. These are the parts you will rebuild by hand.
3. Check payment gateways. Make sure your gateway is supported natively. If you use Square or Authorize.net, Tally and Fillout will not work without a workaround.
4. Rebuild and test on the free plan or trial. Fillout, Tally, Paperform, Typeform and Google Forms all have free plans. Formstack has a 14-day trial.
5. Swap embeds and links. Replace the Jotform embed code or links on your site, emails and QR codes. If you used a custom domain, plan when to point it at the new tool.
6. Keep Jotform running in parallel. Leave the old form live for a week or two after launch so late responses are not lost, then download a final export.
7. Sort out compliance. If you had a BAA with Jotform, make sure the new vendor has signed one before any health data moves.

How to Choose

Start with the reason you are leaving:

• Too many people need access: Fillout, Tally or Paperform, which all offer unlimited seats or team members.
• Submission caps: Tally (no caps under fair use), Fillout Business or Paperform Pro (unlimited).
• Price of removing branding: Tally Pro at $290 a year.
• You need HIPAA: Formstack, Typeform Enterprise or Google Workspace with a BAA.
• You need many payment gateways: Paperform or Formstack.
• Your forms are simple and internal: Google Forms.

Red flags

• A plan that says "unlimited" but links to a fair use policy you have not read. Tally and Paperform both apply fair use.
• Payment fields that rely on Zapier rather than a native integration, if payments matter to you.
• Partial submissions counting toward your response cap, as they do on Typeform.
• Assuming a BAA is available on your plan without seeing it in writing.
• Data residency promised only on enterprise plans when you need EU hosting now.

What to test before you commit

• Rebuild your most complex Jotform form, with all its logic and calculations.
• Run a real payment through your gateway in test mode.
• Send a test submission to every integration you use (Sheets, CRM, webhooks).
• Check the form on a phone and with a slow connection.
• Invite your teammates and check what each one can edit.
• Import an exported CSV into your records system to make sure nothing breaks.

The Verdict

Fillout is the best Jotform alternative for most people who are switching. It fixes the two most common complaints directly: every plan has unlimited seats, and the free plan allows 1,000 responses a month. It also keeps much of what makes Jotform useful, with payments, PDF generation, scheduling and workflows on the free plan, and unlimited responses on Business at $75 a month billed yearly.

Tally is the pick if price is the main reason you are leaving. Its free plan has no form or submission caps under fair use, and Pro at $290 a year removes branding for a whole team.

Formstack is the pick for regulated teams that need HIPAA, Salesforce and document workflows, and can pay for them.

Paperform is the pick for selling through forms, thanks to four payment providers and unlimited users.

Typeform is the pick if you mainly used Card Forms and care most about how the form feels.

Google Forms is the pick for simple internal forms at no cost.

Stay on Jotform if you are one person who needs many payment gateways, HIPAA on a self-serve plan, and the wider suite of apps and tables. No single alternative here matches all of that.

Conclusion

Most people leave Jotform because of the plan rules, not the product: one user per self-serve plan, monthly submission caps, and a storage cap that deletes old entries. Fillout and Tally solve those problems for the least money, and Fillout covers more of Jotform's extras. Formstack and Paperform make sense when compliance or payments come first.

Whatever you choose, export your Jotform data before you cancel, rebuild your hardest form on the new tool's free plan or trial, and run both tools side by side for a short time. Plans and prices change often, so check each vendor's pricing page before you buy.