As of 20 Oct 2026, for 3 people collecting 1,000 responses a month with logic, file upload, payments, no vendor badge and a webhook, Typeform Plus costs $663 to $672 a year billed yearly. Tally Pro is $290 a year, Zoho Forms Standard $300 and Cognito Forms Pro $288 to $348, because its own pages disagree on included users. Fillout Pro is $480 and Paperform Pro $588; totals are our arithmetic.
Eight form builders checked for a 3-person team, 1,000 responses a month and a form with no vendor badge (six priced in dollars, one in euros, one with no price), plus a 100-response and a 10,000-response ladder, from vendor pages in October 2026.
Typeform charges for volume and seats in the same plan, and that bundle is what a cheaper tool can undo. Plus gives a team 1,000 responses a month and 3 users, and every form in the account shares that pool, so five forms do not get five allowances. At the limit, forms go private until the next month unless the team adds responses or upgrades. Toolradar data: of the 86 form builders we track, 64% offer a free, freemium or open-source plan and 36% are paid only, so the real question for a team paying per response is where the free tier ends and what the paid step costs.
The test is one team, called S1: 3 people who each log in, 1,000 responses a month over 5 forms, conditional logic, file upload, a payment field, a form with no vendor badge and a webhook or Zapier connection, billed yearly in US dollars. Each cost is the plan whose own caps cover that basket, times 12 months: our arithmetic, not a vendor quote. CSV export is outside the basket because only some pricing pages list it by plan.
Methodology: we considered the 86 form builders in the form builders category and read ten against Typeform, the benchmark and not a pick: eight are picks (six priced in dollars, one in euros, one with no price), and Formstack and Heyflow, which sit above Typeform Plus, appear only in the pricing tiers. Every price was read on the vendor's own pages on 20 Oct 2026. Where a vendor's pages disagree, the table prints the range and the order follows the higher figure. The euro-priced and unpriced rows come last, since we do not convert currencies or guess. Our method is on how we rate.
Top Picks
Picked by editorial review, informed by G2 and Capterra review volume and rating and by media mentions, the signals behind our category rankings. How we rate
Unlimited forms and submissions are free; Pro adds unlimited team members and removes the Tally badge.
Starting price
Free; Pro $290/yr billed yearly
4.3 (116 reviews)
Best for
Teams that need a badge-free form and several logins without a response meter.
Standard covers 10 users and 25,000 submissions a month, and any paid plan drops the Powered by Zoho footer.
Starting price
Free; Standard $25/mo billed yearly
4.5 (274 reviews)
Best for
Teams that need several users on one plan and may pass 10,000 submissions a month.
Pro is cheap at low volume, but its page versions disagree on whether it holds 2 users or 1.
Starting price
Free; Pro $19/mo billed yearly
4.6 (137 reviews)
Best for
Small teams at low volume that accept an extra 1% on card payments.
| Tool | Starting price | Rating | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tally | Free; Pro $290/yr billed yearly | 4.3 116 reviews | Teams that need a badge-free form and several logins without a response meter. |
| Zoho Forms | Free; Standard $25/mo billed yearly | 4.5 274 reviews | Teams that need several users on one plan and may pass 10,000 submissions a month. |
| Cognito Forms | Free; Pro $19/mo billed yearly | 4.6 137 reviews | Small teams at low volume that accept an extra 1% on card payments. |
| Fillout | Free; Pro $40/mo billed annually | n/a | Teams that want unlimited seats and can live within 5,000 responses a month. |
| Paperform | Free; Pro $49/mo billed annually | 4.8 191 reviews | Teams that want unlimited users and a polished badge-free form on a flat plan. |
| Jotform | Free; Bronze $34/mo billed yearly | 4.7 8,483 reviews | One account with outside collaborators that needs 1,000 submissions a month. |
| forms.app | Free; Basic €16/mo billed annually | 4.6 772 reviews | Teams that can pay in euros and want unlimited responses and members. |
| Google Forms | No price printed by Google | 4.7 11,568 reviews | Teams that need only logic and Sheets export from the S1 list. |
Tally
Unlimited forms and submissions are free; Pro adds unlimited team members and removes the Tally badge.
- 4.9 on G2 (103 reviews)
- 3.3 on Trustpilot (13 reviews)
- Starting price
- Free; Pro $290/yr billed yearly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Rating
- 4.3 (116 reviews)
Best for: Teams that need a badge-free form and several logins without a response meter.
- Pro: Free lists payments, file uploads, conditional logic and webhooks with unlimited submissions
- Pro: Pro is a flat yearly price, or $29 a month billed monthly, with unlimited team members
- Pro: Pro removes the Tally badge and the 10 MB per-file upload limit
- Con: Free keeps the Tally badge and limits each file to 10 MB
- Con: Unlimited submissions sit under a fair use policy that names sustained high volume
Tally's pricing is incredibly generous, especially with its feature-rich Free tier.
Watch out
No overage fees mentioned
Zoho Forms
Standard covers 10 users and 25,000 submissions a month, and any paid plan drops the Powered by Zoho footer.
- Starting price
- Free; Standard $25/mo billed yearly
- Free plan
- Free to use
- Rating
- 4.5 (274 reviews)
Best for: Teams that need several users on one plan and may pass 10,000 submissions a month.
- Pro: Standard is $25 a month billed yearly with 10 users and unlimited forms
- Pro: Stripe, webhooks, Zapier and CSV export are ticked on every plan, Free included
- Pro: Basic at $10 a month billed yearly covers 1 user and 10,000 submissions
- Con: Standard is $30 a month billed monthly, so the yearly term saves $60
- Con: Basic has 1 user, and the extra-user add-on exists only on Premium
The pricing for Zoho Forms is very generous, offering a completely free tier for basic form creation.
Cognito Forms
Pro is cheap at low volume, but its page versions disagree on whether it holds 2 users or 1.
- 4.6 on G2 (137 reviews)
- Starting price
- Free; Pro $19/mo billed yearly
- Free plan
- No
- Rating
- 4.6 (137 reviews)
Best for: Small teams at low volume that accept an extra 1% on card payments.
- Pro: Pro is $19 a month billed yearly for 2,000 entries a month
- Pro: Extra users cost $5 each a month, so 3 users total $288 to $348 a year
- Pro: Pro removes Cognito branding, and Cognito's product pages list JSON Webhooks as a Pro feature
- Con: Two layouts list 2 users on Pro and a third lists 1, which moves S1 by $60
- Con: Card payments through Cognito Pay carry an extra 1% on Pro and 2% on Individual
Cognito Forms offers a very generous free tier, making it highly accessible for individuals and small projects.
- Starting price
- Free; Pro $40/mo billed annually
- Free plan
- Yes
Best for: Teams that want unlimited seats and can live within 5,000 responses a month.
- Pro: Free lists 1,000 responses, unlimited seats and forms, payments, logic and webhooks
- Pro: Starter is $15 a month billed annually for 2,000 responses
- Pro: Pro is $40 a month billed annually for 5,000 responses and no branding
- Con: Free keeps a badge and Starter a light mark; only Pro and Business show none
- Con: A 10,000-response month needs Business at $75 a month billed annually
Fillout's pricing is quite generous, especially with its Free tier offering unlimited forms and seats.
- Starting price
- Free; Pro $49/mo billed annually
- Free plan
- No
- Rating
- 4.8 (191 reviews)
Best for: Teams that want unlimited users and a polished badge-free form on a flat plan.
- Pro: Pro is $49 a month billed annually, or $59 billed month to month
- Pro: Seats are unlimited on every plan, so 3 or 5 users cost the same
- Pro: Stripe, conditional logic and CSV export are ticked on every plan; webhooks start at Pro
- Con: Free allows 30 submissions a month and a badge that cannot be turned off
- Con: Unlimited submissions are subject to a fair use policy
It's best for small to medium businesses needing robust form and payment solutions without breaking the bank.
- Starting price
- Free; Bronze $34/mo billed yearly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Rating
- 4.7 (8,483 reviews)
Best for: One account with outside collaborators that needs 1,000 submissions a month.
- Pro: Bronze is $34 a month billed yearly, or $39 billed monthly, for 25 forms
- Pro: Jotform says its Starter plan includes all standard features, so limits rather than features set the tier
- Pro: Bronze removes Jotform branding, which Starter keeps
- Con: Plans are a single-user login; support says extra people join as collaborators and multi-user is Enterprise only
- Con: Three separate Bronze accounts cost $1,224 a year, above Typeform Plus
Jotform's pricing is generally fair, offering a generous Free tier and well-defined jumps in features.
Watch out
Overage fees for submissions beyond tier limits
- Starting price
- Free; Basic €16/mo billed annually
- Free plan
- Yes
- Rating
- 4.6 (772 reviews)
Best for: Teams that can pay in euros and want unlimited responses and members.
- Pro: Free lists unlimited responses, team members, payments and conditional logic on 5 forms
- Pro: Basic is €16 a month billed annually, or €24 billed monthly, with 25 forms and no branding
- Pro: Webhooks, Zapier and file uploads are ticked on every plan
- Con: Prices appear in euros only; this guide does not convert, so it differs from the dollar figure on Toolradar's category page
- Con: Files are limited to 10 MB on Free and 100 MB on Basic
This pricing is best for individuals or small teams with moderate form usage who prioritize a feature-rich free offering.
Google Forms
Google's page prints no price; it lists logic, themes and Sheets export, and a support page caps each form at 500k responses.
- 4.7 on Capterra (11,568 reviews)
- Starting price
- No price printed by Google
- Free plan
- Free to use
- Rating
- 4.7 (11,568 reviews)
Best for: Teams that need only logic and Sheets export from the S1 list.
- Pro: Google's support page lists up to 500k responses and 1 GB of storage per form
- Pro: The product page lists logic that shows questions based on earlier answers
- Pro: The product page lists export of raw data into Google Sheets
- Con: No price is printed on the product page, so no S1 cost can be shown
- Con: The product page lists no payment field, webhook or badge removal
Google Forms offers an incredibly generous pricing model, as it is entirely free for all users with a Google account.
Watch out
Drive quota: file uploads live in the form owner's Google Drive. A personal account includes 15 GB shared with Gmail and Photos.
Other Form Builders tools worth considering
More published tools from our Form Builders category, ordered by our category ranking. They are not part of the editorial picks above.
What a cheaper Typeform alternative has to replace
A Typeform alternative is a form builder that collects the same answers, payments and files on a different meter: a flat plan, unlimited submissions, a seat count or a small response tier. Typeform meters responses and users together, and its help center says partial responses count toward the limit.
Response-tier tools such as Typeform and Fillout raise the plan as volume grows. Flat tools such as Tally and Paperform price by features, with unlimited seats, under fair-use language. Zoho Forms, Cognito Forms and Jotform cap users, entries or submissions per plan. A response, a submission and an entry are different units, so this guide never converts one into another.
Why the plan floor and the meter decide the bill
The plan floor is the cheapest plan that carries your badge removal, logins and volume together. For S1 that is Typeform Plus, because Basic keeps the Typeform badge and has 1 user. Each alternative has its own floor: Tally Pro for team members and badge removal, Zoho Forms Standard for 10 users, Fillout Pro for a form with no mark on it.
The meter decides the rest. Between 1,000 and 10,000 responses a month, Typeform moves from Plus to Business, Fillout from Pro to Business and Jotform to Gold, while Tally Pro and Zoho Forms Standard keep the same plan. See Tally vs Typeform and Fillout vs Typeform for feature detail.
Key Features to Look For
Response meter (Essential)
Typeform counts responses across all forms, partial ones included. Tally and Paperform list unlimited submissions under fair use. Fillout tiers at 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and unlimited, and Jotform and Cognito Forms cap submissions or entries per plan.
Seats and logins (Essential)
Typeform Plus includes 3 users and Business 5. Tally Pro, Paperform and Fillout list unlimited team members, users or seats, and Zoho Forms Standard holds 10. Cognito Forms charges $5 per extra user a month, and Jotform plans are 1 user.
Payments (Important)
Typeform lists Stripe payment questions from Basic, and Paperform and Zoho Forms tick Stripe on every plan. Tally, Fillout and forms.app list payments on Free. Cognito Forms adds 1% on Pro card payments, and Jotform Bronze caps payment submissions at 100 a month.
File uploads (Important)
Typeform Plus lists 2 GB of upload storage, Paperform Pro 10 GB, Zoho Forms Standard 2 GB and Jotform Bronze 1 GB. Tally Free and forms.app Free limit files to 10 MB each, and Fillout limits files to 20 MB through Pro.
Webhooks and connectors (Important)
Typeform ticks webhooks from Basic, Tally and Fillout from Free, and Zoho Forms and forms.app on every plan. Paperform starts at Pro, and Cognito's product pages list JSON Webhooks as a Pro feature.
What to check before you leave Typeform
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Count the badge first. Typeform Basic and most free plans keep the vendor mark, so price the plan that removes it.
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Count logins second. Jotform plans are 1 user, Cognito Forms pages disagree on 2 users or 1, and Tally Pro and Paperform list no user cap.
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Read the unit. Typeform counts responses across forms, partial ones included; others count submissions or entries, so a number compares only inside one vendor.
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Use one billing toggle. Typeform Plus is $79 billed monthly and Tally Pro $29, so a mixed table misleads.
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Read the fair-use link. Tally and Paperform both say unlimited submissions and both point to a policy for sustained high volume.
Evaluation Checklist
Write down badge, logins and monthly volume before opening a pricing page.
Read each price on both billing toggles and keep the yearly one for a yearly budget.
Check the plan table for the cap your basket hits: users, forms, submissions or storage.
Send one test submission through the webhook you plan to use.
Time the switch to your Typeform renewal, since a prepaid plan cannot be paused.
Pricing Overview
Free plans
Tally, Fillout (1,000 responses), Zoho Forms (500 submissions), Jotform Starter (100) and Cognito Forms (100 entries); each keeps the vendor mark.
$0
Flat plans with no response tier
Tally Pro, Zoho Forms Standard (25,000 submissions) and Paperform Pro, for teams whose volume grows faster than headcount.
Under $600 a year, billed yearly
Entry plans with a volume cap
Cognito Forms Pro (2,000 entries), Jotform Bronze (1,000 submissions, 1 user) and Fillout Pro (5,000 responses), for teams near their cap.
$228 to $480 a year, billed yearly
Typeform benchmark
Plus: 1,000 responses shared by every form, 3 users and badge removal. Basic keeps the badge.
$663 to $672 a year, billed yearly
Priced in euros
forms.app Basic, with unlimited responses and members, kept outside the dollar order because this guide does not convert currencies.
€192 a year, billed annually
Above the benchmark
Formstack Forms (1 builder user, 25 forms) and Heyflow Scale (1,000 responses, 4 seats) start above Typeform Plus, so neither is a pick.
$996 to $2,988 a year, billed yearly
Pricing Comparison
| Tool and plan | S1 cost, 12 months | Billing basis | Unit and cap | 100 a month, 1 user | 10,000 a month, 5 users | Free plan and catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Typeform Plus (benchmark) | $663 to $672 | $56 a month billed yearly on the card; $79 a month billed monthly | Responses: 1,000 a month across all forms; 3 users; partials count | Plus again; Basic keeps the badge | Business, $1,083 to $1,092 | Free: 10 responses a month, 1 user, per the page's price data |
Tally Pro | $290 | Billed yearly (card shows $24 a month); $29 a month billed monthly | Submissions: unlimited under fair use; unlimited team members | Pro again; Free is $0 with the badge | Pro again; fair use applies | Free: unlimited forms and submissions, 10 MB per file, Tally badge stays |
Zoho Forms Standard | $300 | $25 a month billed yearly; $30 a month billed monthly | Submissions: 25,000 a month; 10 users; unlimited forms | Basic, $120 (1 user, 10,000 submissions) | Standard again | Free: 3 forms, 1 user, 500 submissions a month; Zoho footer stays |
Cognito Forms Pro | $288 to $348 | $19 a month billed yearly plus $5 per extra user a month | Entries: 2,000 a month; 2 users on two layouts, 1 on a third | Pro, $228 | Team, $468 to $588 (5 users, 10,000 entries) | Free: 100 entries a month, badge stays; Pro adds 1% on card payments |
Fillout Pro | $480 | $40 a month billed annually ($480); $49 a month billed monthly | Responses: 5,000 a month; unlimited seats | Pro again; Free keeps the badge | Business, $900 (unlimited responses) | Free: 1,000 responses a month, unlimited seats, badge stays |
Paperform Pro | $588 | $49 a month billed annually; $59 a month billed monthly | Submissions: unlimited under fair use; unlimited users | Pro again | Pro again; fair use applies | Free: 30 submissions a month, Paperform badge stays |
Jotform Bronze | $408 for 1 account; $1,224 for 3 | $34 a month billed yearly; $39 a month billed monthly | Submissions: 1,000 a month; 1 user per plan; 100 payment submissions | Bronze again; Starter keeps the badge | Gold, $1,188 per account (1 user) | Starter: 100 submissions, 5 forms, 10 payment submissions; badge stays |
forms.app Basic (euros) | €192, outside the dollar order | €16 a month billed annually; €24 a month billed monthly | Responses: unlimited; unlimited members; 25 forms | Basic again | Basic again | Free: 5 forms, unlimited responses and members; badge stays |
No price printed | Google's Forms pages print no price | Responses: up to 500k per form; 1 GB form storage, uploads excluded | No price printed | No price printed | Lists logic and Sheets export; no payment field or webhook listed |
Prices read on vendor pages on 20 Oct 2026: Typeform pricing with its response limits and partial responses help pages, Tally pricing and Tally fair use policy, Zoho Forms pricing, Cognito Forms pricing and Cognito payment fees, Cognito JSON Webhooks, Jotform pricing and Jotform support on users, answer dated 28 Sep 2023, Fillout pricing, Paperform pricing, forms.app pricing, Google Forms and Google Forms limits, Formstack pricing and Heyflow pricing. S1 costs are our arithmetic: the monthly rate on the yearly toggle times 12 for Typeform, Zoho Forms, Cognito Forms, Fillout, Paperform and Jotform (Jotform's $408 is $34 x 12), with the lower yearly charge in Typeform's price data as the low end of its range. Tally's yearly price comes from its pricing-page data and upgrade modal, which the card rounds to $24 a month. Rows are in US dollars except forms.app, which prints euros and is not converted.
Mistakes to Avoid
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Comparing a monthly price with a yearly one. Typeform Plus is $79 billed monthly and $56 a month on the yearly toggle, so a mixed table is off by $276 a year.
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Reading a free plan as a no-badge plan. The free plans of Tally, Fillout, Zoho Forms and forms.app keep the vendor mark.
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Assuming each form has its own allowance. Typeform's 1,000 responses on Plus are shared by all forms.
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Buying three Jotform accounts for three logins. Support says a standard plan is a single-user login and others join as collaborators, so check that before paying $1,224 a year for three Bronze plans.
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Ignoring the payment fee. Cognito Forms adds 1% on Pro card payments, which is $10 on $1,000 of sales.
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Trusting a rounded card. Typeform shows $56 a month on the yearly toggle, yet its price data lists a yearly charge $9 lower than twelve times that.
Expert Tips
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Start from the plan floor: write down badge, logins and volume, then read only the plans that carry all three.
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At 100 responses and 1 user, Zoho Forms Basic is the lowest badge-free dollar row here; at 3 users it needs Standard.
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Time the switch to your Typeform renewal: its pricing page says a prepaid subscription cannot be paused and plan changes take effect at the end of the prepaid period.
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Ask about fair use in writing if you expect sustained volume; 10,000 a month is our own threshold, not a figure in either policy. Tally's policy names sustained high submission volumes, and Paperform says it will contact accounts that are consistently over limits.
Red Flags to Watch For
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A price on one billing toggle with no label. Tally, Fillout and Cognito Forms open on the yearly view.
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A plan card and a plan page that disagree. Cognito Forms lists Pro with 2 users on two layouts and 1 on a third.
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An unlimited claim with a fair use link. Tally and Paperform both promise unlimited submissions and both point to a policy.
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A free plan with a hidden cap on files or forms. Tally and forms.app limit free uploads to 10 MB, forms.app Free holds 5 forms and Zoho Forms Free holds 3.
The Bottom Line
For the S1 team, start with Tally Pro at $290 a year if its fair-use terms suit your volume, or Zoho Forms Standard at $300 if you want 10 users and a stated cap of 25,000 submissions. Cognito Forms deserves a look at 100 responses a month, and Fillout fits teams that want unlimited seats. Keep Typeform Plus only if its editor is worth more than $363 a year to you, the least you save by choosing Tally Pro or Zoho Forms Standard. Re-read the plans before you pay, because tiers move.
Cite this: Toolradar, "Cheaper Typeform Alternatives in 2026", Oct 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a cheaper alternative to Typeform for 1,000 responses a month?
For 3 people, 1,000 responses a month, logic, file upload, payments, no vendor badge and a webhook, billed yearly, Tally Pro, Zoho Forms Standard and Cognito Forms Pro each come in under $350 a year, well below Typeform Plus. Fillout Pro and Paperform Pro also cost less than Typeform. Prices checked 20 Oct 2026.
How much does Typeform cost for 1,000 responses a month?
Typeform Plus covers 1,000 responses a month and 3 users. The pricing page shows $56 a month on the yearly toggle ($672 for 12 months) and $79 a month billed monthly ($948 a year), while the price data the page loads lists $663 for the yearly term. Basic at $28 a month billed yearly keeps the Typeform badge and allows 100 responses. Checked 20 Oct 2026.
Is there a free Typeform alternative with unlimited responses?
Tally's free plan lists unlimited forms and submissions under a fair use policy, with payments, file uploads, conditional logic and webhooks, but it keeps the Tally badge and limits files to 10 MB each. forms.app Free allows unlimited responses and team members on up to 5 forms. Fillout Free stops at 1,000 responses a month and Paperform Free at 30 submissions. Checked 20 Oct 2026.
Does Typeform's response limit apply to each form?
No. Typeform's help center says response limits apply across all forms in the account, so a Plus plan with three forms collects 1,000 responses in total each month, not 1,000 per form. Limits reset monthly, apply to monthly and yearly plans, and deleted responses still count. Partial responses collected through a Partial Submit Point also count toward the limit.
How does Tally compare with Typeform on price?
At S1, Tally Pro is a flat yearly plan with unlimited team members, well below Typeform Plus, which prices 1,000 responses and 3 users together. Tally's pricing page lists unlimited submissions rather than a response tier, and ties that to a fair use policy. The Tally vs Typeform page sets the features side by side.
Is Jotform cheaper than Typeform?
It depends on logins. Jotform Bronze costs $408 a year billed yearly for 1,000 submissions a month and 25 forms, but every plan is a single-user login, and Jotform support (answer dated 28 Sep 2023) says extra people can join as collaborators who edit your forms. Three separate Bronze accounts come to $1,224, above Typeform Plus. See Typeform vs Jotform.
Where does the order change at 100 or 10,000 responses a month?
At 100 responses and 1 user, Zoho Forms Basic ($120) and Cognito Forms Pro ($228) fall below Tally Pro. At 10,000 responses and 5 users, Fillout needs Business ($900), Typeform needs Business ($1,083 to $1,092) and Jotform Gold is $1,188 for a single user, while Tally Pro and Zoho Forms Standard keep the same plans. Billed yearly, checked 20 Oct 2026.
Cite this page: Toolradar, "Cheaper Typeform Alternatives in 2026", updated October 2026, https://toolradar.com/guides/cheaper-typeform-alternatives
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