8 Typeform Alternatives in 2026, Ranked by What Their Free Plans Actually Allow
Typeform's free plan takes 10 responses a month; Fillout's takes 1,000 and Tally's has no hard cap. 8 Typeform alternatives with verified prices and weaknesses.
The short version
- Typeform's free plan collects 10 responses a month across all forms, per its help centre in October 2026. Every alternative here allows more, except Formstack, which has no free plan at all.
- Tally is our pick for most people: unlimited forms and submissions on the free plan under fair-use rules, with Pro at US$24 a month.
- Fillout is the strongest all-rounder on paper: 1,000 free responses a month, unlimited seats, a voice recording field on every plan, and Starter from US$15 a month billed yearly.
- Would You Rather ranks last for general forms and first only for spoken, multilingual answers: no payments and no transcripts, but voice as a standard field and QR forms that can skip sign-in.
Most people looking for Typeform alternatives hit the same wall: the free plan stops at 10 responses a month. Fillout's free plan allows 1,000, and Tally's sets no hard cap at all. We checked the pricing pages of 8 Typeform alternatives in October 2026, and the free tier is where they differ most.
Typeform's free plan: 10 responses. Fillout's: 1,000. Tally's: no hard cap. That gap decides most of the ranking below. We also list the starting paid price, who each tool suits, and one honest weakness for each. Our own product is on the list, and it is not number one.
The best Typeform alternatives in 2026 are Tally for free unlimited forms, Fillout for a generous free tier with unlimited seats, Google Forms for simple internal surveys, and Jotform for templates and widgets. Zoho Forms, SurveyMonkey and Formstack suit specific teams. Would You Rather is only the best pick when you need spoken, multilingual answers.
How we ranked these Typeform alternatives
We ranked for the person most likely to search this: someone who likes Typeform's experience but cannot justify its price, or has hit the 10-response cap. That person wants a usable free tier, a fair paid upgrade and a form that looks good on a phone. Specialist features count, but they do not lift a tool above better general options.
Every price and limit below comes from the vendor's own pricing or help page, opened on 8 October 2026. Some vendors show prices by region. Zoho Forms and SurveyMonkey displayed rupees to us, so we quote them in rupees rather than convert. We did not use review sites or affiliate roundups for any figure.
The 8 Typeform alternatives at a glance
Here is the full comparison. The top row is Typeform itself, so you can see what you are moving away from. The voice column matters only if you collect spoken answers; ignore it otherwise.
| Tool | Free tier, Oct 2026 | Paid from | Voice answers | Best for | Honest weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typeform (baseline) | 10 responses a month | US$28/mo yearly | Growth and Talent plans, 2-min cap | Polished brand forms | Free plan is a trial in practice |
| 1. Tally | Unlimited forms and submissions, fair use | US$24/mo | Not in its feature list | Solo makers, startups | Branding removal needs Pro |
| 2. Fillout | 1,000 responses a month, unlimited seats | US$15/mo yearly | Voice field on all plans | Teams, Airtable and Notion users | Drop-off analytics only on Business |
| 3. Google Forms | Free with a Google account | No paid tier needed | No audio question | Internal and classroom forms | Plain design, sign-in for uploads |
| 4. Jotform | 5 forms, 100 submissions a month | US$34/mo yearly | Voice Recorder widget, up to 180 s | Templates, widgets, payments | Only 5 active forms on free |
| 5. Zoho Forms | 3 forms, 500 submissions a month | ₹580/mo yearly (India) | Not checked | Zoho CRM users | 3 forms and a Zoho footer on free |
| 6. SurveyMonkey | 10 questions per survey, response cap not published | ₹899/mo (India) | Not checked | Research and analysis | Free response limit hidden until sign-up |
| 7. Formstack | No free plan | US$83/mo yearly | Not checked | Regulated and Salesforce teams | Price, and no free tier at all |
| 8. Would You Rather | Free to start | Not published | Standard field, length you set | Spoken and multilingual answers | No payments, no transcripts |
"Not checked" means we did not verify a voice feature on that vendor's pages, not that one is missing. If spoken answers matter to you, read our ranking of voice survey tools instead.
The best free alternatives: Tally and Fillout
If cost is why you are leaving, start here. Both have free tiers that are usable for real projects, not just testing.
1. Tally: the best free Typeform alternative
Tally feels the closest to Typeform for the least money. Its pricing page offers unlimited forms and unlimited submissions on the free plan, within fair-use guidelines. The free plan also includes payments, signatures, file uploads, conditional logic, calculations, answer piping and integrations with Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Zapier and Make.
Who it suits. Solo founders, creators and small teams who want a clean form today and do not want to think about response limits. If you were on Typeform's free plan and ran out of responses, Tally is the first thing to try. We think it is the default answer to this search for most people.
Weakness. Branding removal and custom domains sit on Pro at US$24 a month, with yearly billing taking 2 months off. The free plan also caps uploads at 10 MB per file, implied by Pro's promise to remove that limit. And "fair use" is a judgement call by the vendor, not a number you can plan against. We compare the two products in detail in Would You Rather vs Tally.
2. Fillout: the most generous free tier with seats
Fillout's free plan allows 1,000 responses a month, unlimited forms and unlimited seats, and its Starter plan costs US$15 a month billed yearly. The free plan includes payments, PDF generation, conditional logic, resume-later, calculations and most integrations, including Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion and HubSpot.
Fillout also has a voice recording field. Its help page on voice recording says recordings follow your plan's file upload allowance, 20 MB per file on Free, Starter and Pro. AI transcription is limited to Business and Enterprise. That is a real voice option, and we would rather say so than pretend we are the only one.
Who it suits. Teams. No per-seat pricing means a whole department can build forms on one account. It also suits anyone whose data already lives in Airtable or Notion. If you want one tool for most jobs, including the occasional voice question, Fillout is the strongest all-rounder on this list.
Weakness. Analytics are held back. Drop-off rates, form analytics and viewing partial submissions are listed only on Business, at US$75 a month billed yearly. If you are switching from Typeform because you want to see where people quit, you will pay more than the US$15 starting price. Our full breakdown is in Would You Rather vs Fillout.
The familiar defaults: Google Forms and Jotform
These two are the tools most people already know. One is free and plain, the other is paid and packed with features.
3. Google Forms: free and familiar, but plain
Google Forms costs nothing with a Google account and nearly everyone has used one. It covers short answer, paragraph, multiple choice, checkboxes, dropdowns, scales, ratings, grids, dates, times and file upload. Responses flow into Google Sheets without setup.
Who it suits. Teachers, internal HR surveys, event sign-ups and anyone whose respondents already sit inside Google Workspace. If design does not matter and nobody needs to pay, it is hard to beat free.
Weakness. It is the opposite of Typeform's experience: no one-question-at-a-time layout, little design control and no audio question type. Google's help page also says respondents must sign in to a Google Account to answer a file upload question, which blocks many public forms. We cover the audio workarounds in whether Google Forms can record audio.
4. Jotform: the biggest toolbox
Jotform's pricing page lists a free Starter plan with 5 forms, 100 monthly submissions, 100 MB of space, 10,000 monthly form views and 10 monthly payment submissions. Bronze starts at US$34 a month billed yearly, with 25 forms and 1,000 submissions.
Jotform's strength is breadth: a large template library, widgets for almost anything, payments and signed documents. That includes a Voice Recorder widget. Jotform's own help article on recording audio says you can set recordings up to 180 seconds.
Who it suits. Operations teams that need one form tool for many jobs: registrations, orders, applications, approvals. If your Typeform use is mostly back-office forms rather than brand surveys, Jotform will feel more capable.
Weakness. The free plan allows only 5 active forms and 100 submissions a month, which runs out quickly for anyone running more than one project. The builder is also busier than Typeform's, with more settings and more to learn.
Suite and research tools: Zoho Forms, SurveyMonkey and Formstack
These three make most sense when they connect to something you already run: a CRM, a research programme or a compliance process.
5. Zoho Forms: best if you already use Zoho
Zoho Forms' pricing page lists a free plan with 1 user, 3 forms, 500 submissions a month and 200 MB of storage, plus 10 payment submissions, webhooks and integrations. Shown to us from India, Basic cost ₹580 a month billed yearly, with unlimited forms and 10,000 submissions a month.
Who it suits. Businesses already on Zoho CRM or Zoho One, where forms that write straight into the rest of the suite save real work. It also suits teams that need high submission volumes at a modest price, since the paid tiers scale to 150,000 submissions a month.
Weakness. Three forms on the free plan is the tightest form limit here. Free forms also carry a "Powered by Zoho" footer, which Zoho's FAQ says disappears only on paid plans. Outside the Zoho ecosystem, the case for it is weaker.
6. SurveyMonkey: best for analysis, not for forms
SurveyMonkey is a survey and research platform first. Its individual pricing page lists a free Basic plan with unlimited surveys and 10 questions per survey. Shown to us from India, Standard Monthly cost ₹899 a month with 1,000 responses a month.
Who it suits. Researchers and teams who need analysis inside the tool: statistical significance, crosstabs and multi-survey analysis on higher plans. It also sells access to a paid respondent panel, which none of the form builders here offer.
Weakness. The free plan's response limit is not published. The pricing page says "Limited responses per survey" and asks you to sign up or log in to see the exact amount. We would not plan a project around a limit we cannot see. The 10-question cap is also tight for any real survey.
7. Formstack: built for regulated workflows
Formstack's pricing page shows no free plan. Forms start at US$83 a month paid annually, with 1 builder user, 25 forms, 1,000 submissions per form and 2 GB of storage. The Suite, adding documents and e-signatures, starts at US$250 a month.
Who it suits. Organisations in healthcare, finance or government, and teams deep in Salesforce. The page lists Salesforce-native forms and PCI and HIPAA-compliant solutions. If compliance is the brief, the price makes more sense.
Weakness. It is the most expensive starting point here and the only one with no free tier. For anyone leaving Typeform over cost, Formstack is the wrong direction.
8. Would You Rather: only if the answer should be spoken
Would You Rather is our product, so read this section with that in mind. It is a narrow tool. It is the right Typeform alternative only if you want people to answer by speaking, often in languages other than English.
Like Typeform, it shows one question at a time in the phone browser. Unlike Typeform, voice is a standard field on the free start, and you set the recording's minimum and maximum length. Creators can record the question in their own voice, and an AI drafts a form from a typed or spoken description. A per-form setting lets anyone answer from a link or QR code without signing in.
Who Would You Rather suits
Hiring screens, field research, customer interviews at scale, oral assignments and speech-data collection in Indian languages. Respondents answer in the language they think in, and a transcript mode offers transliteration suggestions for script-reading tasks. See Would You Rather vs Typeform for the head-to-head.
Would You Rather's weakness
It has no payment field, does not transcribe voice answers, and integrates through a Google Sheets sync, CSV export and an API rather than hundreds of apps. For a lead form, an order form or a quiz, every other tool on this list is a better choice. We mean that.
How to pick in four questions
You do not need to trial all eight. Four questions narrow the list to one or two.
- 1How many responses a month, honestly?Under 100, almost any free tier works. Into the thousands, look at Tally's fair-use plan or Fillout's 1,000 free responses first.
- 2Does anyone pay inside the form?If yes, shortlist Tally, Fillout or Jotform, which list payments on their free plans. Rule out tools without a payment field.
- 3Where must the data end up?Zoho CRM points to Zoho Forms, Salesforce to Formstack, Airtable or Notion to Fillout or Tally, Google Sheets to almost any of them.
- 4Do you need reasons, not values?If the key answer is a story or speech, test a voice field: Fillout's recorder, Jotform's widget, or a voice-first tool like Would You Rather.
Where this ranking is weakest
This ranking compares published limits and prices, not how each tool performs with your audience. We did not build the same form in all eight tools and measure completion. A tool that looks generous on paper can still lose respondents with a clumsy mobile layout.
Prices move, and some vendors test plans. Typeform's own help centre says it experiments with pricing, so accounts may see different offers. Zoho Forms and SurveyMonkey showed us rupee prices, and their US dollar prices may not be a simple conversion. Check each page on the day you buy.
Feature coverage is uneven. We verified voice features only where we went looking: Typeform, Fillout and Jotform. "Not checked" in the table is a gap in our research, not a verdict on those tools. Our ranking also reflects one buyer, the person leaving Typeform over cost. A compliance team would rank Formstack far higher, and a speech-data team would put Would You Rather first.
Where to start
If you hit Typeform's 10-response limit last month, move one live form to Tally or Fillout this week and keep the rest where they are. Run it for a month. If nothing breaks, move the others.
If you are reading this because you want people to talk rather than type, skip the general tools. Start with one spoken question and read our voice survey research on drop-off before you design it.
References
- Typeform Help Centre, Free plan, accessed 8 October 2026. Used for Typeform's 10-response free limit and its note on pricing experiments. Typeform's Basic price, response caps and video limits come from typeform.com/pricing and its video and audio answers help article, same date.
- Tally, Pricing, accessed 8 October 2026. Used for free plan features and Pro and Business prices.
- Fillout, Plans & Pricing, accessed 8 October 2026. Used for free and paid limits, seats and plan-gated analytics.
- Fillout Help, Voice recording, accessed 8 October 2026. Used for the voice field's limits and transcription plans.
- Jotform, Pricing, accessed 8 October 2026. Used for Starter and Bronze limits and prices. The 180-second recorder limit comes from Jotform's help article on recording audio and video on mobile forms.
- Zoho Forms, Pricing, accessed 8 October 2026 from India. Used for free and paid limits, the rupee price and the footer FAQ.
- SurveyMonkey, Individual plans pricing, accessed 8 October 2026 from India. Used for the Basic plan limits and the Standard price.
- Formstack, Pricing, accessed 8 October 2026. Used for the starting prices and limits. Google Forms facts come from Google's help page "Choose a type of question for your form", same date.
The weakest point in this source base: every figure is a vendor describing its own product, and two vendors showed regional prices, so cross-tool price comparisons are approximate.
Questions people ask
What is the best free alternative to Typeform?
For most people, Tally. Its pricing page, as of October 2026, offers unlimited forms and unlimited submissions on the free plan within fair-use guidelines, plus logic, payments, file uploads and integrations. Fillout is the close second, with 1,000 free responses a month and unlimited seats. Google Forms is the simplest option if your respondents already use Google accounts and design does not matter.
Is there a Typeform alternative with unlimited responses?
Tally's free plan lists unlimited forms and submissions, subject to its fair-use guidelines. Fillout's Business plan, at US$75 a month billed yearly, lists unlimited responses. Google Forms does not publish a response cap. Typeform itself offers custom limits only on Enterprise, and its Business plan includes 10,000 responses a month with a maximum of 50,000.
Which Typeform alternative supports voice answers?
Several, with different trade-offs. Fillout has a voice recording field on all plans, with AI transcription on Business and Enterprise. Jotform offers a Voice Recorder widget with recordings up to 180 seconds. Would You Rather treats voice as a standard field with a length you set. Typeform itself records audio answers on its Growth and Talent plans, capped at 2 minutes.
Is Tally better than Typeform?
For free use, yes. Tally's free plan allows unlimited submissions within fair use, while Typeform's free plan stops at 10 responses a month. Typeform is stronger on design polish, templates, quizzes and video or audio answers on its higher plans. If you are paying anyway and want the Typeform look, Typeform may still be worth it. If budget decides, start with Tally.
Is Google Forms a good Typeform alternative?
For internal surveys, sign-ups and classroom forms, yes. Google Forms is free with a Google account and covers common question types. It is weaker on design, has no one-question-at-a-time layout and no audio question. Its file upload question also requires respondents to sign in to a Google Account, according to Google's own help page, which hurts public forms.
What is the cheapest paid Typeform alternative?
Of the tools we checked in October 2026, Fillout's Starter plan is the cheapest listed paid tier at US$15 a month billed yearly, or US$19 month to month. Tally Pro is US$24 a month. Typeform's own Basic plan is US$28 a month billed yearly, and Jotform's Bronze is US$34. Prices for Zoho Forms and SurveyMonkey vary by region.
Drafted with AI from the vendors' own pricing and help pages, then edited and approved by Apoorv Tamrkar.
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