Jotform Alternatives: Six Options by What You Need Them For

The right Jotform alternative depends on why you’re looking. If the free plan’s 100-submission cap is the problem, look at Tally or Google Forms. If you need several people in one account, look at Cognito Forms or Typeform. If Jotform does what you need and you only want to pay less, two of the six list a lower entry price, and we point them out below.

This isn’t a ranked list, and we haven’t tested these tools hands-on. It’s based on each company’s published pricing and documentation, checked October 13, 2026.

Who should look at alternatives

Jotform gives every plan nearly the same features and charges for volume. That model doesn’t suit everyone. These are the common reasons to look elsewhere:

• You’ve outgrown 100 submissions a month but don’t want a $39 plan. The step from free to paid is steep if all you need is more responses on a simple form.
• More than one person needs a login. Jotform’s Bronze, Silver, and Gold plans are single-user. Its help center says inviting team members requires Enterprise.
• Your forms are simple. If you don’t use payments, signatures, or approval flows, you may be paying for features you don’t touch.
• You want a particular respondent experience, such as a conversational form.
• You’re already paying for Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace and a form tool comes with it.

If none of these apply, switching may not gain you anything. Jotform’s limits by plan are in our Jotform Pricing guide.

How we compared them

We looked at five things for each tool, using official sources only:

1. What the free plan allows
2. The lowest paid price and what it adds
3. How many users are included
4. Whether payments are supported, where the vendor states it
5. Where HIPAA features sit, when the vendor lists them

Where we couldn’t confirm something from an official page, we say so.

Alternatives by use case

For high volume on a free plan: Tally

Tally’s pricing page advertises unlimited forms and submissions for free, within a fair-use policy. The free plan also lists payments, signatures, file uploads, and conditional logic, so it isn’t limited to basic surveys.

What you pay for is mostly presentation and teamwork. Pro costs $29 a month, or $24 a month billed yearly, and it removes Tally branding, adds custom domains, and lets you invite unlimited team members.

Read the fair-use policy before you depend on “unlimited” for a busy form. We go further in Jotform vs Tally.

For simple forms at no cost: Google Forms

If your forms are surveys, sign-up sheets, or internal requests, Google Forms may be all you need. You can use it with a personal Google account without buying a plan, it doesn’t limit responses by the month, and it sends them to Google Sheets. Each form can take up to 500,000 responses in total.

The trade-offs are specific. There’s no payment question type, and anyone uploading a file has to sign in to a Google account. If either one matters for your customers, look at a different tool. Jotform vs Google Forms covers when the move to Jotform is worth it.

For a small team that needs shared access: Cognito Forms

Seats are where Cognito Forms differs most from Jotform. Its Team plan costs $62 a month, or $49 a month billed annually, and includes 5 users, 10,000 entries a month, and workflow and approval features.

For a single user, the Pro plan is $24 a month ($19 billed annually) for 2,000 entries. The free plan allows 100 entries a month, the same monthly volume as Jotform’s, and Cognito’s pricing page says forms and payments are unlimited on every plan. Cognito Forms does add its own fee to payments on its two lowest plans: 2% on the free plan and 1% on Pro.

If you handle health data, note where HIPAA sits. Cognito Forms lists it only on its Enterprise plan, at $199 a month or $149 billed annually. Jotform lists HIPAA features starting on Gold, at $129 a month or $99 billed yearly.

For conversational, design-led forms: Typeform

Typeform builds its product around a conversational form format, and it includes team seats earlier than Jotform does. Plus costs $79 a month, or $56 billed yearly, with 1,000 responses and three users.

The catch is volume for the price. The free plan allows 10 responses a month and the $39 Basic plan allows 100, where Jotform’s $39 Bronze plan allows 1,000. We haven’t compared the two builders hands-on. The numbers are laid out in Jotform vs Typeform.

If you already pay for Microsoft 365: Microsoft Forms

A business that runs on Microsoft 365 may not need a separate form tool for internal surveys, quizzes, and simple requests. Microsoft’s documentation says an account can create up to 400 forms with up to 200 questions each, and a form can receive up to 5 million responses on Microsoft 365 business and education accounts. Responses can be exported to Excel.

Personal Microsoft accounts are far more limited: 200 responses per form on a free account and 1,000 on a paid one.

Microsoft’s service description lists Forms in the Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Standard, and Premium plans, along with its enterprise and education plans. We didn’t check what those plans cost, and we didn’t find payment collection in the Microsoft pages we read. See Jotform vs Microsoft Forms.

For forms tied to documents and e-signatures: Formstack

Formstack sells forms alongside document generation and e-signature products, and it starts at a higher price than the other tools here. Its Forms plan is $99 a month, or $83 a month paid annually, with one builder user, 25 forms, 1,000 submissions per form, and 2 GB of storage.

Note that the submission limit works differently from Jotform’s. Formstack’s help center describes it as the number of submissions a single form can hold at one time, where Jotform’s is a monthly count across the account. The two plans aren’t directly comparable on volume. Formstack’s pricing page lists no free plan. It offers a 14-day trial with no credit card, and it shows HIPAA as an add-on.

It’s worth a look when you need forms, generated documents, and signatures from one vendor. For forms alone, compare the entry price with Jotform’s first.

Free alternatives at a glance

Five of the six have a free tier, and they differ a lot in how much they allow:

• Tally: unlimited forms and submissions under a fair-use policy, with payments included
• Google Forms: no monthly limit, up to 500,000 responses per form, no payment question type
• Cognito Forms: 100 entries a month, with payments included
• Microsoft Forms: 200 responses per form on a free personal Microsoft account
• Typeform: 10 responses a month across all forms, without payments or file uploads

Formstack’s pricing page lists a 14-day trial and no free plan.

For comparison, Jotform’s own free plan allows 5 forms and 100 submissions a month, including up to 10 payments.

Pricing and limits snapshot

Prices are US-dollar list prices from each vendor’s pricing page on October 13, 2026. Jotform’s were checked October 12.

Before you switch: a short checklist

• Export your data. Download submissions and any uploaded files from Jotform first. If you downgrade to the free plan, remember it stores only 500 responses.
• List what your forms depend on. Payments, signatures, conditional logic, email notifications, and app connections all need an equivalent in the new tool.
• Count seats. Decide how many people need to build or view forms, and price the plan that covers them.
• Rebuild one form first. Pick your most complicated form and recreate it on the new tool’s free plan or trial before you commit.
• Update every link and embed. Old form links on your website, in emails, and on printed QR codes will keep pointing to Jotform.
• Check the billing date. Jotform says canceled plans stay active until the next billing date, so you can overlap the two tools while you move.

When staying with Jotform makes sense

Jotform holds up well on a few points. Its free plan includes payments. It offers HIPAA features on Gold, without an Enterprise contract. And its $39 Bronze plan includes 1,000 submissions a month.

If your reason for leaving is price alone, compare totals carefully. Cognito Forms Pro and Tally Pro are the paid plans here that list for less than Jotform Bronze, and each sets its limits differently.

If you’re still deciding, it’s worth confirming what your current plan includes. Check Jotform’s current plan limits

FAQ

What is the best free alternative to Jotform? For volume, Tally. For simple surveys and internal forms, Google Forms. If you need payments on a free plan, Tally and Cognito Forms both list them, and Cognito Forms adds a 2% fee on its free plan.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Jotform? Cognito Forms Pro is $24 a month and Tally Pro is $29, compared with $39 for Jotform Bronze. Compare what each includes, since limits and features differ.

Which alternative is best for teams? Cognito Forms includes 5 users on its Team plan, Typeform includes 3 on Plus, and Tally Pro lists unlimited team members.

Which alternatives offer HIPAA features? Cognito Forms and Typeform list HIPAA on their Enterprise plans, and Formstack lists it as an add-on. We didn’t check Tally, Google Forms, or Microsoft Forms for HIPAA terms. Having the features doesn’t make you compliant by itself, so confirm the details with the vendor.

Is Google Forms a good replacement for Jotform? For simple forms, yes. Not if you take payments or need uploads from people without Google accounts.

Can I move my Jotform forms to another tool automatically? That depends on the tool you’re moving to. We didn’t verify any import tools for this article, so plan to rebuild forms by hand.