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Best form builder software

Build online forms that take submissions, payments and file uploads, and send the answers where you need them. 11 form builders, ranked by points out of 100.

Facts checked 8 Oct 2026 · How we score form builders

Not scored yet: 123FormBuilder.

In short

  1. 1
    Zoho FormsSmall businesses that want many integrations and a $10 first paid plan
    94/100
    $10/mocheapest paid plan
  2. 2
    forms.appIndividuals and small teams who want a free plan and EU servers
    85/100
    $19/mocheapest paid plan
  3. 3
    Cognito FormsSmall teams that need calculated totals and payments
    84/100
    $19/mocheapest paid plan
  4. 4
    FormalooSmall teams that want forms with logic, payments and PDFs at a low monthly price
    84/100
    $19/mocheapest paid plan
  5. 5
    JotformTeams that need many form features, payments and HIPAA support
    81/100
    $34/mocheapest paid plan
  6. 6
    FilloutTeams that want logic and payments on a free plan of 1,000 responses
    79/100
    $15/mocheapest paid plan
  7. 7
    TallyPeople who want a free form builder with few limits
    77/100
    $24.17/mocheapest paid plan
  8. 8
    PaperformPeople who sell or take bookings through forms
    70/100
    $49/mocheapest paid plan
  9. 9
    FormsiteTeams that want rules, calculations and payments and can live with a small free level
    60/100
    $20.83/mocheapest paid plan
  10. 10
    Formstack FormsTeams that need HIPAA, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 paperwork around their forms
    54/100
    $83/mocheapest paid plan
  11. 11
    WufooSmall sites that need simple forms with rules and a handful of payment processors
    50/100
    $16.25/mocheapest paid plan

How the points add up

Points earned out of the points available in each part of the method.

ProductFree plan
of 12		Building forms
of 29		Payments and data
of 21		Privacy and compliance
of 20		Price
of 18		Total
Zoho Forms102921161894
forms.app122521121585
Cognito Forms82921131384
Formaloo12292171584
Jotform8292115881
Fillout12291781379
Tally12291771277
Paperform629215970
Formsite629190660
Formstack Forms0261513054
Wufoo8161501150

Each form builder in brief

1. Zoho Forms

Zoho Forms suits small businesses that want a free plan of 500 submissions and a $10 first paid plan. Basic at $10 a month billed yearly adds 10,000 submissions and up to 2,000 PDFs. The catch: HIPAA support needs Premium, the free plan caps payments at 10, and Zoho publishes its data processing agreement only on request.

Best for: Small businesses that want many integrations and a $10 first paid plan. Prices, facts and sources

2. forms.app

forms.app suits people who want a free plan with unlimited responses, payments and EU hosting. Basic starts at $19 a month billed annually. The catch: its pages do not mention HIPAA, SOC 2 or calculated fields, and it will not sign customer DPAs.

Best for: Individuals and small teams who want a free plan and EU servers. Prices, facts and sources

3. Cognito Forms

Cognito Forms suits small teams that need calculations, file uploads, signatures and payments at $19 a month on the yearly plan. Pro at $19 a month billed yearly adds save and resume, signatures and PDF output. The catch: the free plan stops at 100 entries, data is stored in the United States, and HIPAA support needs Enterprise.

Best for: Small teams that need calculated totals and payments. Prices, facts and sources

4. Formaloo

Formaloo suits people who want conditional logic, formulas, file uploads, signatures and payments on a free plan or a $19-a-month plan billed yearly. It stores data in the EU by default and offers a data processing agreement. The catch: no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 is named, HIPAA support sits on the custom-priced Enterprise plan, and the pricing page lists two different free-plan limits.

Best for: Small teams that want forms with logic, payments and PDFs at a low monthly price. Prices, facts and sources

5. Jotform

Jotform suits people who want logic, payments, signatures and PDFs in one builder, and who may need HIPAA support later. The free plan is small at 100 submissions a month, and the first paid plan is $34 a month. The catch: HIPAA needs Gold, and Jotform's SOC 2 certified environment is an Enterprise upgrade.

Best for: Teams that need many form features, payments and HIPAA support. Prices, facts and sources

6. Fillout

Fillout suits people who want logic, calculations, Stripe payments and PDF output without paying, since all are on the free plan. Free responses are 1,000 a month. The catch: signatures need Starter, EU data storage needs the $300-a-month Team plan, and no HIPAA support or published DPA appears on its pages.

Best for: Teams that want logic and payments on a free plan of 1,000 responses. Prices, facts and sources

7. Tally

Tally suits individuals and small teams that want a free plan with no submission cap. Logic, calculations, payments through Stripe and signatures need no paid plan. Data is stored in Europe and a DPA is public. The catch: payments run only through Stripe, and no SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA claim appears.

Best for: People who want a free form builder with few limits. Prices, facts and sources

8. Paperform

Paperform suits small businesses that take payments, signatures and bookings in one form, and it lets you start on a free plan. Pro adds calculations, PDF output and webhooks at $49 a month billed yearly. The catch: the free plan stops at 30 submissions a month, there is no HIPAA support, and EU hosting needs a custom-quote plan.

Best for: People who sell or take bookings through forms. Prices, facts and sources

9. Formsite

Formsite suits people who need rules, calculations, signature fields, Save & Return and payment forms, and who accept limits set per form instead of per month. The catch: the free level holds only 10 results per form, and Formsite lists no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 for itself, no EU hosting and no HIPAA service for new customers.

Best for: Teams that want rules, calculations and payments and can live with a small free level. Prices, facts and sources

10. Formstack Forms

Formstack Forms suits businesses that need compliance documents and many form features, and can pay $83 a month. It lists conditional logic, calculations, file uploads, signatures, and save and resume. The catch: no free plan, an entry price of $83 a month, and HIPAA costs extra.

Best for: Teams that need HIPAA, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 paperwork around their forms. Prices, facts and sources

11. Wufoo

Wufoo suits people who want a form builder with field rules, multi-page forms, file uploads and nine payment merchants, starting at $195 a year. The catch: its pages list no calculations, save and resume, PDF output, HIPAA, SOC 2 or ISO 27001 for the product itself, and signing goes through a DocuSign account.

Best for: Small sites that need simple forms with rules and a handful of payment processors. Prices, facts and sources

Every fact, side by side

Each row is one rule of the method and the points it is worth. "–" means the vendor does not publish it, which earns nothing.

Rule (points)Zoho Formsforms.appCognito FormsFormalooJotformFilloutTallyPaperformFormsiteFormstack FormsWufoo
Free plan (6)YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYes
Submissions on the free plan (6)500100000010010000001001000100000030–0100
Conditional logic (8)YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Calculated fields (4)Yes–YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes–
File upload field (5)YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Multi-page forms (3)YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes–Yes
Save and resume later (4)YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes–
Signature field (5)YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes–
Online payments (5)YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Payment processors (6)3 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 31 of 31 of 33 of 32 of 32 of 33 of 3
Answers as PDF (4)YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes––
Built-in connections (6)3 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 32 of 3
HIPAA support (8)Yes–YesNoYes––NoNoYes–
SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 (5)YesYesYes–NoYes–Yes–Yes–
GDPR data processing agreement (4)–Yes–YesYes–Yes––––
EU data storage (3)YesYes–YesYesYesYesNo–––
Submissions on cheapest paid plan (6)100001000000200010000001000200010000001000000––1000
Cheapest paid plan (12)$10/mo$19/mo$19/mo$19/mo$34/mo$15/mo$24.17/mo$49/mo$20.83/mo$83/mo$16.25/mo

Head to head

We read each vendor's own pages, record every fact with its source and date, and score it by the rules on how we score form builders. A tie goes to the lower price. Web-based form builders sold on their own to individuals and teams, used in a browser on Windows. Survey-first tools, forms bundled into an office account (Google Forms, Microsoft Forms), WordPress plugins and developer-only back ends are left out. "On at least one plan" counts any plan sold to the public, not a quote-only plan. Vendor claims about speed or quality are shown on product pages but never scored. Prices are in US dollars before tax.