--- title: Cognito Forms canonical: https://saasranked.com/software/cognito-forms/ category: Form Builder Software points: 84 rank: 3 of 11 facts_checked: 2026-10-08 --- # Cognito Forms Form builder with calculations, payments on every plan and a free plan of 100 entries a month. 84 points out of 100. #3 of 11 form builders. Vendor: Cognito LLC. Website: https://www.cognitoforms.com/ - The free Individual plan allows 100 entries a month for one user [1]. - Pro costs $19 a month billed yearly, or $24 billed monthly, and allows 2,000 entries a month [1]. - Payments work on every plan, through Stripe, PayPal, Square and Cognito Pay [7]. - HIPAA support, with a sample business associate agreement, is tied to the Enterprise plan [1][11]. - Cognito Forms completed a SOC 2 Type II audit, announced on May 9, 2024 [12]. Verdict: Cognito Forms suits small teams that need calculations, file uploads, signatures and payments at $19 a month on the yearly plan [1][4][7]. Pro at $19 a month billed yearly adds save and resume, signatures and PDF output [1][5][6]. The catch: the free plan stops at 100 entries, data is stored in the United States, and HIPAA support needs Enterprise [1][11][13]. Best for: Small teams that need calculated totals and payments. ## Points | Criterion | Line | Value | Points | Note | |---|---|---|---|---| | Free plan | Free plan | Yes | 6/6 | Individual plan is free, with payments available and no card required [1]. | | Free plan | Submissions on the free plan | 100 | 2/6 | Individual plan allows 100 entries a month [1]. | | Building forms | Conditional logic | Yes | 8/8 | Show and hide fields or sections depending on answers; no plan limit stated [2]. | | Building forms | Calculated fields | Yes | 4/4 | Perform calculations on collected data in the form itself; no plan limit stated [4]. | | Building forms | File upload field | Yes | 5/5 | Respondents can attach images and documents, with file types you choose [4]. | | Building forms | Multi-page forms | Yes | 3/3 | Forms can be split into pages, one question each or grouped; no plan limit stated [3]. | | Building forms | Save and resume later | Yes | 4/4 | Available on Pro, Team and Enterprise plans [5]. | | Building forms | Signature field | Yes | 5/5 | Signature field described as legally binding; the pricing page lists electronic signatures from Pro [1][4]. | | Payments and data | Online payments | Yes | 5/5 | Online payments are available on every plan [7]. | | Payments and data | Payment processors | Stripe, PayPal, Square | 6/6 | The payments page lists Stripe, PayPal and Square, plus Cognito Pay [7]. | | Payments and data | Answers as PDF | Yes | 4/4 | Document Generation creates PDF or Word files from entries, on Pro, Team and Enterprise [6]. | | Payments and data | Built-in connections | Google Sheets, Zapier, Webhooks | 6/6 | Google Sheets listed [8]; Zapier named on the features and integrations pages [9][10]; JSON webhooks listed [10]. | | Privacy and compliance | HIPAA support | Yes | 8/8 | HIPAA page ties support to the Enterprise plan and links a sample agreement [11]. | | Privacy and compliance | SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 | Yes | 5/5 | Company announced completing a SOC 2 Type II audit on May 9, 2024 [12]. | | Privacy and compliance | GDPR data processing agreement | Not published | 0/4 | Not published on the vendor's pages [13]; the privacy policy mentions a data processing addendum without a link. | | Privacy and compliance | EU data storage | Not published | 0/3 | Not published: the privacy policy names United States data centres and mentions no EU option [13]. | | Price | Submissions on cheapest paid plan | 2000 | 4/6 | Pro, the cheapest paid plan, allows 2,000 entries a month [1]. | | Price | Cheapest paid plan | $19/mo | 9/12 | Pro, $19 a month billed annually [1]. | ## Plans | Plan | Price | Per month (USD) | |---|---|---| | Individual | Free [1] | $0 | | Pro | $19/month billed yearly [1] | $19 | Pro costs $24 a month when billed monthly [1]. ## Strengths - Unlimited forms and payments on every plan, including Free [1][7]. - Calculations, file uploads, conditional logic and multi-page forms are described as standard features [2][3][4]. - Creates PDF or Word documents from entries on Pro, Team and Enterprise [6]. - Enterprise offers HIPAA support, and a sample business associate agreement is published [11]. - Completed a SOC 2 Type II audit [12]. ## Limits - The free plan allows only 100 entries a month and shows Cognito Forms branding [1]. - Save and resume, signatures and PDF output need Pro or higher [1][5][6]. - Cognito Forms says its servers and data are in the United States, with no EU option mentioned [13]. - The privacy policy mentions a data processing addendum but links to no document [13]. ## Sources 1. [Cognito Forms pricing](https://www.cognitoforms.com/pricing), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 2. [Conditional logic](https://www.cognitoforms.com/product/conditional-logic), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 3. [Multi-page forms](https://www.cognitoforms.com/product/multi-page-forms), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 4. [Data collection](https://www.cognitoforms.com/product/data-collection), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 5. [Save and resume](https://www.cognitoforms.com/product/save-resume), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 6. [Document generation](https://www.cognitoforms.com/product/document-generation), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 7. [Online payments](https://www.cognitoforms.com/product/online-payment), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 8. [Spreadsheet integrations](https://www.cognitoforms.com/integrations/spreadsheets), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 9. [Cognito Forms features](https://www.cognitoforms.com/features), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 10. [Cognito Forms integrations](https://www.cognitoforms.com/integrations), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 11. [HIPAA compliance](https://www.cognitoforms.com/product/hipaa-compliance), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 12. [Cognito Forms Completes SOC 2 Type II Audit](https://www.cognitoforms.com/blog/356/cognito-formscompletes-soc-2-type-iiaudit), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08 13. [Privacy policy](https://www.cognitoforms.com/privacy), Cognito Forms, accessed 2026-10-08