Fillout alternatives
Forms & Surveys · www.fillout.com
Form and survey builder with a generous free tier and unlimited responses on its Business plan.
Switching to Tally saves $180 / year and covers 100% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Fillout alternatives
We compared 17 products and found 5 cheaper options (4 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Fillout Starter at $15/mo · scenario: 1,000 responses/month, 1 seat, monthly billing, USD.
Fillout’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
Fillout costs $15/mo on the Starter plan at 1,000 responses/month, 1 seat, monthly billing. We found 5 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 3 of them cover at least 75% of the 6 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Tally at $0/mo (Free plan), 100% less. Fillout's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Microsoft Forms Microsoft 365 Business Basic plan · missing: Unlimited forms, File uploads, Payment collection, Signature collection survey platform — adjacent | 33% | $7/mo how? ⓘ | $96 / year 53% cheaper | |
TOP PICK Zoho Forms Basic plan · missing: Unlimited forms | 83% | $12/mo how? ⓘ | $36 / year 20% cheaper |
Which Fillout alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best full coverage
- Tally — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Tally — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 100%
- Best paid drop-in
- Zoho Forms — $12/mo (Basic plan) · covers 83%
- Need unlimited forms, conditional logic, file uploads, payment collection, webhooks or signature collection?
- Tally — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Fillout has that the top alternatives lack.
- Unlimited forms — Create as many forms as you need without hitting a plan cap.Missing from forms.app, Microsoft Forms.
- File uploads — Let respondents attach files as part of their answers.Missing from Microsoft Forms.
- Payment collection — Collect payments directly through a form.Missing from Youform, Microsoft Forms.
- Signature collection — Collect legally binding signatures within a form.Missing from Youform, Microsoft Forms.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Fillout vs the top alternatives, on the 6 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Fillout | Tally | forms.app | Youform | Microsoft Forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited forms | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Conditional logic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| File uploads | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Payment collection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Webhooks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Signature collection from Starter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $15/mo Starter | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $7/mo Microsoft 365 Business Basic |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Fillout covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Unlimited forms
- ✓ Conditional logic
- ✓ File uploads
- ✓ Payment collection
- ✓ Webhooks
- ✓ Signature collection — from Starter
- ↑ Unlimited submissions — only from Business, not compared
- ↑ Custom domain — only from Business, not compared
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.fillout.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Fillout cost?
Fillout's Starter plan costs $15/mo in our scenario (1,000 responses/month, 1 seat, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Fillout alternative?
Yes. Tally has a free plan that covers 100% of the 6 capabilities we compared against Fillout.
What is the cheapest Fillout alternative?
In our scenario (1,000 responses/month, 1 seat, monthly billing), Tally is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Fillout alternative with Unlimited forms?
Tally covers Unlimited forms and costs $0/mo (Free plan) in our scenario.
Does Fillout have a free plan?
Yes. Fillout's free plan is limited to 1,000 responses/month.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.