Cognito Forms vs Jotform

Cognito Forms

• Order, registration and payment forms with calculated totals
• Small teams that need approval steps after a submission
• Solo users who want unlimited forms on a free plan

Jotform

• Solo users who need payments, signatures and forms in one account
• Field teams collecting data on phones and tablets without a connection
• Nonprofits and schools, which get half off the single-user plans

Cognito Forms

• The free Individual plan is limited to 1 user and 100 entries a month, carries Cognito Forms branding and has no integrations.
• Pro includes a single user; additional users on paid plans cost $5 per user per month.
• HIPAA compliance and single sign-on are listed only under Enterprise.
• The five-plan lineup shown is labeled a pricing experiment; the July 2026 lineup had no Business plan, with Team at $39 and Enterprise at $129 billed annually.

Jotform

• Bronze, Silver and Gold are single-user plans; Enterprise is the only multiuser plan.
• The free Starter plan allows 5 forms and 100 submissions a month, and its forms show Jotform branding.
• HIPAA compliance features are limited to the Gold and Enterprise plans.
• Paid plans have no trial period, only a 30-day money-back guarantee; once submission storage is full, the oldest responses are deleted.

Cognito Forms

Form builder with calculations

Build forms with conditional logic that controls how the form behaves, and use an expression language for calculations. Every plan allows unlimited forms.

Online payments

Take unlimited payments on every plan, with Stripe available from the free plan. PayPal and Square payments are listed among the Team plan's features.

Workflow and approvals

From the Team plan, workflow tasks and links move an entry from submission through review to sign-off. Data lookups arrive at the same tier.

Electronic signatures and save and resume

The Pro plan adds electronic signatures and lets respondents save a form and resume it later. It also removes Cognito Forms branding.

Guest access

Business includes 5 monthly guests and Enterprise 20, for working with people outside the organization. Larger guest tiers start at $25 a month for up to 50.

Integrations, API and webhooks

Paid plans connect to apps such as Airtable, Asana, Box and Calendly, to Zapier, Make and Power Automate, and to the Cognito Forms API and JSON webhooks.

Jotform

Drag-and-drop Form Builder

Build forms without code, starting from more than 20,000 premade templates, with conditional logic to show or hide fields and widgets that extend what a form can do.

Online payments

Collect one-time payments and recurring subscriptions through gateways such as PayPal, Stripe and Square. Monthly payment submissions are capped by plan, from 10 on Starter to 1,000 on Gold.

Jotform Sign

Create, share and e-sign documents. Signed documents count against a monthly limit that runs from 10 on Starter to 1,000 on Gold.

Workflows, Tables and reports

Jotform Workflows automates approval steps, Jotform Tables organizes submissions in a workspace, and Report Builder turns responses into charts and grids.

Mobile app with offline collection

The free iOS and Android app collects submissions without an internet connection and has a kiosk mode for gathering many responses on one device.

AI Agents

Agents trained on URLs, uploaded documents or custom Q&As answer questions and guide people through a form over chat, phone, SMS, WhatsApp and email.

Cognito Forms

• Individual$0

  1 user, unlimited forms, 100 entries a month and 100 MB of storage, with payments and Cognito Forms branding.

• Pro$19

  per month, billed annually ($24 billed monthly)

  1 user and 2,000 entries a month, with electronic signatures, save and resume, integrations and removable branding.

• Team$49

  per month, billed annually ($62 billed monthly)

  5 users and 10,000 entries a month, with workflow and approvals and data lookups.

• Business$99

  per month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly)

  10 users, 5 guests and 25,000 entries a month, with folder permissions, 1 year of audit log history and 50,000 API requests a month.

• Enterprise$149

  per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)

  20 users, 20 guests and unlimited entries, with HIPAA compliance, single sign-on and custom document templates.

Jotform

• Starter$0

  5 forms, 100 monthly submissions, 100 MB of space and 10 payment submissions a month, with Jotform branding.

• Bronze$34

  per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly)

  25 forms, 1,000 monthly submissions, 1 GB of space and 100 payment submissions a month for one user.

• Silver$39

  per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)

  50 forms, 2,500 monthly submissions, 10 GB of space and 250 payment submissions a month for one user.

• Gold$99

  per month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly)

  100 forms, 10,000 monthly submissions, 100 GB of space and optional HIPAA compliance features, for one user.

• EnterpriseCustom

  The only multiuser plan: unlimited forms and submissions, SSO, user management, data residency and a custom domain.

Cognito Forms

• Annual discount

  Lower rates on annual plans

  Billed annually, Pro is $19 per month instead of $24, Team $49 instead of $62, Business $99 instead of $129 and Enterprise $149 instead of $199.

• Nonprofit

  Discounted rates for 501(c)(3) non-profits

  Cognito Forms offers discounted rates on any plan to non-educational, non-governmental organizations that are tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3), on request to its support team.

Jotform

• Annual discount

  Save up to 20% with yearly billing

  The pricing page advertises up to 20% off for yearly payment. Bronze is $34 per month billed annually versus $39 monthly, Silver $39 versus $49 and Gold $99 versus $129.

• Nonprofit

  50% off for nonprofits

  Approved nonprofits get 50% off the Bronze, Silver and Gold plans and 30% off the Enterprise plan.

• Education

  50% off for educators and schools

  Verified teachers and academic institutions get 50% off Bronze, Silver and Gold and 30% off Enterprise. Fees for HIPAA, SSO and other add-ons are excluded.