Crowdsignal vs Jotform (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Jotform grades higher than Crowdsignal: 3.0 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Jotform grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Crowdsignal
Polls, surveys and quizzes from the makers of WordPress.com
Jotform
No-code form builder with payments, e-signatures and workflows
Which one is for you
Pick Crowdsignal if
- Fits if you run a WordPress site and want a poll inside a post
- Works for one-off quizzes or surveys with small audiences
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you run long surveys, because each answer counts as a signal and 2,500 goes fast
- Watch out: over the free limit, extra answers are collected but hidden until you upgrade
- Skip it if you want no branding or your own domain, as both need Business at $45 a month
- Not for you if you need a long list of integrations, as only Sheets and WordPress are named
Pick Jotform if
- Fits if you want forms, payments and signatures in one account, not three
- Works for field teams collecting answers with no signal, like on a building site
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if all you need is a quick survey, because Google Forms is free
- Tight if you want to stay on free, with 5 forms, 100 responses a month, 500 kept and Jotform's logo on each form
- Pricey if two of you build forms, since only Enterprise takes more than one user and its price isn't published
- Not for you if you need HIPAA features on a budget, as they start on Gold at $99
- Watch out: there's no trial, full storage deletes your oldest responses, and sale prices renew at full price
How we grade them
| 2.0GPACrowdsignalFair | 3.0GPAJotformVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPremium is $15 a month billed yearly, in the ordinary band for form and survey tools. Business is $45. | C$34 a month on yearly billing lands between this category's $24 middle and its dearer quarter at $39, and that's 25 forms for one person. Fair if it replaces a signing tool too. Steep if you only need forms, and a second builder means Enterprise. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree gives unlimited surveys but only 2,500 signals, with branding and limited export. A five-question survey answered once uses five signals. | CNearly every feature is in the free plan, and it never expires, but the caps are ones you'll hit: 5 forms, 100 responses a month, 500 responses kept, and Jotform's logo on every form. |
| Features | CBranching, embedding, email surveys and team workspaces cover the basics. Past 2,500 signals answers are collected but hidden until you pay. | AForms, payments, e-signatures, approvals, tables, reports, an app builder and AI agents, from more than 20,000 templates. Two things the rest of this category hasn't got: a phone app that collects answers with no signal, and agents that run a form over chat, phone or WhatsApp. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You build each poll or survey yourself. | A4.9 from about 44,600 App Store ratings, the highest score in this category. Pick a template, drag the fields around, send the link. One reviewer's car club, run by volunteers with little tech experience, got on fine. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with Google Sheets and WordPress named as connections. | BWeb plus iPhone and Android, with the phone app working offline, and it hooks into PayPal, Stripe, Google Sheets, Slack and Zapier, with an API key even on free. No desktop app, which is the one thing short of top marks. |
| Best for | polls and quizzes on a WordPress site | forms that take payments and signatures |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Crowdsignal and Jotform. How we grade
Price against what you get
Crowdsignal starts at $15 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Jotform starts at $34 a month and scores 3.7.
Jotform scores higher, and starts $19 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other form and survey tools on the chart, 15 score higher than Crowdsignal for less, and none scores higher than Jotform for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Crowdsignal also covers surveys and reports.
- Jotform also covers workflow automation, AI agents and app builder.
At a glance
| Crowdsignal | Jotform | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $15 per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly) | $34 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Unlimited questions, surveys, polls and ratings, collecting up to 2,500 signals, with Crowdsignal branding and limited data export. | Starter plan: 5 forms, 100 monthly submissions, 100 MB of upload space, 10,000 monthly form views and 500 stored submissions for one user. Forms and signed documents carry Jotform branding. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Automattic | Jotform Inc. |
| Price read from | crowdsignal.com | jotform.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Crowdsignal
- A signal is one answer: a five-question survey completed once counts as five signals, so the free 2,500 goes quickly.
- Past 2,500 signals the free plan keeps collecting but hides the extra answers until you upgrade.
- Branding removal, custom domain and the advanced API need Business at $45 a month billed annually.
- Premium and Business are shown with a 40% and 25% discount against their monthly price when 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.
Key features
Crowdsignal
- Polls, surveys and quizzes
- Unlimited questions, surveys, polls, ratings and quizzes on every plan; the free plan stops at 2,500 signals.
- Branching logic
- Premium and above support branching and logic trees so respondents see only the questions that apply.
- Embedding
- Polls and media can be embedded in a website, and the company also offers a WordPress plugin.
- Data sync and export
- Premium connects to Google Sheets and exports responses; Business adds other services and an advanced API.
- Email surveys
- Business can send surveys by email, up to 50,000 a month.
- Team workspace
- The Team plan lets several users edit surveys together and share themes, templates and assets, with a 3-user team limit.
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.
Plans
Crowdsignal
Free$0
Unlimited surveys, polls and ratings, up to 2,500 signals, Crowdsignal branding, limited export and 1 MB uploads.
Premium$15
per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)
Unlimited signals, branching logic, Google Sheets sync, export, priority email support and 5 MB uploads.
Business$45
per month, billed annually ($59 billed monthly)
No Crowdsignal branding, custom CSS and domain, email surveys up to 50k a month, advanced API access.
Team$29
per user / month, billed annually
Business features plus shared accounts for up to 3 users, shared themes and templates, and 10 MB uploads.
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.
Ways to pay less
Crowdsignal
- Annual discount
Save with annual billing
The pricing page shows Premium at $15 a month billed annually against $25 monthly, and Business at $45 against $59.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Crowdsignal or Jotform?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Crowdsignal is cheaper to start with: $15 a month, against $34 a month for Jotform. Crowdsignal starts at $15 per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly), and Jotform starts at $34 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Crowdsignal or Jotform?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Crowdsignal and Jotform have a free plan.
Which platforms do Crowdsignal and Jotform run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Jotform lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.