Formaloo vs Jotform (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Jotform grades higher than Formaloo: 3.0 against 2.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Formaloo grades higher on the free plan. Jotform grades higher on features and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Formaloo
Form, survey and portal builder with workflows and PDFs
Jotform
No-code form builder with payments, e-signatures and workflows
Which one is for you
Pick Formaloo if
- Fits if you need forms that trigger approvals or generate PDFs
- Works for small teams who want portals for clients without extra tools
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you work in a team, as Free has 1 team seat and extra seats are $9 each a month
- Pricey if you want your own branding only, since Pro charges $9 a month to remove Formaloo's
- Skip it if you need self-hosting, SAML SSO or HIPAA, which are Enterprise only and sold through sales
- Watch out: the page shows $19 and $29 on the yearly view and $24 and $48 monthly
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
| 2.6GPAFormalooGood | 3.0GPAJotformVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $19 a month billed yearly, inside the ordinary band. Business is $29. | 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 | BFree gives unlimited forms, submissions and questions with logic and calculations, 1 team seat, 20 external seats and 1 GB of storage. | 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 | BForms, workflows and approvals, PDFs and signatures, payments, portals and an API. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core work. | 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. It is a web app where you build forms and portals 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 | BWeb only, with Google Workspace, Slack, Stripe, Calendly, HubSpot, Microsoft, Zapier and Make. | 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 | forms that feed workflows, PDFs and portals | 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: Formaloo and Jotform. How we grade
Price against what you get
Formaloo starts at $19 a month and scores 2.7 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 $15 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other form and survey tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Formaloo 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
- Formaloo also covers databases, no-code and surveys.
- Jotform also covers templates, AI agents and app builder.
At a glance
| Formaloo | Jotform | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19 per month, billed yearly ($24 billed monthly) | $34 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Unlimited forms, submissions and questions with logic and calculations, 1 team seat, 20 external seats and 1 GB of storage. | 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 | Formaloo | Jotform Inc. |
| Price read from | formaloo.com | jotform.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Formaloo
- Free has 1 team seat and 20 external seats; extra team seats are $9 per seat a month on paid plans.
- Formaloo branding comes off only on Business, or as a $9 a month add-on on Pro.
- Self-hosting, SAML SSO and HIPAA workspaces are Enterprise only, which is sold through sales.
- Prices are shown as $19 and $29 on the yearly view and $24 and $48 on the monthly one.
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
Formaloo
- Forms and surveys
- Unlimited forms, questions and submissions on every plan, with more than 50 field types, conditional logic, variables, calculations and scoring.
- Workflows and approvals
- Paid plans run rule-based workflows that send notifications and update data. Business adds multi-step approvals before a request moves on.
- PDFs and signatures
- Pro and above generate PDFs and smart documents from submissions, and collect and store unlimited e-signatures.
- Payments and bookings
- Pro connects a payment gateway such as Stripe, Square or PayPal to take payments, donations and subscriptions, and can cap how often an option is chosen.
- Portals and databases
- Forms can feed databases and logged-in portals where customers or partners manage their own data.
- API and integrations
- Pro includes webhooks, the API and SDK, and connections to tools such as Slack, HubSpot, Zapier, Make and n8n.
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
Formaloo
Free$0
Unlimited forms, submissions and questions, conditional logic, 1 team seat, 20 external seats and 1 GB storage.
Pro$19
per month, billed yearly ($24 billed monthly)
Adds workflows, PDFs, unlimited signatures, payments, API and webhooks, 100 external seats and 5 GB storage.
Business$29
per month, billed yearly ($48 billed monthly)
Adds no branding, custom domains, CSS and JS, approvals, 3 team seats, 30 GB. Shown at $29, crossed out from $38.
EnterpriseCustom
Self-hosting option, SAML SSO, HIPAA workspaces, audit controls and a dedicated support team. Sold through sales.
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
Formaloo
- Annual discount
Save 25% with yearly billing
The pricing page offers a yearly toggle that it labels as saving 25% against paying monthly.
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, Formaloo or Jotform?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Formaloo is cheaper to start with: $19 a month, against $34 a month for Jotform. Formaloo starts at $19 per month, billed yearly ($24 billed monthly), and Jotform starts at $34 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Formaloo or Jotform?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Formaloo and Jotform have a free plan.
Which platforms do Formaloo 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.