Formfacade vs Jotform (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Jotform grades higher than Formfacade: 3.0 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Jotform grades higher on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Formfacade
Add-on that restyles and extends Google Forms for public use
Jotform
No-code form builder with payments, e-signatures and workflows
Which one is for you
Pick Formfacade if
- Fits if you already build forms in Google Forms
- Works for people who want a Google Form to look like their site
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you want free, as the 7-day trial covers 20 responses and then a paid plan is needed
- Watch out: each capability is its own plan, and prices say 'from'
- Watch out: annual subscriptions are a 12-month contract and non-refundable
- Skip it if you use five seats, as that needs the Growth plan with central billing
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
| 1.6GPAFormfacadeWeak | 3.0GPAJotformVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CCustomize UI starts at $8 a month, but embedding is $18, file upload $28 and scoring $38, and the page doesn't say whether those are billed monthly or yearly. | 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 | DA 7-day trial that covers the first 20 responses, then a paid plan. No free plan. | 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 | DIt adds to Google Forms rather than replacing it, so it needs another product to be useful at all. | 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, and it is a web app where the work is setting up the form in Google Forms first, so it sits at C. | 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, built on Google Forms and Sheets, with three listed integrations. | 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 | restyling Google Forms for public use | 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: Formfacade and Jotform. How we grade
Price against what you get
Formfacade starts at $8 a month and scores 1.7 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 $26 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other form and survey tools on the chart, 28 score higher than Formfacade 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
- Jotform also covers AI agents and app builder.
At a glance
| Formfacade | Jotform | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $8 per month (Customize UI, up to 300 responses a month; billing basis not shown) | $34 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | 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 | 7-day free trial that includes the first 20 responses | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Mailrecipe LLC | Jotform Inc. |
| Price read from | formfacade.com | jotform.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Formfacade
- No free plan; after the 7-day trial and 20 responses a paid plan is needed.
- Each capability is a separate plan, and the page does not say whether its prices are billed monthly or annually.
- Individual plans cover one user; five licenses with central billing need the Growth plan.
- Annual subscriptions are a 12-month contract and non-refundable, though an early-cancel partial refund can be requested.
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
Formfacade
- Customize the form's look
- Change layout, fields and buttons, hide fields and redirect after submission.
- Embed in your website
- Place a Google Form inside your own site with your styling.
- File upload without login
- Let respondents upload files, up to 1 GB each, without a Google account.
- Scoring
- Assign points to answers and calculate a total score.
- Sheets lookup and prefill
- Look up Google Sheets data inside a form and send prefilled forms as email.
- Email notifications
- Email responses to respondents and co-workers when a form is submitted.
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
Formfacade
Customize UI$8
per month and up, for up to 300 responses a month
Change the layout, form fields and buttons of a Google Form, hide fields and redirect after submit.
Embed in website$18
per month and up, for up to 500 responses a month
Embed a Google Form in your own website.
File upload$28
per month and up, with up to 1 GB per file and 1 TB of storage
Collect files in a Google Form without respondents logging in.
Assign points$38
per month and up, for up to 300 responses a month
Give each answer a point value and calculate a score.
Tailor made CRM$98
per month and up, for 500 responses a month
Lead forms with custom workflows, charts, PDFs, email notifications and customer management in Google Sheets.
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
Formfacade
No public discounts listed.
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, Formfacade or Jotform?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Formfacade is cheaper to start with: $8 a month, against $34 a month for Jotform. Formfacade starts at $8 per month (Customize UI, up to 300 responses a month; billing basis not shown), and Jotform starts at $34 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Formfacade or Jotform?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Jotform has a free plan. Formfacade does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Formfacade and Jotform run on?
As of Nov 13, 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.