Formidable Forms vs Jotform (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Formidable Forms if

• Fits if you want to show form entries back on a WordPress page
• Works for WordPress sites that take payments through forms

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you don't run WordPress, as there is no hosted version
• Watch out: the first-year price is a discount and renewals are at full price
• Pricey if you need surveys, quizzes or signatures, since they start on Business at $399 a year
• Watch out: if your license lapses you lose support, updates and editing of premium fields already used

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

Formidable Forms

• It runs only inside WordPress and has no hosted version.
• Introductory prices are for the first year; the vendor says renewals are at full price.
• Surveys, quizzes, signatures and PDFs need the Business plan at $399 a year.
• A license that lapses loses support, updates and the ability to edit premium fields already used in forms.

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.

Formidable Forms

Views of entries

Views show stored entries on the site as grids, tables, calendars or timelines, so a form can feed a directory or listing page. They start at the Plus plan.

Payment forms

Stripe and PayPal one-time and recurring payments, with ACH, Klarna and others through Stripe. A 3% fee applies on Basic and Plus and is removed on Business.

Logic, calculations and multi-page forms

Conditional logic, calculations, repeaters, file uploads and multi-page forms are on the paid plans, starting with Basic.

Surveys, quizzes and signatures

The Business plan adds survey fields such as NPS and Likert, scored quizzes, digital signatures and PDF generation.

AI forms

An AI form builder creates forms from a description. Paid plans include a monthly AI request allowance, from 1,000 on Business to 3,000 on Elite.

Integrations

Email marketing starts at Plus, and CRM connections such as Salesforce and HubSpot are on Elite.

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.

Formidable Forms

• Basic$79

  per year for 1 site, full price after first year

  100+ templates, file uploads, multi-page forms, repeaters, conditional logic and calculations. First year $39.50.

• Plus$199

  per year for 3 sites, full price after first year

  Adds Views (grid, table, calendar), Mailchimp, AWeber and ConvertKit connections and graphs. First year $99.50.

• Business$399

  per year for 7 sites, full price after first year

  Adds surveys, quizzes, digital signatures, forms to PDF, user registration and no payment fee. First year $199.50.

• Elite$599

  per year for unlimited sites, full price after first year

  Adds Salesforce, HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, WooCommerce, white labeling and multisite. First year $299.50.

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.

Formidable Forms

• Other savings

  50% off the first year of any paid plan

  Introductory pricing shown on the pricing page takes 50% off the first year: Basic $39.50, Plus $99.50, Business $199.50, Elite $299.50. Renewals are at full price.

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.