Formdesk review (2026): is it worth €65 a year?
Dutch online form builder sold in yearly submission-based tiers
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Formdesk report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for Dutch-built online forms with branching
Formdesk is a Dutch online form builder sold in yearly tiers by submissions a month. There is no permanent free plan, forms close at the quota on Standard plans, and optional modules cost extra.
Who Formdesk is for
- Fits if you want a yearly price and EU-based forms
- Works for people who need branching and calculations
Who Formdesk is not for
- Tight if you want free, as the trial runs 3 months and then stops
- Watch out: on Standard plans forms close when you reach the quota until you upgrade
- Watch out: Standard subscriptions expire after a year and are renewed by hand
- Pricey if you add modules, which cost €110 a year, and prices exclude VAT
Why Formdesk gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyStandard Small is €65 a year excluding VAT for 250 submissions a month, but optional modules cost €110 a year more and Business starts at €1,170.
- CFree plan and trialA 3-month trial of 25 submissions a month that does not renew into a paid plan. No card is mentioned, and no free plan follows.
- CFeaturesBranching, calculations, validations, file upload, notifications, results and workflows. On Standard, forms close at the quota and uploads are only 25 MB of space.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record, and it is a web app where the work is building each form, so it sits at C.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no integrations listed on the pages read.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Formdesk's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Formdesk's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 26 of the 148 other form and survey tools we grade, and level with 29.
Its paid plans start at about $6.05 a month, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 17 of the 114 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 14 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 149 form and survey tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Formdesk’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 35 of 148, level with 71
- CFree plan and trialAbove 32 of 148, level with 78
- CFeaturesAbove 5 of 148, level with 90
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 148, level with 135
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 148, level with 45
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 121 form and survey tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Formdesk, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Formdesk you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 93 of the 148 other form and survey tools grade higher. It costs $72.62 a year.
What you could make
- Forms, surveys and templates: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
What this rests on. Formdesk’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Formdesk?
Formdesk is an online form builder from the Netherlands for registrations, orders, surveys and requests. Forms are built in the browser with branching, calculations, multi-page layouts and workflows. Subscriptions run for one year and are sized by monthly submissions, and Business subscriptions add all modules, a service level agreement and an account manager.
Worth knowing
- There is no permanent free plan; the trial lasts 3 months and does not renew.
- Prices are in euros, excluding VAT.
- On Standard plans, forms close when a quota is reached until you upgrade; Business forms stay open.
- Standard subscriptions expire after a year and are renewed by hand; optional features cost €110 a year extra.
Key features
- Branching and calculations
- Show only relevant fields with dependencies, add calculating fields and split forms across pages.
- Validations
- Basic and extended validations, field formatting and email verification.
- File upload
- Respondents can attach files, within the file space of the subscription.
- Notifications
- Email notification to the owner, an autoresponder to the respondent and a confirmation screen.
- Results and statistics
- View entries and statistics online, and download results to Excel or other formats.
- Workflows and languages
- Workflows for approvals and additions, and multilingual forms in the visitor's language.
Formdesk pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Formdesk is a paid product with a free trial, starting at €65 per year, excluding VAT (Standard Small, 250 submissions a month).
- Starts at
- €65 per year, excluding VAT (Standard Small, 250 submissions a month)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 3-month free trial with 25 submissions a month; it does not renew into a paid plan
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Trial | €0for 3 months, no renewal | 25 submissions a month, 50 stored results and 5 MB of file space; forms close when a limit is reached. |
| Standard Small | €65per year, for 250 submissions a month | Unlimited forms, 250 stored results and 25 MB of file space; optional modules cost extra. |
| Standard Medium | €135per year, for 500 submissions a month | 500 stored results and 50 MB of file space. |
| Standard Large | €335per year, for 1,000 submissions a month | 1,500 stored results and 125 MB of file space; Extra Large is €660 a year for 2,000 submissions. |
| Business Bronze | €1,170per year, for 1,000 submissions a month | All features included, service level agreement, account manager, forms stay open past the quota; Silver is €2,345 a year. |
Read from formdesk.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Formdesk before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Formdesk have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Formdesk is listed for Web.
Does Formdesk have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Formdesk is listed for Web.
Is Formdesk open source?
Formdesk is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.