FormSmarts review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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FormSmarts report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for online forms with PayPal and e-signatures
FormSmarts is an online form builder with PayPal forms, e-signatures and a web API. Plans are billed yearly, the free plan has no uploads or payments, and the API and editing submissions need Business Max at $360 a year.
Who FormSmarts is for
- Fits if you want PayPal forms on a yearly price
- Works for people who need a signature on a form
Who FormSmarts is not for
- Tight if you stay free, as there are no uploads or payments and embedded forms carry an attribution notice
- Watch out: the API, private forms and editing submissions need Business Max at $360 a year
- Watch out: plans are yearly, with no monthly price shown
- Watch out: the page leaves out several Business tiers and refers larger needs to the vendor
Why FormSmarts gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyPro is $60 a year but has no payments or uploads. Business Starter, which adds them, is $120 a year, about $10 a month.
- BFree plan and trialFree has unlimited forms and responses and no preset limit, but no uploads, payments or Excel export, and an attribution notice on embeds.
- CFeaturesForms by email and report, PayPal and Stripe, e-signature, uploads and an API. The free plan has no uploads, payments or Excel export.
- 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.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with an API, webhooks and PayPal and Stripe.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from FormSmarts'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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FormSmarts's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 88 of the 148 other form and survey tools we grade, and level with 27.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 111 of 148) and worst on features (C, above 5).
Its paid plans start at $5 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 11 of the 114 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 3 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. FormSmarts’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 35 of 148, level with 71
- BFree plan and trialAbove 111 of 148, level with 27
- CFeaturesAbove 5 of 148, level with 90
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 148, level with 135
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 46 of 148, level with 101
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 FormSmarts, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace FormSmarts 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.
It costs $60 a year.
What you could make
- Forms and qR codes: 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. FormSmarts’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 FormSmarts?
FormSmarts is a cloud-based form builder that publishes forms by embed code or a FormSmarts web address and delivers responses by email, online reports or Excel export. Every plan allows unlimited forms, and the free plan shows an attribution notice on embedded forms. Paid plans are billed per year and add PayPal and Stripe payments, uploads, e-signatures and webhooks.
Worth knowing
- The free plan has no file upload, payments or Excel export, and shows an attribution notice on embedded forms.
- Plans are billed per year; the page shows no monthly price.
- The page omits Business 2/Premier, Business 3 and Business 4 plans for clarity and refers larger needs to the vendor.
- Private forms, editing submissions and the API need Business Max.
Key features
- Embeddable and shareable forms
- Embed a form with an HTML snippet, or share its FormSmarts address, short link or QR code.
- Responses by email and report
- Responses can be emailed, viewed online, downloaded as PDF or exported to Excel or CSV.
- PayPal and Stripe
- Payment forms arrive with Business plans, with subscriptions and recurring payments from Business Plus.
- E-signature and file upload
- File uploads start on Business Starter and electronic signatures on Business Plus.
- Web API and webhooks
- Webhooks start on Business Starter, and the full API on Business Max.
- Mobile-friendly forms
- Forms open in a layout optimized for touch screens when visited on a phone or tablet.
FormSmarts pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, FormSmarts has a free plan, and paid plans start at $60 per year.
- Starts at
- $60 per year
- Free plan
- Unlimited forms and responses, 1 user, 1 email recipient per form, with an attribution notice on embedded forms and no file upload, payments or Excel export.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0per year | Unlimited forms with 1 email recipient per form and an attribution notice on embedded forms. |
| Pro | $60per year | No branding on embedded forms, up to 60 fields per form and 2 email recipients; stored results are limited to 20,000 records. |
| Business Starter | $120per year | PayPal and Stripe payments, webhooks, stored results with Excel reporting, 2 MB uploads with 100 MB storage and up to 100 fields. |
| Business Plus | $240per year | Adds electronic signature, recurring PayPal payments, recipient choice by respondent, up to 4 users and 500 MB of attachment storage. |
| Business Max | $360per year | Adds the API, auto-responder, private forms, search and editing of submissions, booking forms, 10 users and 1.5 GB of storage. |
Read from formsmarts.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with FormSmarts before you buy.
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Common questions
Does FormSmarts have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. FormSmarts is listed for Web.
Does FormSmarts have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. FormSmarts is listed for Web.
Is FormSmarts open source?
FormSmarts is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does FormSmarts have an API?
Yes. FormSmarts offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.