# FormSmarts review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Online form builder with PayPal forms, e-signatures and a web API Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Forms & Surveys - **Made by:** Syronex - **Website:** https://formsmarts.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free, as there are no uploads or payments and embedded forms carry an attribution notice. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, FormSmarts has a free plan, and paid plans start at $60 per year. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | $0 per year | Unlimited forms with 1 email recipient per form and an attribution notice on embedded forms. | | Pro | $60 per 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 | $120 per 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 | $240 per year | Adds electronic signature, recurring PayPal payments, recipient choice by respondent, up to 4 users and 500 MB of attachment storage. | | Business Max | $360 per 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 https://formsmarts.com/form-builder-pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with FormSmarts before buying. ## 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. ## Good for - Websites that need a simple contact or registration form for free - Small businesses collecting PayPal payments on a form - Teams that want yearly pricing with no response cap ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** Pro is $60 a year but has no payments or uploads. Business Starter, which adds them, is $120 a year, about $10 a month. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free has unlimited forms and responses and no preset limit, but no uploads, payments or Excel export, and an attribution notice on embeds. - **Features: C.** Forms by email and report, PayPal and Stripe, e-signature, uploads and an API. The free plan has no uploads, payments or Excel export. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and it is a web app where the work is building each form, so it sits at C. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with an API, webhooks and PayPal and Stripe. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among form and survey tools - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/forms ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Forms and qR codes: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with PayPal, Stripe, Excel, Twitter **Tags:** Forms, Workflow automation, Public API, QR codes ## Alternatives - [Jotform](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jotform): No-code form builder with payments, e-signatures and workflows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formsmarts-vs-jotform) - [123FormBuilder](https://toolgpa.com/tools/123formbuilder): Online form builder with payments and Salesforce connections. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/123formbuilder-vs-formsmarts) - [Wufoo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wufoo): Drag-and-drop online form builder from SurveyMonkey. 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