# Zoho Forms

> No-code form builder with approvals, payments and mobile apps

Zoho Forms is a no-code, drag-and-drop form builder from Zoho. Forms can be standard or card-style, or generated by Zia, Zoho's AI, from a prompt, a PDF or an image, and submissions can trigger approvals, emails, PDFs and integrations with Zoho and third-party apps. iOS and Android apps collect data offline. Plans are priced per organization, each with a set number of users and monthly submissions.

- **Category:** Forms & Surveys
- **Made by:** Zoho Corporation
- **Website:** https://www.zoho.com/forms/
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Zoho Forms has a free plan. Paid plans start at $10 per month, billed annually ($12 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free plan, free forever: 1 user, 3 forms, 500 submissions per month, 200 MB of file storage and 10 payment submissions. Forms show a Powered by Zoho footer.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 1 user, 3 forms, 500 submissions a month, 200 MB of storage and up to 10 payment submissions. |
| Basic | $10 per month, billed annually ($12 billed monthly) | 1 user, unlimited forms, 10,000 submissions a month and 500 MB of storage, with branding and custom form themes. |
| Standard | $25 per month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly) | 10 users, 25,000 submissions a month and 2 GB of storage, plus approvals. |
| Professional | $50 per month, billed annually ($60 billed monthly) | 25 users, 75,000 submissions a month and 5 GB of storage. |
| Premium | $90 per month, billed annually ($110 billed monthly) | 100 users, 150,000 submissions a month and 10 GB of storage, plus HIPAA compliance, form encryption and SMTP. |

Read from https://www.zoho.com/forms/pricing.html on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Zoho Forms before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Lower monthly rate with annual billing** (Annual discount): Billed annually, Basic is $10 per month instead of $12, Standard $25 instead of $30, Professional $50 instead of $60 and Premium $90 instead of $110. Source: https://www.zoho.com/forms/pricing.html

## Key features

- **Drag-and-drop builder:** Build standard, card-style or spotlight forms without code, using more than 50 field types, subforms, formulas and multi-page layouts.
- **AI form creation with Zia:** Generate a form from a prompt, or convert a PDF or a photo of a paper form into an editable form. A Smart Scan field fills in answers from an uploaded document image.
- **Approvals and workflows:** Send submissions through multilevel approvals, assign entries to team members, and trigger emails based on responses. Approvals are listed from the Standard plan.
- **Payments:** Collect payments through gateways including Stripe, PayPal, Square, Razorpay and Authorize.Net. The Free plan allows 10 payment submissions.
- **Mobile apps with offline mode:** The iOS and Android apps build forms and collect entries without a connection, with kiosk mode, QR and barcode scanning, location capture and signatures.
- **Reports and PDF documents:** Build reports with filters, a Kanban view and CSV or PDF export, and turn submissions into PDFs such as certificates and invoices.

## Good for

- Businesses that already run Zoho CRM, Desk or other Zoho apps
- Field teams collecting data on phones without a connection
- Processes where each submission needs multilevel approval

## Worth knowing

- The Free plan is limited to 3 forms and 500 submissions a month, and its forms carry a Powered by Zoho footer.
- Basic covers a single user; 10 users start at Standard, and the user add-on is available only on Premium.
- HIPAA compliance and form encryption are listed under the Premium plan.
- Every plan has a monthly submission cap; extra submissions and storage are add-ons for paid plans.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.6 out of 5 from 455 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id805565969

## Works with

Zoho CRM, Zoho Desk, Zoho Flow, Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Teams, Zapier, WordPress

**Tags:** Forms, Templates, AI features, Workflow automation, Works offline, No-code, Reports

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## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://www.zoho.com/forms/pricing.html
- https://www.zoho.com/sites/zweb/json/pricing/forms-pricing-val.json
- https://www.zoho.com/forms/
- https://www.zoho.com/forms/features.html
- https://www.zoho.com/forms/integrations.html
- https://www.zoho.com/forms/mobile-forms.html
- https://www.zoho.com/terms.html

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