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Alternatives to Fillout
20 surveys tools sit alongside Fillout in this directory. Below is what separates each from Fillout on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- 1
- Fillout starts at
- Free, then $15/month
Why people look past Fillout
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Fillout entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Fillout publishes 6 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Fillout pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
People-friendly forms and surveys
- Starts $13 a month dearer, at $28/month.
Form builder with unlimited forms and responses on the free plan, edited like a text document
- Starts $14 a month dearer, at $29/month.
- Sold on a Free tier, paid for branding and team features model rather than Per month by response count.
- 2 tiers to Fillout's 6.
Powerful forms get more done
- Starts $24 a month dearer, at $39/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per month by response count.
- 5 tiers to Fillout's 6.
Offline-first data collection for humanitarian, development and research field work
- Starts $6 a month dearer, at $21/month.
- Sold on a Per month by submission count model rather than Per month by response count.
- 5 tiers to Fillout's 6.
Offline field survey platform priced by submissions rather than seats, built for research data quality
- Starts $210 a month dearer, at $225/month.
- Sold on a Per month by submission volume model rather than Per month by response count.
- 5 tiers to Fillout's 6.
Survey and experience management platform with a permanently free tier capped at 200 responses
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Per month by response count.
- 4 tiers to Fillout's 6.
Every Fillout alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fillout (this page) | Free, then $15/month | Per month by response count | 6 | |
| TypeformBetter when the respondent experience and brand presentation matter more than writing back to a database | Free, then $28/month | - | - | vs Fillout |
| TallyCheaper still, with genuinely unlimited responses on a free plan, if you do not need deep database integration | Free, then $29/month | Free tier, paid for branding and team features | 2 | vs Fillout |
| JotformA much larger template library and stronger form field variety for complex data collection | Free, then $39/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Fillout |
| KoboToolbox | Free, then $21/month | Per month by submission count | 5 | vs Fillout |
| SurveyCTO | Free, then $225/month | Per month by submission volume | 5 | vs Fillout |
| QuestionPro | Free | Per user per month | 4 | vs Fillout |
| Sogolytics | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Fillout |
| SurveyLegend | Free, then $15/month | Per month by responses per survey | 4 | vs Fillout |
| LimeSurvey | Free | Open source, with paid cloud hosting | 2 | vs Fillout |
| Zoho Survey | Free | Free tier, then per user per month | 2 | vs Fillout |
| Microsoft Forms | Free | Included with Microsoft 365, not sold separately | 4 | vs Fillout |
| Google Forms | Free | Included with Google Workspace, not sold separately | 4 | vs Fillout |
| Paperform | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Fillout |
| Medallia | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fillout |
| Device Magic | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Fillout |
| Zonka Feedback | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Fillout |
| Qualtrics CoreXM | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fillout |
| Alchemer | On request | Tiered annual subscription published on the vendor site | - | vs Fillout |
| Formstack | On request | Tiered monthly subscription published on the vendor site; HIPAA-capable plans priced separately | - | vs Fillout |
| GetFeedback | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fillout |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Fillout badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (13)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Typeform , Free, then $28/month
- Tally , Free, then $29/month
- Jotform , Free, then $39/month
- KoboToolbox , Free, then $21/month
- SurveyCTO , Free, then $225/month
- QuestionPro , Free
- Sogolytics , Free
- SurveyLegend , Free, then $15/month
Cheaper than Fillout (1)
Entry price under Fillout's $15/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Paperform , Free
What you would be giving up
Fillout is most often brought in for a team already running on airtable or notion that wants forms which update existing records rather than appending new rows, an organisation with many occasional form builders, where per-seat pricing elsewhere would cost more than the forms are worth, replacing a survey tool, a scheduling tool and a payment link with one form that does all three, public forms that must keep collecting through an unexpected traffic spike rather than shutting off at a quota. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Fillout is broadly right and the question is cost, the Fillout pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Surveys category lists everything the directory holds, and best surveys tools ranks them.
Fillout runs on web, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Fillout alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Fillout?
- 20 other surveys tools are listed in this directory, led by Typeform, Tally, Jotform, KoboToolbox. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Fillout?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Typeform, Tally, Jotform, KoboToolbox, SurveyCTO.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Fillout?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under Fillout's $15/month: Paperform at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Fillout?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Fillout?
- Fillout is most often brought in for a team already running on airtable or notion that wants forms which update existing records rather than appending new rows, an organisation with many occasional form builders, where per-seat pricing elsewhere would cost more than the forms are worth, replacing a survey tool, a scheduling tool and a payment link with one form that does all three, public forms that must keep collecting through an unexpected traffic spike rather than shutting off at a quota. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Fillout?
- None of the surveys tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Fillout alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Surveys, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Fillout against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Fillout covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every surveys tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Surveys category, 20 tools beside Fillout. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.