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Paperform pricing
Paperform publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, Paperform pricing is free across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Paperform plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 7 | Entry tier |
| Essentials | $24/month | 7 | +$24/month, 6 more features |
| Pro | $49/month | 8 | +$25/month, 8 more features |
| Business | $99/month | 9 | +$50/month, 9 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 1 user, 30 submissions per month, 5 payment submissions per month, 5 appointment submissions per month, 100 mb upload storage, limited live support.
Essentials
$24/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- 1,200 submissions per year
- 240 payment submissions per year
- 600 appointment submissions per year
- 1 GB upload storage
- Standard support
- Minimal Paperform branding
Pro
$49/monthOver Essentials, this tier adds:
- 3 users
- 12,000 submissions per year
- 3,000 payment submissions per year
- 6,000 appointment submissions per year
- 10 GB upload storage
- Priority support
- Removable branding
- Webhooks and API access
Business
$99/monthOver Pro, this tier adds:
- 5 users plus $9 per additional user (up to 25)
- 120,000 submissions per year
- 30,000 payment submissions per year
- 60,000 appointment submissions per year
- 100 GB upload storage
- First priority support
- Custom email domains
- SAML SSO
- Business API access
Where Paperform stops being free
Free, Free
- 1 user
- 30 submissions per month
- 5 payment submissions per month
- 5 appointment submissions per month
- 100 MB upload storage
- Limited live support
- Free Paperform branding
Essentials, $24/month
The first thing you pay for:
- 1,200 submissions per year
- 240 payment submissions per year
- 600 appointment submissions per year
- 1 GB upload storage
- Standard support
- Minimal Paperform branding
How that compares in Surveys
Too few surveys tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperform (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| KoboToolbox | Free, then $21/month | Per month by submission count | - | vs Paperform |
| QuestionPro | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Paperform |
| Medallia | On request | quote | - | vs Paperform |
| Device Magic | On request | quote | - | vs Paperform |
| SurveyCTO | Free, then $225/month | Per month by submission volume | - | vs Paperform |
| Qualtrics CoreXM | On request | quote | - | vs Paperform |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Paperform badges page.
Before you pay for Paperform
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and $99/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Paperform runs on not recorded. The full record is on the Paperform review, and the rest of the category is under best surveys tools.
Paperform pricing questions
- How much does Paperform cost?
- Paperform publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Free up to $99/month for Business. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Paperform have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 1 user, 30 submissions per month, 5 payment submissions per month. Paying starts at $24/month for Essentials.
- What is the difference between Free and Essentials on Paperform?
- Essentials costs $24/month against Free, and adds 1,200 submissions per year, 240 payment submissions per year, 600 appointment submissions per year, 1 gb upload storage.
- Is the Business plan on Paperform worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 5 users plus $9 per additional user (up to 25), 120,000 submissions per year, 30,000 payment submissions per year, 60,000 appointment submissions per year. It costs $99/month against $24/month for Essentials. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which surveys tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 surveys tools listed alongside Paperform have a free tier: KoboToolbox, QuestionPro, SurveyCTO, Sogolytics.
- What am I actually paying for with Paperform?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Paperform review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Paperform charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Paperform prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Paperform against before paying?
- The closest surveys tools in this directory are KoboToolbox, QuestionPro, Medallia, Device Magic. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Paperform covering price, platforms and features.