Automate Basics

Formstack Forms vs Zoho Forms

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 21 October 2026.

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Formstack Forms

Free trial · from $83/mo

Zoho Forms

Free plan · from $10/mo

What it isNo-code business form builder with prefill, approval workflows, HIPAA options and Salesforce-native formsZoho's form builder with Zia AI form creation, PDF-to-form conversion, payments and offline mobile apps
Free planNo1 user, 3 forms, unlimited form views, 500 submissions a month, 200 MB file storage, 10 payment submissions, up to 50 custom PDFs, up to 50 AI credits; "Powered by Zoho" footer
Cheapest paid plan$83/mo billed annually (Forms)Formstack Forms pricing$10/mo billed annually (Basic)Zoho Forms pricing
What it covers1 builder user, 25 forms, 1,000 submissions per form, 2 GB storage; more users, add-on features and submissions can be added.1 user, unlimited forms, 10,000 submissions a month, 500 MB storage, up to 2,000 custom PDFs, up to 1,000 AI credits; removes the Zoho footer.
Free trial14-day free trial of Forms, no credit card requiredNone stated
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android
Integrations (vendor's figure)300+ integrations, including Salesforce, HubSpot, Airtable, Stripe and PayPalZoho CRM, Bigin, Desk, Books and other Zoho apps, plus Google Sheets, Google Calendar, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Teams, Zapier and webhooks
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Healthcare, education and financial services teams that need compliance options
  • Salesforce teams that want forms native to Salesforce
  • Approval workflows that route submitted data to the right people
  • Businesses already using Zoho CRM or other Zoho apps
  • Field teams collecting data offline on phones
  • Teams that need several users on one low flat price
Watch out for
  • No free plan; only a 14-day trial of Forms
  • The Forms plan includes 1 builder user, 25 forms and 1,000 submissions per form
  • HIPAA compliance is an add-on; SSO, API access and custom SLAs are listed under Enterprise
  • The free plan allows 1 user, 3 forms and 500 submissions a month, with a Zoho footer
  • AI features draw on credits with plan caps, from 50 on Free to 6,000 on Premium
  • HIPAA compliance and form encryption are Premium-only
Made byIntellistack, LLCZoho Corporation

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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