Automate Basics

Paperform vs Jotform

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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Paperform

Free plan · from $49/mo

Jotform

Free plan · from $34/mo

What it isForm builder for payments, bookings and signatures, with no transaction fees and unlimited users on every planForm builder with payments through 40+ gateways, AI form generation and 100 free submissions a month
Free plan30 submissions a month; unlimited forms, fields, views and users; 3 signed documents a month; 200 workflow steps and 5,000 automation credits a month; 100 MB upload storage; payments with no Paperform fee; AI form creation; Paperform badgeStarter: 5 active forms, 100 submissions a month, 10,000 form views a month, 100 MB upload space, 500 stored submissions, 10 payment submissions and 10 signed documents a month, 100 fields per form, 5 AI Agents with 100 conversations a month; Jotform branding
Cheapest paid plan$49/mo billed annually (Pro)Paperform pricing$34/mo billed annually (Bronze)Jotform pricing
What it coversUnlimited users; unlimited submissions subject to fair use (on annual plans counted as a yearly allowance); 25 signed documents and 20,000 automation credits a month; 10 GB uploads; custom domain +$20/month. Prices exclude sales tax.Single user; $408 billed yearly; 25 forms, 1,000 submissions a month, 100,000 form views, 100 payment submissions and 100 signed documents a month, 1 GB uploads; branding removable. Charged in EUR in Europe.
Free trial7-day free trial of paid plans, no credit card neededNone stated
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android
Integrations (vendor's figure)4,000+ integrations through native integrations, Zapier and Make200+ integrations, including Zapier, Google Sheets, Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe and PayPal
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Selling products, subscriptions or services directly in a form
  • Client onboarding forms that also collect signatures and bookings
  • Teams that want unlimited users without seat fees
  • Collecting payments, orders and donations through a form
  • Healthcare intake forms that need HIPAA features
  • Field data collection on phones and tablets, including offline
Watch out for
  • The free plan allows 30 submissions a month and shows a Paperform badge
  • Products, Subscriptions, Calculation, Hidden and Color picker fields need a paid plan before the form will publish
  • A custom domain costs $20/month extra on Pro; SSO needs Business
  • Starter allows 5 active forms and 100 submissions a month, with Jotform branding
  • Bronze, Silver and Gold are single-user plans; multi-user accounts need Enterprise
  • HIPAA features need Gold or Enterprise
Made byPaperformJotform Inc.

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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