Fillout vs Tally

These two make the same argument — that conditional logic, calculations and integrations should not be premium features — and then draw the line in different places. Both are credible free-first choices, so the comparison is about where each one eventually asks for money.

What each one gives away, and what it sells

Tally gives away volume. Unlimited forms and unlimited submissions sit on its free plan within a published fair-use policy, with logic, calculations, signatures and file uploads included. What it charges for is presentation: branding removal, a custom domain and partial submissions arrive with the Pro plan at $24 a month.

Fillout caps volume and gives away depth. The free plan allows a thousand responses a month and includes conditional logic, calculations, integrations, CSV export and PDF printing of submissions. The paid tiers — $15, $40 and $75 a month — raise the allowance, and branding shrinks in stages rather than disappearing at once: a badge on free, lighter branding on Starter, none from Pro upward.

The editors differ too. Tally behaves like a text document, which makes it very fast for anything mostly made of questions. Fillout is closer to a conventional multi-step builder and is more comfortable when a form has pages, routing and a destination system attached.

What happens when you outgrow the free plan

This is where they separate. On Tally, exceeding the free plan is not really possible on volume, so the upgrade is a decision about how the form looks. On Fillout, the upgrade is a decision about how many people filled it in — though a form that passes its limit keeps collecting, and you can buy submissions in bulk rather than change tier.

Which should you choose?

Start with Tally if the form is simple and the volume is unknown: an unlimited free plan removes the only variable you cannot forecast, and the editor gets a form written faster than anything else here.

Choose Fillout if the form is a process rather than a question list — several steps, branching, answers that need to land in a database — and if a thousand responses a month covers you. Its free tier is the more capable of the two for that shape of work, and the pricing steps are gentler on the way up.