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Formstack
Enterprise forms and document workflow at an enterprise price.
KINDA
why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
Tally covers the headline feature free, so the $99/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Generated forms and document automation. OpenAI, May 13, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Tally.
- What the call is worth $1,188/yr
- $99/mo at the entry paid tier — $1,188 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- May 13, 2024
- List price
- $99/mo
- Per year
- $1,188
The backstory
Formstack combines forms, documents and e-signature with compliance certifications. The compliance and workflow parts are defensible; the price is what draws scrutiny when the form itself can be generated free and the signature layer is commoditised. Wounded on value perception.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $1,188/yr T
Tally Free forms.
tally.so open_in_new J
Jotform Cheaper with similar depth.
jotform.com open_in_new1 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.