Tally vs Typeform: which one to pick in 2026

Yes. Tally's free plan has no response cap, no form cap and no time limit, and it includes the features most tools charge for: conditional logic, calculations, answer piping, signatures, file uploads, Stripe payments, redirects, password protection and closing a form by date or count. Integrations with Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Zapier, Make and webhooks are on the free list too.

The catch is a fair use policy rather than a number on the pricing page. Tally's help centre gives the examples it treats as extensive usage: consistently collecting around 50,000 submissions a month, 100 GB of uploads a month or 500 GB stored in total, or 50,000 email notifications a month. Tally says occasional spikes are fine; if heavy use continues for three or four months running, it contacts you about a custom plan billed quarterly.

For almost everyone, that ceiling will never matter. What does matter is what Tally keeps for Pro, covered in the limitations section below.

Typeform's free plan is a working demo. You get unlimited forms, logic with branching, scores and variables, URL parameters, multiple endings, embedding, exports and the main integrations, but only 10 responses a month, and that allowance is shared across every form in the account.

Several things you might assume are included are not: the payment question, file upload, knowledge-quiz mode, partial responses, your own logo and removing Typeform branding are all paid features. You can add them to a form and test them, but the form goes into trial mode and cannot be published until you upgrade or remove them.

When you hit the monthly limit, Typeform puts your forms into private mode, and respondents see a message that the form is closed. The forms reopen when the next month starts or when you upgrade. Typeform's help centre also notes that deleting responses does not give them back: a deleted response still counts toward that month.

The two tools start from different ideas of what a form is, and that matters more than any single feature.

You build a Tally form by typing, the way you would write a page in Notion, and insert question blocks as you go. Respondents see either a single page or a multi-page form split with page breaks. It is quick to build, easy to read, and feels like a well-designed web page rather than a presentation.

Typeform's signature format shows one question per screen, with large type, transitions and keyboard shortcuts. It is the format people mean when they say conversational form, and Typeform has spent more than a decade polishing it. If the form is the first impression of your brand, for example a high-end lead form or an onboarding quiz, that polish is what you pay for.

Typeform also has a deeper paid catalogue: its pricing page lists video answers, Salesforce integration, multi-language forms and drop-off analytics on the higher tiers. Tally covers the common integrations well but is not trying to match that enterprise list.

Tally's free plan is the most generous in the category, so its limitations are about control and polish, not volume.

Free forms carry Tally branding. Removing it, hosting forms on your own domain or subdomain, sending email notifications from your own domain and sending confirmation emails to respondents all sit on Pro. Free includes notification emails to yourself only.

File uploads are free with no limit on the number of files, but each file can be at most 10 MB on the free plan. That rules out video and large design files until you upgrade.

Partial submissions, drop-off analytics, workspaces with invited team members and version history are Pro features. If several people need to edit forms, budget for Pro from the start.

Tally forms are pages, not a one-question-per-screen flow, and the free feature list has no appointment question with calendar sync. If you need either, you are looking at Typeform for the first or a second tool for the second.

Zunoform is a third option if neither tool fits cleanly. The same questions can run in three layouts: conversational (one question at a time, like Typeform), single page, or document (text and questions inline, closer to Tally). It has a native scheduler question that syncs with Google and Outlook calendars, and conditional logic, quiz scoring, hidden fields and file uploads on every plan. Pro is $14.99 a month for 5,000 responses and removes branding, which is cheaper than Tally Pro at $29 a month or Typeform Plus at $79.

Where it loses: the free plan is 500 responses a month, not unlimited like Tally's, and payments need Pro, while Tally includes them free. Typeform has a longer track record, more design polish and a much bigger integration catalogue. AI form generation is Business-only. If you need unlimited free responses, use Tally.