Tally vs Youform
An independent, review-free comparison compiled by the SaaSTracker editorial team. Both products are profiled in full, and neither can pay for placement here.
The short answer
Both sides assessedTally compared with Youform
These are the two unlimited-free form builders, and the differences are small but real. Tally has the better editor, the deeper integration set (Notion, Airtable, Coda), workspaces with unlimited collaborators on a 20-euro plan, and EU hosting; Youform has a more conversational one-question-at-a-time feel, 300-plus themes, and phone verification, but caps teams at 3 members on Pro and 5 on Business. Pick Tally if the form is a document your team edits together, Youform if you want a Typeform-shaped experience for free.
Youform compared with Tally
The two unlimited-free builders, and for most teams Tally is the better of them. Tally includes Stripe payments and password protection on its free plan, offers unlimited collaborators on a flat 20-euro Pro tier, integrates natively with Notion, Airtable, and Coda, and is EU-hosted. Youform's edge is the conversational presentation, the 300-plus theme library, and phone or email OTP verification. Solo makers who want a Typeform look should try Youform; teams should default to Tally.
Choose Tally if
Startups, indie makers, and small marketing teams that need real forms (logic, calculations, payments, file uploads) without a per-response meter, and who are comfortable analyzing responses in Notion, Sheets, or Airtable rather than inside the form tool.
Choose Youform if
Indie founders, solo marketers, and small teams that want a Typeform-style conversational form without a response meter, and who can live with a 3-person team cap and a very small vendor behind the product.
Side by side
13 attributes| Attribute | Tally | Youform |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Forms | Forms |
| Starting price | EUR 20/mo (Pro, billed monthly; yearly billing gives 2 months free) (free plan available) | $29/mo (Pro, billed monthly; $20/mo equivalent at $240/yr annually) (free plan available) |
| Pricing model | Flat per-workspace subscription with an unlimited free tier; paid plans unlock branding removal, custom domains, workspaces, and governance features rather than higher response quotas. Seats are not charged separately. | Flat-rate subscription with an unlimited free tier; paid plans unlock branding, payments, verification, and small team access rather than raising a response quota, which does not exist. |
| Free plan | Unlimited forms and unlimited submissions, plus conditional logic, calculations, answer piping, file uploads (10 MB per file), signatures, Stripe payments, password protection, submission limits and close dates, 45+ languages, and integrations with Notion, Google Sheets, Airtable, Zapier, Make, and webhooks. Subject to published fair-usage guidelines. | Unlimited forms, unlimited responses, and unlimited questions per form, with conditional logic, calculations, answer piping, signatures, file uploads up to 10 MB, and integrations with Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, webhooks, Calendly, Cal.com, and SavvyCal. Single user, no team access. |
| Free trial | No separate trial; the free plan is permanent and unlimited on submissions | No trial needed; the free plan is permanent with unlimited forms and responses |
| Best for | Startups, indie makers, and small marketing teams that need real forms (logic, calculations, payments, file uploads) without a per-response meter, and who are comfortable analyzing responses in Notion, Sheets, or Airtable rather than inside the form tool. | Indie founders, solo marketers, and small teams that want a Typeform-style conversational form without a response meter, and who can live with a 3-person team cap and a very small vendor behind the product. |
| Setup time | Minutes. A working form with logic and an integration is a 15-minute job, and there is no account requirement for respondents, no domain setup, and no data model to design first. | Under an hour. The AI builder produces a usable draft from a description, themes remove the design step, and publishing is a single click to a hosted link or embed. |
| Learning curve | The lowest in the category for anyone who has used Notion. The only non-obvious parts are the calculator (variables are configured per block) and hidden fields, both of which the help docs cover in a page each. | The lowest of the five products here, partly because the feature surface is the smallest. Anyone who has filled in a Typeform can build one in Youform without documentation. |
| Platforms | Web app, Embeds (inline, popup, full page), Custom domains on paid tiers | Web app, Embeds (inline, popup, email), Hosted links and QR codes, Custom domains (Pro and up) |
| Compliance | GDPR compliant, built and hosted in the EU (Belgium-based company), Data encrypted in transit and at rest, No cookie tracking on respondent-facing forms | Not published in detail; no SOC 2 or ISO certification advertised on public pages |
| Founded | 2020 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | Belgium (Tally BV, EU-hosted) | Not disclosed on the company's public pages |
| Ownership | Bootstrapped | Bootstrapped |
Strengths and limitations
Tally
Strengths
- Genuinely unlimited free tier: unlimited forms and submissions with logic, calculations, payments, file uploads, and signatures included, not withheld as paid bait.
- The document-style editor is the fastest way to build a form of any tool in this category, especially for teams already fluent in Notion.
- Flat workspace pricing with unlimited collaborators, so team growth does not create a bill the way per-seat tools do.
- EU-built and EU-hosted with no respondent cookie tracking, which clears European privacy reviews without a negotiation.
Limitations
- Analytics are minimal: visits, completion, and drop-off, with the useful historical depth reserved for Pro. Serious response analysis happens elsewhere.
- No in-app or website-behavior survey targeting at all, so product teams wanting NPS or in-product feedback need a second tool.
- The free plan's limits are governed by fair-usage language rather than a published number, which is fine for most teams and unnerving for anyone planning very high volume.
- Compliance posture is thinner than rivals: GDPR and EU hosting are documented, but there is no advertised SOC 2 Type II certification of the kind Fillout and Formbricks publish.
Youform
Strengths
- Truly unlimited free plan: forms, responses, and questions, with logic, calculations, signatures, and file uploads included rather than teased.
- The conversational, one-question-at-a-time experience most people are seeking when they search for a Typeform alternative, without the per-response bill.
- 300-plus themes and an AI builder mean a decent-looking form exists within minutes of signing up, with no design or copywriting work.
- Honest, specific block library including NPS, opinion scale, matrix grid, and searchable dropdowns, which is more than most free tools offer.
Limitations
- Team caps are the product's real ceiling: single-user free, 3 members on Pro, 5 on Business, which rules it out for anything past a small team.
- Vendor risk is real and should be priced in: a two-founder, unfunded company launched in 2024 with no published SOC 2, SSO, or enterprise compliance program.
- Stripe payments sit behind the 29-dollar Pro tier, where Tally and Fillout include payment collection on their free plans.
- File uploads cap at 10 MB per file with no published paid-tier increase, which excludes video and large-media collection entirely.
Pricing compared
Tally
Flat per-workspace subscription with an unlimited free tier; paid plans unlock branding removal, custom domains, workspaces, and governance features rather than higher response quotas. Seats are not charged separately.
- FreeEUR 0
- ProEUR 20
- BusinessEUR 65
On capability per dollar Tally is close to unbeatable, because for a large share of teams the correct answer is zero dollars. The paid tier is honest about what it sells: branding, domain, team workspaces, and partial submissions, not access to features you already needed. At 20 euros a month flat for unlimited collaborators and unlimited responses, Pro undercuts Fillout's Business tier by a factor of three and Paperform's Pro tier by more than half, and it does so without a submission meter running in the background. The catch is scope, not price: if you need in-app surveys, a real database behind the form, or a SOC 2 report, the cheapness is irrelevant because Tally does not do those things.
Youform
Flat-rate subscription with an unlimited free tier; paid plans unlock branding, payments, verification, and small team access rather than raising a response quota, which does not exist.
- Free$0
- Pro$29
- Business$89
For one person, Youform is close to free money: unlimited responses with logic, calculations, signatures, and integrations, at zero, is more than most competitors sell for 15 to 25 dollars a month. The value gets less obvious as the team grows, because Pro costs 29 dollars for 3 seats where Tally charges 20 euros for unlimited collaborators and Fillout gives unlimited seats away on its free plan. Payments being a Pro feature also narrows the free tier's edge for anyone selling something. Judge Youform as the best free conversational form builder for an individual, and compare carefully rather than reflexively once you are paying.
Editorial verdict on each
Tally
Best ValueTally is the default recommendation for any startup that needs forms and has not already committed to something else. The free tier is not a trial in disguise: unlimited submissions with logic, calculations, payments, and file uploads included is a real product, and the 20-euro Pro plan buys branding, a domain, and a shared workspace rather than access to features you were already using. The limits are honest ones: no in-app survey targeting, thin analytics, no public API, and no SOC 2 report. If your form is a front end for an operational process, buy Fillout; if your survey has to fire inside your product, buy Formbricks. For everything else, Tally is the tool you should try first and will probably never leave.
Read the full Tally profileYouform
Youform is the best free conversational form builder for one person, and it is honest about being exactly that. Unlimited responses with logic, calculations, NPS, signatures, and integrations at zero cost is a real offer, not a funnel, and the 29-dollar Pro tier buys sensible things: your domain, your branding, partial submissions, and drop-off data. The reservations are structural rather than about the product: a 3-seat cap on Pro, no SOC 2 or SSO, no workflow layer, and a two-person unfunded vendor behind it. Use Youform freely for surveys, lead capture, and feedback, keep exports current, and move to Tally when the team grows or Fillout when the form needs to do work after submit.
Read the full Youform profileTally profile last reviewed 2026-08-22; Youform last reviewed 2026-08-22. Pricing is compiled from public sources and can change without notice. See our methodology.