Typeform Alternatives for Bloggers: Five Form Builders With Bigger Free Plans (October 2026)
The usual reason a blogger looks for a Typeform alternative is a number: 10. That is how many responses a month Typeform’s free plan accepts, according to its help centre. Its cheapest paid plan, Basic, includes 100 responses for $39 a month. A contact form on a modest blog can pass both in a week.
We priced five alternatives on 27 October 2026, three hosted and two that run inside WordPress. Every one of them has a more generous free plan than Typeform. They differ on where your answers are stored, which matters more than most comparisons admit.
The verdict
Fillout is the closest hosted replacement: 1,000 free responses a month, unlimited forms and seats, and quizzes and payments on the free plan. Tally is the pick if you want no monthly cap at all. Formidable Forms is the free WordPress plugin to choose if you want entries stored on your own site.
Best hosted replacement: Fillout. Free to 1,000 responses; Starter $19 a month.
Biggest free plan: Tally. Unlimited submissions under fair use; Pro $29 a month.
Best free plugin: Formidable Forms. Stores entries in WordPress; Basic $39.50 for the first year.
Prices read on 27 October 2026 from each vendor’s own pricing page · US dollars
The five, side by side
| Tool | Where it runs | Free plan | First paid plan | Stores answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typeform (for reference) | Hosted | 10 responses a month | Basic $39 a month, 100 responses | Yes, in Typeform |
| Fillout | Hosted | 1,000 responses a month, unlimited forms | Starter $19 a month, 2,000 responses | Yes, in Fillout |
| Tally | Hosted | Unlimited submissions, fair use | Pro $29 a month | Yes, in Tally |
| Jotform | Hosted | 5 forms, 100 submissions a month | Bronze £29 a month (shown in pounds) | Yes, 500 in total on free |
| Formidable Forms | WordPress plugin | Free plugin | Basic $39.50 first year, normally $79 | Yes, in your WordPress database |
| WPForms Lite | WordPress plugin | Free plugin | Basic $49.50 first year, normally $99 | No, Lite emails entries only |
1. Fillout
Fillout’s free plan covers 1,000 responses a month with unlimited forms and unlimited seats, plus conditional logic, calculations and scoring, Stripe payments with no Fillout fee, and Airtable, Google Sheets and webhook connections. At the volume where Typeform asks $79 a month for its Plus plan, Fillout asks nothing. Our Fillout vs Typeform comparison runs the costs at five response levels.
Try Fillout’s free plan. It is the nearest like-for-like move from Typeform.
2. Tally
Tally’s free plan has no fixed submission cap. Its fair-use page describes heavy use as roughly 50,000 submissions or 100 GB of uploads a month. Pro, at $29 a month or $24 billed yearly, removes branding and adds a custom domain and partial submissions. Our Fillout vs Tally page shows which features each unlocks first.
3. Jotform
Jotform is the most limit-driven of the five. The free plan allows 5 forms, 100 submissions a month and 500 stored submissions in total. Of the five alternatives, it is the only one that lists HIPAA-enabled features, on its Gold plan; Typeform reserves HIPAA for Enterprise. Jotform showed our UK browser prices in pounds. Fillout vs Jotform has the full tier table.
4. Formidable Forms
Formidable is a WordPress plugin with more than 300,000 active installations on wordpress.org. Its plugin page says submissions are stored in your WordPress database, so you can read them in your dashboard if email fails. Paid plans start at $39.50 for the first year on one site, renewing at the full price of $79. Its knowledge base says a 3 percent fee applies to payments unless the site has an active Business or Elite licence.
5. WPForms Lite
WPForms Lite has more than 5 million active installations. Read the small print before relying on it: WPForms’ own documentation says Lite “doesn’t store your entries locally” and sends them by email. If your site’s mail is not working, those messages go nowhere. An optional cloud backup called Lite Connect keeps a copy that is restored when you upgrade. The pricing page also says a 3 percent fee applies to payments on the free version.
Why storage matters more than features
We found this out the hard way. From at least 7 September to 22 October 2026, WordPress mail on Blogging Titan was broken, and our contact forms only sent email. None of them stored a copy. A form builder that stores answers, whether hosted or in your database, would have kept every one. Our WordPress form builder guide goes through which plugins store entries for free.
Questions people ask
Answers carry the date each figure was read.
What is the best free alternative to Typeform?
For a hosted form, Fillout or Tally. Fillout’s free plan allows 1,000 responses a month with quizzes and payments; Tally’s has no fixed cap under fair use. Both read on 27 October 2026.
Is there a Typeform alternative for WordPress?
Yes. Formidable Forms and WPForms Lite are free plugins. Formidable stores entries in your WordPress database; WPForms Lite emails them and does not store them locally.
Why is Typeform so expensive?
Each plan bundles a fixed number of responses and seats. Basic is $39 a month for 100 responses and one user, read from a United States connection on 27 October 2026.
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Blogging Titan Team
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