Paperform
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Free Online Form Builder & Form Creator for SMBs
How to Replace PaperformOverview
Features
81 features across 25 categories
AI(3)
Let AI suggest logic and calculations for your forms
Generate full forms and surveys from a simple text description or prompt
Turn raw responses into readable reports and summaries in seconds, surface trends in data
Administration(3)
Granular control over user access and permissions
Manage and scale forms for multiple clients and brands with white-labeling
Control user access and admin permissions
Automation(6)
Automatically close form submissions based on number or date
Create conditional and time-based submission redirects
Send emails to anyone including respondents based on form submissions
AI-native workflow automation for routing approvals, handing off tasks and keeping systems in sync
Get notified when new submissions arrive
Redirect users to different pages based on form responses
Branding(3)
Remove Paperform branding from forms
Use custom domains for forms (additional cost per domain)
Send form notifications from custom email addresses
Core Functionality(1)
Create branded forms with conditional logic, calculations, routing and integrations
Customization(3)
Create custom URLs for your forms
Add custom HTML and CSS to forms for advanced customization
Customize colors, fonts, layouts and themes
Documents(3)
Generate custom PDF documents from form submissions
Generate contracts and send for secure eSignature with linkage back to original form
Generate quotes and invoices from form submissions
Form Experience(6)
Use previous answers to populate subsequent questions
Allow respondents to save progress and resume later
Create custom thank you/success pages with dynamic content
Display one question at a time for a more interactive and approachable form experience
Allow respondents to save and see partial form submissions
Pre-populate form fields and use hidden fields for data
Form Fields(5)
Wide variety of input field types for data collection
Built-in scheduling and booking field for forms
Allow respondents to select colors within forms
Auto-complete address fields using Google's address API
Collect digital signatures within forms
Form Structure(1)
Create multi-page forms with branching logic
Form Types(1)
Support for surveys, quizzes, tests, polls, payment forms, order forms, scheduling forms and more
Integration(6)
Connect with 2000+ apps via native integrations, Zapier, Make and webhooks
Advanced API access for enterprise features
Send form data directly to external services without storing in Paperform
Access Paperform via API for custom integrations
Send form data to external services via webhooks
Embed Paperform forms directly into WordPress sites
Localization(1)
Translate forms and UI into multiple languages
Logic & Automation(4)
Write formulas to determine results based on other answers
Show/hide questions, content, emails and summaries based on respondent answers
Mark questions as required and show conditionally
Define rules that add up an overall score for your form
Media(6)
Access Adobe Creative Cloud assets in forms
Access animated GIFs from GIPHY library
In-app image editor for customizing photos
Add images, GIFs and videos to forms (body, background, products, questions)
Embed videos and other media from popular platforms
Access free stock photos from Unsplash library
Organization(1)
Organize forms into spaces and use tags for better management
Payments(9)
3D Secure authentication for Braintree and Stripe payments
Apply coupons and discounts to payments and subscriptions
Define conditions that manipulate the final price of a product or service
Process refunds directly from the dashboard
Support for Stripe, Square, Braintree, PayPal Business, Google Pay and more
Accept payments directly in forms through Stripe, Square, Braintree, PayPal and Google Pay
Accept payments and donations with flexible pricing
Create recurring subscription forms and payments
Automatically calculate tax for payments and subscriptions
Reporting(4)
Track custom analytics for form performance
Export form data in various formats
Track forms with Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel
View and analyze form submission results with data visualization
Scheduling(1)
Schedule appointments and bookings with automatic syncing to Google Calendar
Security(8)
Encrypted storage of form submissions
GDPR compliant form builder
Choose where your data is stored
Add ReCAPTCHA protection to forms for spam prevention
Enforce two-factor authentication for all users
SOC 2 Type II certified for security and compliance
TLS 1.2 SSL encryption for all data transmission
Single Sign-On integration with SAML
Sharing(1)
Make your own templates and share forms via link, Facebook or Twitter
Storage(1)
Store form data in your own AWS S3 bucket
Support(2)
Dedicated Customer Success Manager for enterprise accounts
Service Level Agreement guarantees
Templates(1)
Choose from 700+ pre-built templates for various use cases
eCommerce(1)
Sell products directly through forms with inventory management
Pricing
Free
- ✓Unlimited forms
- ✓1 user
- ✓30 submissions/month
- ✓5 payment submissions/month
- ✓5 appointment submissions/month
- ✓100 submissions storage
- ✓10MB max upload size
- ✓Paperform branding
- ✓Unlimited integrations
- ✓Basic form fields
- ✓Answer piping
- ✓Auto-save and resume
- ✓Form sharing via link
- ✓Basic design customization
- ✓GDPR compliant
- ✓SSL encryption
Essentials
- ✓Unlimited forms
- ✓1 user
- ✓1,200 submissions/year
- ✓240 payment submissions/year
- ✓600 appointment submissions/year
- ✓1,000 submissions storage
- ✓1GB upload storage
- ✓Removable Paperform branding
- ✓Unlimited integrations
- ✓Guided mode
- ✓Conditional logic
- ✓Basic calculations
- ✓Dynamic success pages
- ✓Email responses
- ✓Standard API access
- ✓Webhooks
Pro
Popular- ✓Unlimited forms
- ✓3 users
- ✓3,000 submissions + add more
- ✓3,000 payment submissions/year
- ✓6,000 appointment submissions/year
- ✓10,000 submissions storage
- ✓10GB upload storage
- ✓Removable branding
- ✓1 custom domain included
- ✓Custom HTML & CSS
- ✓AI form creation
- ✓AI calculations assistant
- ✓AI report insights
- ✓Advanced design customization
- ✓All payment features
- ✓Subscriptions
- ✓Custom pricing rules
- ✓Product sales
- ✓Form spaces and tags
- ✓Custom analytics
- ✓Google Analytics/Facebook Pixel
- ✓Custom S3 storage
- ✓Advanced user permissions
- ✓SSO (SAML)
- ✓Partial submissions
- ✓Custom PDFs
- ✓Email domains
- ✓Business API access
- ✓Priority support
Business
- ✓Unlimited forms
- ✓5 users + $9/mo per additional user
- ✓120,000 submissions/year + $10/mo per additional
- ✓30,000 payment submissions/year
- ✓60,000 appointment submissions/year
- ✓100,000 submissions storage
- ✓100GB upload storage
- ✓Removable branding
- ✓Custom domains
- ✓All Pro features
- ✓Stepper workflow automation
- ✓Agency+ support
- ✓Dedicated CSM
- ✓SLA guarantee
- ✓Local data residency
- ✓2FA enforcement
- ✓Advanced compliance
- ✓First priority support
Enterprise
- ✓Unlimited forms
- ✓Unlimited users
- ✓Unlimited submissions
- ✓Unlimited payment submissions
- ✓Unlimited appointment submissions
- ✓Unlimited storage
- ✓Bespoke functionality
- ✓Custom integrations
- ✓Full platform access
- ✓Dedicated support
- ✓Custom contracts
Cost Calculator
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DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 81 features at easy complexity.
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Buying Paperform saves ~$102,240 over 3 years vs building.
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Integrations
20 known integrations