Formstack Review
Formstack – The Smart Way to Collect and Manage Data
Summary review: The category winner, Formstack’s features at both Basic and Pro level are top of the class. Its full capabilities such as split testing are unlocked with the Pro plan, but most businesses up to medium size would be more than happy with their Basic plan. Conditional logic, payment acceptance, customization, and language support all comes standard with every plan. The set-up is extremely intuitive for even complete beginners.
Website: https://www.formstack.com/
Prefer Formstack if:
- You have high volumes of responders
- You need to accept payment through your forms
- You need lots of analysis options
- You want to embed your form directly into your website
You might prefer another if:
- You don’t need the most advanced data analysis
- You have a lower budget
Survey Monkey Survey Gizmo Typeform Qualtrics Formstack Google Forms
Best for Targeted Research Best All Rounder Best for Mobile Best Analytics Best Integration Best Low-Cost
Company Branding y BEST y y y
Own Domain Links y y y BEST y
Theme Templates y y y y y BEST
Customizable Templates y y BEST y y y
Unlimited Responses BEST y y
Save & Resume BEST y y
Offline Surveys BEST y
Logic Threading y BEST y y y y
Actions & Notifications BEST y y y y
Piping y y y y BEST y
Basic Reporting BEST y y y y y
Advanced Reporting y y BEST y
A/B Split Testing y y BEST
Pay for Selected Responses BEST y
Password Protection y y y y
Secure Links y y y y BEST
Optimized for Mobile y y BEST y y y
Accept Payment y y BEST
Exporting Data y y y y y BEST
Trial Period 7 days Free Version 14 days 14 days
Free Version yes no yes yes no Free!
Basic $25/month $25/month $25/month On request $39/month Free!
Professional $65/month (paid annually) $69/month Coming soon On request $249/month Free!
Annual Discount no 20% 20% 17%
Formstack is simply Top of the class. It is our Category winner (Best solution for Forms & Surveys automation). What we liked is the width of options in Basic and Pro plans, great data analysis as well as intuitive interface. Highly commended!
Also, Formstack is our Integrations champion. It would seamlessly integrate with 30(!) tools analysed, one of the best scores among all small business software we have seen.
| Survey Monkey | Survey Gizmo | Typeform | Qualtrics | Formstack | Google Forms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| API | y | y | y | y | y | y |
| Google Aps | y | y | ||||
| Zapier | y | y | y | y | y | |
| CRM | ||||||
| Salesforce | y | y | y | y | ||
| Hubspot | y | y | ||||
| Marketo | y | |||||
| Eventbrite | y | |||||
| Capsule | y | |||||
| Highrise | y | |||||
| Batchbook | y | |||||
| Other | ||||||
| Data Cracker | y | |||||
| Statwing | y | |||||
| Trackerbird | y | |||||
| SyncFrog | y | |||||
| HelpDesk | ||||||
| Freshdesk | y | |||||
| Zendesk | y | y | ||||
| Salesforce Desk | y | |||||
| HelpSpot | y | |||||
| MailChimp | y | y | ||||
| Exact Target | y | y | ||||
| Active Campaign | y | |||||
| Emma | y | y | ||||
| Mad Mimi | y | |||||
| iContact | y | |||||
| ConstantContact | y | |||||
| Campaign Monitor | y | |||||
| AWeber | y | |||||
| Ininbox | y | |||||
| Social Media | ||||||
| Hootsuite | y | |||||
| y | ||||||
| y | ||||||
| GroSocial | y | |||||
| Content Management | ||||||
| Wordpress | y | |||||
| Joomla | ||||||
| Drupal | y | |||||
| Typepad | y | |||||
| Dropbox | y | |||||
| Payments | ||||||
| Paypal | y | |||||
| Stripe | y | y | y | |||
| Sage Pay | y | |||||
| We pay | y | |||||
| Dwolla | y | |||||
| First Data | y |
Nominations
Winner — Best software for Forms and Surveys automation
Best for Subscription Plans, Customisation and Logics.
Battle wins
Forms & Survey tool Battles
Winner
Battle wins: 5/5
