Formsite review

Formsite is a hosted tool for building online forms, surveys and workflows. Its drag-and-drop editor comes with more than 100 customizable templates and 40 question types, according to the product information. Formsite hosts the forms, collects submissions and lets you share them through secure links or embed responsive forms on a website.

For managing responses, Formsite provides real-time results, email notifications and submission exports. You can customize form branding with themes and Look & Feel tools, and collect payments directly or connect payment services including PayPal, Braintree, Authorize.net and Stripe. Integrations also include Google Sheets, Salesforce and Zapier.

The pricing page lists a free plan and a 14-day free trial. Paid plans start at $21 per month, or $20.83 per month when billed annually. Form limits and per-form result caps vary by plan, so the starting price does not tell the whole story.

Formsite combines form creation, hosting and response management in one service. That can be useful if you want to publish a form without arranging separate hosting, then review or export submissions from the same tool. The editor, templates and question types give users multiple ways to build forms and surveys without starting from a blank page.

Its feature set also covers several common jobs beyond collecting answers:

• Share forms through secure links or embed them on a website.
• Match forms to your brand with themes and Look & Feel tools.
• Collect payments or connect PayPal, Braintree, Authorize.net, Stripe or Pay by Check.
• Send form data to services including Google Sheets, Salesforce and Zapier.
• Use workflows; the pricing page lists unlimited workflows on Business, Business + and Enterprise.

The plan ladder offers a clear route to higher limits: Business includes 25 forms and 2,500 results per form, while Business + includes 100 forms and 10,000 results per form. The pricing page also lists 24/7/365 support on Personal, Professional and Business.

The entry plans have tight caps if your form library or response volume grows. Free includes 5 forms, just 10 results per form and 50MB of file space. Personal costs $21 monthly or $20.83 per month billed annually, but still limits you to 5 forms and 500 results per form. Professional raises the limits to 10 forms and 1,000 results per form for $34 monthly or $33.33 annually.

You need at least Business, listed at $59 monthly or $58.33 per month billed annually, to get 25 forms, 2,500 results per form and unlimited workflows. Removing Formsite branding is listed with Professional, not Personal. Higher limits cost more: Business + is $84 monthly, and Enterprise is $209 monthly. Their annual per-month equivalents are $83.33 and $208.33.

The pricing page lists add-ons too: extra sub-users cost $10 per month each, Results Docs costs $50 per month, and additional file storage costs $10 per GB monthly. Plans renew automatically until cancelled. Check the caps and add-ons against your expected volume before switching.

Formsite has a free plan, but its limits are tight: 5 forms, 10 results per form and 50MB of file space. Paid plans start at $21 monthly for Personal, or $20.83 per month when billed yearly. That tier still caps you at 5 forms and 500 results per form.

Professional costs $34 monthly or $33.33 on annual billing. For that increase, you get 10 forms, 1,000 results per form and branding removal. Business is $59 monthly or $58.33 annually, with 25 forms, 2,500 results per form, one sub-user and unlimited workflows. Business + jumps to $84 monthly ($83.33 annually); Enterprise is $209 monthly ($208.33 annually).

Annual prices are monthly equivalents of yearly totals. Plans renew automatically until cancelled. Add-ons include sub-users at $10 per month each, Results Docs for $50 per month, and extra storage at $10 per GB monthly.

Formsite hosts forms and supports submission exports, but the published information does not specify export formats or say whether you can export form structure, themes or workflow configuration. Before switching, check what your exports contain. Plan to recreate forms, embeds, payment connections and workflows in another tool unless its import options cover them; the available information does not document a Formsite migration path.

The same uncertainty applies when leaving: submission data may be exportable, but how much of the form setup moves with it is not published here. We also don’t have sourced Reddit comments to substantiate common reasons users leave, so we won’t attribute complaints to Reddit. The clearest pressure points in the published plan details are the form and result caps on lower tiers: Personal allows 5 forms and 500 results per form, while Professional allows 10 forms and 1,000 results per form. Check those limits against your needs before committing.