How much does Typeform cost in 2026?

Basic (100 responses/mo): $28 a month on annual billing ($39 billed monthly); Plus (1,000 responses/mo): $56 a month on annual billing ($79 billed monthly); Business (10,000 responses/mo): $91 a month on annual billing ($129 billed monthly). 10 responses a month across all your forms. Checked October 26, 2026.

What is a cheaper alternative to Typeform?

Tally (Free for unlimited forms and submissions; Pro from $24/mo billed yearly), Fillout (Free plan: 1,000 responses/mo; Starter $15/mo billed yearly for 2,000), Google Forms (Free with a Google account; included in Google Workspace). The closest free swap, with logic, file uploads and payments on the free plan, but less design polish.

Conversational forms and surveys

Should you build your own Typeform?

Q: Should you build your own Typeform?

Build it. Most teams use Typeform for a handful of forms that rarely change: a lead form, an application, a feedback survey. Each one is a database table and a page. Plus costs $56 a month, about $2,000 over 3 years, for something you could own outright, with the data in your own database.

Build it if your forms rarely change. A form plus a database is a weekend job.

BUILD

Short answer

Most teams use Typeform for a handful of forms that rarely change: a lead form, an application, a feedback survey. Each one is a database table and a page. Plus costs $56 a month, about $2,000 over 3 years, for something you could own outright, with the data in your own database.

Buy for 3 years: $2,016
Build and run for 3 years: $805
Verdict: BUILD

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Cheaper options

FreeTallyFree for unlimited forms and submissions; Pro from $24/mo billed yearlyThe closest free swap, with logic, file uploads and payments on the free plan, but less design polish.CheaperFilloutFree plan: 1,000 responses/mo; Starter $15/mo billed yearly for 2,000A builder close to Typeform’s with unlimited forms and seats, though a Fillout badge stays on the free plan.Already includedGoogle FormsFree with a Google account; included in Google WorkspaceFine for plain sign-ups and surveys, but there is no one-question-at-a-time layout and little design control.

Typeform pricing in 2026

Plan	Billed yearly	Billed monthly
Basic (100 responses/mo)	$28/mo	$39/mo
Plus (1,000 responses/mo) Typical	$56/mo	$79/mo
Business (10,000 responses/mo)	$91/mo	$129/mo

Free plan: 10 responses a month across all your forms

Paying too much? If you collect under 100 responses a month, Basic at $28 a month is enough. The free plan stops at 10 responses a month.

Per account, billed annually, from the plan cards on Typeform’s pricing page. The page’s comparison table lists lower numbers, so we used the cards, which match a September 2026 review. Checked October 26, 2026.

Run your own numbers

Defaults are a typical small team at $30/hour. Change anything.

If you buy Typeform

Plan

If you build it

Your time, $ per hour

Hours to build

Upkeep, hours per month

Hosting and services, $ per month

Buy

$2,016

Build

$805

Building saves about $1,211 over 3 years.

3-year totals. Building includes your time, upkeep, running costs and one month of an AI app builder ($25). Change any number to match your situation.

What you’d build

Your specific forms as pages, one question per screen if you want
Responses stored in your own Postgres (Supabase) table
An email or Slack alert for each new response
Conditional logic for the paths you already know
CSV export

Fits in free tiers, or in a database you already pay for.

What you’d give up

A drag-and-drop builder for non-technical teammates
Drop-off and conversion analytics
Over 100 ready-made integrations
Hosted file uploads, payments and video questions

Risks the price doesn’t show

SpamMedium

Public forms attract bots. Add a honeypot field or a captcha.

Personal dataMedium

Responses often hold personal data. Lock the table down with row-level security.

Who edits formsMedium

Only someone who can code (or prompt) can add a new form.

When the verdict flips

Switch to BUY if non-technical teammates create new forms every week. That flexibility is what you’re really paying Typeform for.

Build your own Typeform this weekend

The free Build Blueprint gives you the spec, a database schema with security rules, and the prompts to paste into Lovable or Claude Code, in order.

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Sources

Typeform pricing · Typeform Free plan (help center) · Typeform pricing 2026 (Jet Admin)

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