Fillout: The ultimate Airtable Forms alternative
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Airtable Forms vs Fillout
Hello! Looking to level-up your forms while still managing data in Airtable?
We've put together a comprehensive comparison of Fillout and Airtable Forms to help you make an informed decision about which tool best fits your needs.
Comparing the free plans
First, let's compare the free offerings of both services. On both free plans, your forms will have Fillout or Airtable Forms branding, respectively. The main difference between the two lies in the features you can use on the free plan:
Fillout free | Airtable Free | |
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Unlimited forms | ||
Seats | Unlimited | Up to 5 |
Responses | 1000/month | 1000 total |
Unlimited questions | ||
Self email notifications | ||
Hidden fields | ||
Unlimited file uploads | 1 GB | |
Native scheduling | ||
SOC 2 | ||
Manage form access | ||
Conditional logic | ||
Calculations | ||
Redirect on completion | $15/mo | |
Answer piping | ||
Change form language |
While Airtable Forms are included with Airtable's free plan, they're missing a fair number of advanced features and customization options. Fillout offers a more extensive free tier with up to 1000 form submissions per month, advanced styling options, and powerful integrations specifically designed for Airtable.
Fillout offers all the basics to build and scale your forms on the free plan. What's more, if you sign up you'll have lifetime access to the free plan features - no strings attached. Learn more about the Fillout free plan and pricing here.
Thousands of teams trust Fillout for building secure and powerful forms.
How do the products compare?
Pricing isn't everything. If you've previously used Airtable Forms, you probably want to know: can Fillout really replace Airtable Forms?
Airtable Forms are directly integrated into the Airtable platform, which can be convenient for basic data collection needs without the need for a third party tool.
Ok, but what about advanced features?
The Fillout form builder makes it easy to build modern-looking forms quickly, while also supporting advanced use cases.
Fillout offers two primary paid tiers, a starter tier for $15/month and a business tier for $75/month (paid annually). More details on the Fillout pricing page.
Here's how some of the paid features stack up with Airtable Forms:
Fillout | Airtable Forms | |
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Custom fonts | Pro | |
Custom domains | Business | |
Custom CSS | Pro | |
Partial submissions | Business | |
Meta pixel | Pro | |
No payment commission | Free | |
Login forms | Starter | Limited |
Priority support | Business | $45/user/mo |
Calendly integration | Pro | |
Address autocomplete | Add-on | |
Enrichment | Add-on | |
Collect signatures | Starter | |
SMS & email verification | Add-on | |
Single Sign-On (SSO) | Enterprise | |
Granular permissions | Enterprise | $20/seat/mo |
TL;DR: The short version
In summary, Fillout focuses solely on forms, which leads to a more expansive set of features for Airtable users. It combines ease of integration with advanced features and customization options that Airtable Forms don't have.
Airtable Forms may be a better choice when…
- You prefer to only use Airtable without 3rd party tools.
- You don't require any advanced form features or customization options.
Fillout is best if…
- You need advanced form features like multi-page forms, conditional logic, or payment collection.
- You want more control over your form's design and branding.
- You require features like partial submissions tracking or prevention of duplicate records.
- You need to create or update linked records through your forms.
- You want to embed forms on your website or share them via a custom domain.
In summary, Fillout is designed to work well with Airtable, enhancing its capabilities while offering a comprehensive form-building experience.
That's all for now! Hopefully this guide was useful to give you a general overview of Airtable Forms compared to Fillout.
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