Formsite

Formsite is an online builder for forms, surveys, and data-collection pages. It suits organizations that need branching questionnaires, payment collection, or connections to business tools. Its broad feature set comes with a sharp trade-off: the free account allows only 10 results per form and 50MB of file space.

Overview

Founded in 1998, Formsite combines form creation with response collection and sharing. Teams can distribute forms by secure link or embed them on a website; layouts adapt to desktops, tablets, and phones. That makes it useful for collecting information across devices, while the free response cap is too restrictive for sustained or high-volume use.

Key features

Build forms that adapt

The drag-and-drop builder offers more than 100 customizable templates and 40 question types. Multiple-page forms can use field-based logic and calculations, so a questionnaire can change course based on a respondent’s answers. Quiz support adds another use beyond surveys, and file uploads allow forms to collect documents as well as responses.

Share, collect payments, and connect systems

Multiple embed options and secure links give teams a choice in how they publish forms. Formsite can collect payments through PayPal, Braintree, Authorize.net, and Stripe, making it suitable for paid registrations or ecommerce forms as well as research.

Integrations include Salesforce, Google Drive and Sheets, Dropbox, Mailchimp, Slack, Box, OneDrive, Zapier, Amazon S3, DocuSign, and Google Calendar. API access supports interaction with forms and results; an API or Server Post integration can also send data to another server. This breadth can help teams fit forms into existing processes, though the usefulness of any particular connection depends on which services they already use.

Security and support

Formsite says account data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and connections use SHA-256 RSA over TLS. It states that it is PCI 4.0 compliant and that its servers receive routine PCI compliance scans. Servers are hosted in the United States on Amazon Web Services. Paid plan listings include 24/7/365 support, a meaningful provision for teams relying on forms beyond business hours.

Pricing

Formsite is freemium, with a 14-day Professional trial. When that trial ends, the account reverts to Free, so teams should account for the much smaller ongoing quotas before building a workflow around trial-level capacity.

Free is a narrow testing option: five forms may be enough for a small set of basic projects, but 10 results per form and 50MB of storage leave little room for ongoing collection or uploads. Personal raises the per-form allowance to 500 results without adding forms; Professional doubles that to 1,000 and allows 10 forms, with 1GB of space. Business is the first tier with a sub-user, but just one seat and 2GB of storage make it a limited step for collaboration. Business+ expands quotas and provides five sub-users, while Business + publishes the same form, result, storage, and sub-user caps alongside support, branding removal, PDF results, and unlimited workflows. Enterprise is the clear scale-up for larger form volumes, higher result caps, and up to 20 sub-users. The Personal through Business+ tiers have custom pricing, so compare their terms with the published Business + price before choosing.

Platforms

Formsite is available on the web and through an API. Its responsive forms work across desktops, tablets, and phones; no separate mobile app is indicated.

Who it's for

Formsite is a good fit for organizations that need configurable forms, conditional paths, payment collection, or integrations with tools such as Salesforce and Google Drive. It is less suitable for a project that expects meaningful free response volume, substantial file storage, or multiple collaborators without moving to a paid tier.

Pros and cons

• Pro: More than 100 templates, 40 question types, and conditional logic support varied forms without limiting teams to a single fixed questionnaire.
• Pro: Payment support across four processors and a broad integration roster can connect collection to commerce and existing business workflows.
• Pro: The Business + and Enterprise plans include 24/7/365 support, branding removal, PDF results, and unlimited workflows.
• Con: Free caps each form at 10 results and total file space at 50MB, making it a poor long-term fit for active collection.
• Con: Personal, Professional, Business, and Business+ have custom pricing, which makes those tiers harder to compare directly with the published monthly and yearly prices.
• Con: Business has only one sub-user; teams needing broader collaboration must consider Business+ or Enterprise.

Alternatives

For a self-hosted API, consider Endatix: its headless API is MIT licensed and always free, while its hosted plan is $360 a month. For a lower-cost published paid tier, Forminit offers a free plan with one form, 100 submissions per month, and 100MB of storage, plus a Pro plan at $16 a month.

Paperform is another freemium option with a free plan and trial. forms.app offers a free plan with five forms, 10MB of file storage, unlimited responses, and unlimited team members. SurveyJS is an alternative with API, self-hosted, and web platforms. Feathery has a free plan with 500 monthly submissions, five live forms, and 10MB of file uploads. FormKeep offers a free plan with 50 submissions per month and unlimited forms. Formsort has a free plan with 100 flow starts per month, unlimited users and forms, and Formsort branding.

Browse Form API Software, Form Automation Software, Lead Capture Software, Online Form Builders, and Form Builder Software for more options by category.

Verdict

Choose Formsite if your forms need conditional logic, payment collection, and integrations in one web-based service, and your expected response and storage volumes fit a suitable tier. Look elsewhere if a generous free allowance or clear pricing across the lower paid plans matters more: Free is tightly capped, and several tiers use custom pricing.