forms.app vs Cognito Forms
Two of the top three form builders, compared rule by rule on published facts.
In short
- forms.app has 85 points and Cognito Forms 84, 1 apart on our form builder software rules.
- forms.app earns more on free plan and price; Cognito Forms earns more on building forms and privacy and compliance.
- Cheapest paid plan: forms.app $19/mo, Cognito Forms $19/mo.
- Only forms.app meets: GDPR data processing agreement and EU data storage.
- Only Cognito Forms meets: calculated fields and HIPAA support.
Points by group
| Group | forms.app | Cognito Forms |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan of 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Building forms of 29 | 25 | 29 |
| Payments and data of 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Privacy and compliance of 20 | 12 | 13 |
| Price of 18 | 15 | 13 |
| Total | 85 | 84 |
Rule by rule
What each vendor publishes, and the points it earns. Sources are on each product page.
| Rule (points) | forms.app | Cognito Forms |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan (6) | Yes 6 | Yes 6 |
| Submissions on the free plan (6) | 1000000 6 | 100 2 |
| Conditional logic (8) | Yes 8 | Yes 8 |
| Calculated fields (4) | Not published 0 | Yes 4 |
| File upload field (5) | Yes 5 | Yes 5 |
| Multi-page forms (3) | Yes 3 | Yes 3 |
| Save and resume later (4) | Yes 4 | Yes 4 |
| Signature field (5) | Yes 5 | Yes 5 |
| Online payments (5) | Yes 5 | Yes 5 |
| Payment processors (6) | Stripe, PayPal, Square 6 | Stripe, PayPal, Square 6 |
| Answers as PDF (4) | Yes 4 | Yes 4 |
| Built-in connections (6) | Google Sheets, Zapier, Webhooks 6 | Google Sheets, Zapier, Webhooks 6 |
| HIPAA support (8) | Not published 0 | Yes 8 |
| SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 (5) | Yes 5 | Yes 5 |
| GDPR data processing agreement (4) | Yes 4 | Not published 0 |
| EU data storage (3) | Yes 3 | Not published 0 |
| Submissions on cheapest paid plan (6) | 1000000 6 | 2000 4 |
| Cheapest paid plan (12) | $19/mo 9 | $19/mo 9 |
forms.app
forms.app suits people who want a free plan with unlimited responses, payments and EU hosting. Basic starts at $19 a month billed annually. The catch: its pages do not mention HIPAA, SOC 2 or calculated fields, and it will not sign customer DPAs.
Cognito Forms
Cognito Forms suits small teams that need calculations, file uploads, signatures and payments at $19 a month on the yearly plan. Pro at $19 a month billed yearly adds save and resume, signatures and PDF output. The catch: the free plan stops at 100 entries, data is stored in the United States, and HIPAA support needs Enterprise.
Both products are scored by the same rules: how we score form builders.