The short answer
- Formbricks's official guide covers setting up, but nothing carries over from Paperform automatically; 6 things stay behind. Details
- 5 public accounts of making this switch: 4 evaluated, 1 switched. Read them
- Switching help: Free entry path for switchers: the Hobby cloud plan is free forever (250 responses/month, 1 workspace, full API including MCP, hosted in Frankfurt, no credit card required), and the self-hosted Community Edition is free with unlimited responses under AGPLv3. formbricks.com
What Paperform and Formbricks cost
List prices from each vendor's pricing page, as stored in the Stackcut catalog. Each price links its source.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly (per month) | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formbricks Pro | $74/mo | not shown | 3 workspaces, 2,000 responses/month, unlimited seats |
| Formbricks Scale | $325/mo | not shown | 5 workspaces, 5,000 responses/month |
- Formbricks free plan: Hobby: 1 workspace, 250 responses/month formbricks.com
Moving from Paperform to Formbricks
What Formbricks's importer carries over, what it leaves behind, and any help it offers switchers.
To Formbricks
Official guide formbricks.com · Tools: One-click setup script (Ubuntu), Docker / Docker Compose, Helm chart (Kubernetes), Formbricks Cloud (Hobby)
Doesn't move: Survey/form structure; Past responses; Paperform form structure (no importer - manual rebuild); Submission history and analytics (export CSV from Paperform before cancelling); Payment, booking and e-signature fields (Formbricks has no native payments or bookings); Paperform partial submissions older than 30 days (deleted on the Paperform side). formbricks.com
Watch out for:
- Formbricks is not a single container - v6 runs eight long-running services; '4 GB is a floor, not a comfortable target'. formbricks.com
- A valid HTTPS certificate is required on the server. formbricks.com
- No Paperform importer exists: form structure and response history do not transfer. formbricks.com
Switching help: Free entry path for switchers: the Hobby cloud plan is free forever (250 responses/month, 1 workspace, full API including MCP, hosted in Frankfurt, no credit card required), and the self-hosted Community Edition is free with unlimited responses under AGPLv3. formbricks.com
From each destination's own migration docs and switching pages, plus community write-ups where no official guide exists, each checked against its page. Confirm terms on the linked page before you rely on an offer.
People who moved from Paperform to Formbricks
5 public accounts of leaving Paperform: 4 evaluated, 1 switched. Summaries are ours; each links the original, and each was checked against its page before it appeared here.
In the Hacker News launch thread, a commenter tried Formbricks on an iPhone SE 2022 and hit a resolution error blocking access; a founder replied the admin interface was not yet mobile-optimized, with a redesign due in one to two months. Other commenters praised the project or recommended Typebot instead. Hacker News
Independent hands-on review: Formbricks is the strongest open-source answer for in-product feedback (NPS, churn, website popovers), free to self-host without caps, but the hosted Hobby tier's 250 responses/month runs out fast and the next rung is $74/month; not a tool for payments or order forms. Free Alternatives To
PrivacyTools lists Formbricks as its covered pick for frequent survey sending with data control: self-host so every answer lives in your own database, or use the GDPR-compliant German cloud; it cautions the tool is heavier than a plain contact form. PrivacyTools.io
Customer testimonial displayed on Formbricks' own pricing page: ThemeIsle's CTO says they run NPS surveys for several products with Formbricks and recommend it for its open-source, security- and compliance-focused approach. Formbricks
Customer testimonial displayed on Formbricks' own pricing page: Cal.com's co-founder says he had been looking for an open-source experience-management solution for a while and is happy to see Formbricks building it. Formbricks
FAQ
Can I move my Paperform data to Formbricks?
It doesn't move: Survey/form structure; Past responses; Paperform form structure (no importer - manual rebuild); Submission history and analytics (export CSV from Paperform before cancelling). formbricks.com
Does Formbricks help people switch from Paperform?
Free entry path for switchers: the Hobby cloud plan is free forever (250 responses/month, 1 workspace, full API including MCP, hosted in Frankfurt, no credit card required), and the self-hosted Community Edition is free with unlimited responses under AGPLv3. formbricks.com
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