Forms · replacement recipe

Go from Tally to Tally (free tier)

The job: Forms and surveys (Form builder, Logic and branching, Response collection). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
Tally
Tally Pro · $24/mo
Year one+$276modeled
To · your pickBest fit
Tally (free tier)
Free plan · $0 a month
Change where you land

The money

$24/mo today $0/mo

Tally Pro

Year one, net+$276
Pays back in0.5 months

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 3 of 3 covered

  • Form builder
  • Logic and branching
  • Response collection

The work

Setup
About 15 min
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Check first: You only rely on: Form builder, Logic and branching, Response collection

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from Tally

    Form responses (submissions)

    Export steps

  2. Check what Free plan keeps

    Unlimited forms and submissions within fair use; conditional logic, payments, signatures, file uploads (10 MB per file), webhooks; team collaboration is a Pro feature

    Details

  3. Switch to Free plan

    Change the plan in Tally's billing settings before your renewal date.

  4. Check the next bill

    Your next Tally invoice should show the lower price. Check that your data and links still work.

Open TallyHow to cancel Tally
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 4 ways out, best first

What you use

  • Form builder
  • Logic and branching
  • Response collection

Not covered

  • Payments
  • File uploads
  • Integrations
  • Signatures

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Form builder, Logic and branching, Response collection
  • Export your data from Tally before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-tally") on the Stackcut MCP server.

4 ways out, best first

Cheaper planTally (free tier)Saves $276 in year one
$24/mo today → $0/mo · setup 0.25 h · then $288/yr · payback 0.5 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Unlimited forms and submissions within fair use; conditional logic, payments, signatures, file uploads (10 MB per file), webhooks; team collaboration is a Pro feature).
Covers 100% of the core features
Most features are free; Pro mainly removes branding and adds team/advanced options.
How we got this
You pay now: Tally Proflat price$24/mo
New cost: Tally (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$24 − $0+$24/mo
Over 12 months+$24 × 12+$288
Setup, once0.25 h × $50/h−$12
Year one+$288 − $12+$276
  • Not counting your time (0.25 h in year one): saves $288 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: tally.so
Switch vendorFormbricks (free tier)Saves $238 in year one
$24/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $288/yr · payback 2.1 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Hobby: 1 workspace, 250 responses/month).
Covers 100% of the core features
Formbricks is open source, and its hosted free plan needs no server: Hobby: 1 workspace, 250 responses/month. Self-host it when you outgrow the plan.
How we got this
You pay now: Tally Proflat price$24/mo
New cost: Formbricks (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$24 − $0+$24/mo
Over 12 months+$24 × 12+$288
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$288 − $50+$238
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $288 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: tally.soformbricks.com
Agent skillGoogle Workspace CLI (gws) and its agent skillsCosts $112 more in year one
$24/mo today → $0/mo + 0.5 h upkeep · setup 2 h
Scheduling and simple forms done by your agent inside the Google account you already have: free/busy lookups and invites (recipe-find-free-time, gws-calendar-insert), and Google Forms created, filled with questions and read back (gws-forms).
Covers 67% of the core features (not: Logic and branching)
Assumes you already pay for an agent that runs skills (an agent with shell access; the gws binary (npm, Homebrew or release download); a Google account and a Google Cloud project for OAuth); that agent's cost isn't counted. Setup (2 h) and upkeep (0.5 h a month) are Stackcut's estimates; not tested by Stackcut.
License: Apache-2.0
Install: npm install -g @googleworkspace/cli && gws auth setup && npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli
How we got this
You pay now: Tally Proflat price$24/mo
New cost: Google Workspace CLI (gws) and its agent skillsruns in the agent you already pay for$0/mo
Your upkeep time0.5 h/mo × $50/h$25/mo
Difference each month$24 − $0 − $25−$1/mo
Over 12 months−$1 × 12−$12
Setup, once2 h × $50/h−$100
Year one−$12 − $100−$112
  • Not counting your time (8 h in year one): saves $288 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: github.comraw.githubusercontent.comtally.so
Open sourceFormbricksCosts $1,172 more in year one
$24/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
Covers 100% of the core features
Self-host free.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: Tally Proflat price$24/mo
New cost: Formbricksa small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$24 − $5 − $100−$81/mo
Over 12 months−$81 × 12−$972
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$972 − $200−$1,172
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $228 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: tally.soformbricks.com

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