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Show HN: Tally Forms – A free Typeform alternative
- shafyy 5y agoLooks great, but the title is a bit misleading, no? It makes it sound like Typeform doesn't haver a free tier, and like you only have a free tier. In reality, Tally and Typeform both have free and paid tiers.
- 1p1e1 5y agoWhile it's true that Typeform has a free plan it allows you to collect 10 submissions per month, which I would say is not sufficient for any size of business, or even personal use.
- mcdonje 5y agoReading through the 'tally vs typeform' page, you came to play. More features, more free features, cheaper paid tier. This could cause typeform to change their offerings in order to compete.
- awinter-py 5y agothis is a really interesting strategy for entering a crowded space 'usable rich docs interface like notion', 'kitchen sink features in wysiwyg UX', 'solid integrations'
- claytongulick 5y agoI've seen this and I really like it. I think the UI is great, and love the overall direction of the product. I know this will be hard to hear, but I want to provide my best feedback. As a CTO, I will rarely, if ever, use a product like this that's not (at a minimum) open core. I just can't risk building technical and business momentum around a startup that I don't know the longevity of. I have no problem paying for software, it's business continuity that I'm concerned with. For a great example of how to do this, I recommend checking out Mattermost. Also cal.com. Those are two products I've selected for use in our tech stack.
- foxbee 5y agoCheck out budibase - it's open source, and more flexible than tallyform budibase.com
- 1p1e1 5y agoThank you for the feedback! We are in it for the long haul and I would love to learn how we can make this more clear/explicit - what's the page/message/resource from cal.com, for example, which convinced you of this?
- claytongulick 5y agoSure, happy to help. Right on cal.com homepage they call out that they are open source, and they have several places where they link off to their github account.
- 1p1e1 5y agoThanks, this helps.
- karim 5y agoThe illustrations on this landing page are beautiful!
- Michael_Sieb 5y agoLove the Notion like design!
- SamBam 5y agoIndeed, it looks identical to Notion, and with the .so url, I assumed that it was related to Notion, but I don't see anything obviously saying that on the front page. (I didn't look deeply, however.)
- ibdf 5y agoI was thinking exactly the same thing. This has to be a notion product no? It's identical.
- ilaksh 5y agoAmazing. Did you leverage any existing libraries like form.io or lucaswxp/form-builder?
- 1p1e1 5y agoThank you. No, the forms and the form builder are custom made. :)
- robinjhuang 5y agoLooks really great! I like the document style form builder too. Question: I’ve researched many form builders, but none seem to provide a Google Maps place autocomplete input. This is really useful tho, for things like verifying delivery address. Is there a reason this is hard to add?
- 1p1e1 5y agoThank you! Address autocomplete is on our roadmap. It's not particularly difficult to add, but we might have to put the feature behind a paywall as Google Maps' API charges per request. :(
- 58x14 5y agoWell done - I've used Typeform at scale as COO of a digital marketing company, and just at a glance, it seems you've done a better job with the workspace hierarchy. While I'm no longer in that position, you'll be my first stop next time. Keep it up!
- nkotov 5y agoThis is really well done! I previously used Typeform + Zapier to setup various registration forms for medium sized events (300+ people) and was always annoyed having to pay Typeform an arm and a leg to get more features.
- hhw3h 5y agoDoes this support: - GIF images in multiple choice question responses - Zapier triggers - Pre-populating form fields that can be overridden by the user?
- 1p1e1 5y agoYes, yes and yes! :) You can read a bit more below: - Images (+GIFs) in multiple choice questions: https://tally.so/help/customize-your-form#c20941c50a8149abba962efd9def1a67 https://tally.so/help/customize-your-form#c20941c50a8149abba... - Zapier integration: https://tally.so/help/zapier-integration https://tally.so/help/zapier-integration - Pre-populating form fields: https://tally.so/help/pre-populate-form-fields https://tally.so/help/pre-populate-form-fields
- poleapple 5y agoIs there a more convenient way to pre-populate form fields, not via URL? What if I have a form with 50 questions and long answers, and I want the user to be able to go back the form and update their responses?
- 1p1e1 5y agoYou can pre-populate fields from another field as well, would that work for you?
- hhw3h 5y agoAwesome that's great. Can I redirect the form submission to 2 different pages? One for accepted applicants and one for rejected applicants?
- 1p1e1 5y agoYes, that's possible. Redirect on completion can point to a form field (those include calculated fields). So you can use conditional logic to determine when an application is accepted/rejected and based on that set the redirect URL in a calculated field. Then you can use this calculated field in the Redirect on completion. You can read more about the above mentions features here: - Redirect on completion: https://tally.so/help/redirect-on-completion https://tally.so/help/redirect-on-completion - Conditional logic: https://tally.so/help/conditional-form-logic https://tally.so/help/conditional-form-logic - Calculated fields: https://tally.so/help/form-calculator https://tally.so/help/form-calculator
- calderwoodra 5y agoThis is really awesome! I've used typeform a bunch for testing ideas and collecting submissions and was always put off by their pricing structure - it's not friendly to boot strappers. Will definitely try this for my next form :)
- oefrha 5y agoVery nice product! That said, > Partial submissions > Collect answers from people who filled in a part of your form, but didn’t click the submit button. Capture data from lost leads, find drop off points and improve your conversion rates. From a user point of view, I really hate this. I’d say collecting data about drop off points is fine, but secretly collecting answers not intended for submission is a dark pattern that violates an implicit social contract and users’ privacy. Hell, people often accidentally paste in private stuff, including passwords. I can understand that as a form builder product you probably need to offer this feature or lose customers. Add this to the long list of depressing “features” of the modern web.
- SamBam 5y ago+1. Collecting personal information such as real names, payments, phone numbers, etc. on users without their explicit consent (hitting a submit button) is absolutely unethical.
- stronglikedan 5y agojust add, "anything you type into our forms may be captured". explicit consent, one and done
- flowerbreeze 5y agoI don't think that would qualify as explicit consent. According to GDPR consent would have to be: "freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her." How could "anything you type into our forms may be captured" be construed as a clear affirmative action by the person entering data into the form that has a submit button for submitting the data? Also, to make it unambiguous and informed, it would at least have to be a very-very obvious statement, which would make it useless for the sneaky purposes, wouldn't it? Edit: I know it's not only GDPR that is being discussed, but I think would follow the same definition.
- pfist 5y agoI've been using Tally for a few months now, and my experience has been very positive so far. Coming from Google Forms, I really appreciate the modern UX, intuitive form builder, and built-in integrations. I used Tally to conduct a survey of my Discord community with 68K members (48K MAU). The creation experience was smooth and the results were easy to parse. The free plan doesn't let me invite my team, but it was easy enough to hook up a Google Sheet they have access to, just like Google Forms. More recently, I used Tally to create a landing page promoting the upcoming launch of my new website. I added an option to put your name and email to get notified when we launch. I also wanted these people to become the first subscribers to our newsletter, but the site isn't live yet. So, I hooked the form up to a Notion database[1] so I could just export a CSV when the newsletter is ready to go. It was easy, too! In Google Forms this would require writing my own integration with App Script. I think it's cool that Tally is built by two people who are partners in both work and life. Their story resonated with me, so in addition to (so far) preferring Tally over Google Forms, I would love to support these people. It's not in the budget right now, but I plan to upgrade to Tally Pro and migrate my team very soon. A note to the creators: I noticed you separated your blog from your help center, and I just wanted to say I really appreciate this change. It's much easier to read now! I love that you picked the Journal theme, too. One of my favorite Ghost themes. Good luck with the business, and keep up the great work! 1: I would have just hooked it up to a Google Sheet again, but since I'm evaluating the product I wanted to test other integrations.
- 1p1e1 5y agoThank you for using Tally and all the kind words! We just finished our help center migration, so happy to hear you like it. :)
- boundlessdreamz 5y agoIs the help center custom built?
- 1p1e1 5y agoYes, it's using Notion as a CMS + react-notion-x (1) + some custom styling. (1) https://github.com/NotionX/react-notion-x https://github.com/NotionX/react-notion-x
- wallawe 5y agoThis is perfect timing! I just launched a bootstrapped company and thought Typeform's 10 free submissions per month was kind of crazy. Look forward to trying y'all out.
- lloydatkinson 5y agoType form is prohibitively expensive so this is good
- anyfactor 5y agoIs this built by Notion labs? This has to be atleast the 3rd thing I saw on the internet that made me think this was made by Notion. At this point Notion ought to just release a CSS framework.
- dinkleberg 5y agoThey say good artists copy, great artists steal. If you don't have a dedicated designer or are just lacking a unique aesthetic vision then mimicking those who are succeeding isn't a bad move.
- tortilla 5y agoThis looks great! Curious what tech stack/framework you're using?
- 1p1e1 5y agoFrontend: Next.js, React, Typescript Backend: Node, Express, Typescript, Sequelize (MySQL) Hosting: Google Cloud
- kevlened 5y agoAt Hotswap, we're working on a migration from Typeform to Tally. If you're interested, let us know here: https://www.hotswap.app/migrations/typeform/tally https://www.hotswap.app/migrations/typeform/tally
- lf-non 5y agoLovely product, but the choice of name may result in some legal trouble down the line. Tally is a well known accounting software https://tallysolutions.com/ https://tallysolutions.com/
- dinkleberg 5y agoThe two solutions don't seem to overlap at all. I'm not a lawyer, but it doesn't seem like they'd have a strong case.
- airstrike 5y agoMore like a free alternative to Typeform's free tier, but it is not really comparable feature wise
- mydjtl 5y agoyup
- agentdrtran 5y agoI love Tally so far, excellent product
- iddan 5y agoA feature I miss in Typeform: being able to redirect to localhost. Another one: being able to redirect according to a URL query param to a different origin. No clue why is it blocked in Typeform
- somishere 5y agoI've literally just been wading through the mess of form solutions out there .. this is a breath of fresh air. Thank you. A̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶s̶i̶d̶e̶,̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶s̶i̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶ ̶c̶u̶s̶t̶o̶m̶ ̶e̶l̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶,̶ ̶s̶p̶e̶c̶i̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶l̶o̶o̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶u̶p̶l̶o̶a̶d̶ ̶/̶ ̶d̶r̶a̶w̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶i̶g̶n̶a̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶(̶s̶i̶m̶p̶l̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶v̶a̶s̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶l̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶)̶.̶ ̶H̶a̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶q̶u̶i̶c̶k̶ ̶l̶o̶o̶k̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶.̶ Edit: Found it
- dmje 5y agoReally great, have signed up and embedded on my site. Beautifully simple, very flexible, considering an upgrade to pro already. This is how to do a business!