Formclick vs Tally
Tally: hosted, document-style form builder with a generous free plan. Formclick: a form backend for the HTML forms on your own website.
The short answer. Tally is a hosted form builder with a very generous free plan: unlimited forms and submissions within its fair-use policy, plus webhooks and integrations. Formclick is a backend for forms you write in your own code. If you want a quick no-code form, Tally is hard to beat on price; if you want the form to be your own HTML on your own site, use Formclick.
What is Tally?
Tally builds forms in a document-like editor, similar to writing a page. Forms are hosted by Tally and shared by link or embedded. The free plan includes logic, payments, file uploads (10 MB per file), webhooks and integrations; Pro removes Tally branding and adds custom domains and team features.
What is Formclick?
Formclick is a form backend. You point any HTML form at https://api.formclick.io/submit with an access key, and every submission is filtered for spam, emailed to you, saved in a dashboard and optionally sent on to your tools. There is no server to run and no form builder to learn: the form stays in your own code. See all features.
Pricing
| Plan | Price (USD) | Limits / includes |
|---|---|---|
| Formclick Free | $0 | 250 submissions/month |
| Formclick Starter | $59/year | 5,000 submissions/month |
| Formclick Pro | $15/month or $150/year | 10,000 submissions/month |
| Formclick Business | $39/month or $390/year | 20,000 submissions/month |
| Tally Free | $0 | Unlimited forms and submissions (fair-use policy applies) |
| Tally Pro | $24/month | Adds branding removal, custom domains, team collaboration |
| Tally Business | $74/month | Adds data retention controls, email verification |
Tally’s pricing page offers yearly billing with “2 months off” but did not show the yearly figure in the text we read.
Formclick prices are from our pricing page. Formclick also offers INR pricing in India.
Features side by side
| Formclick | Tally | |
|---|---|---|
| How you build the form | You write the form in your own HTML, React, Vue, WordPress, Webflow or any other stack. Formclick receives the submissions. | Document-style editor (no code). |
| How it appears on your site | It is your own markup, so it uses your site’s design, fonts and accessibility work directly. No iframe. | Hosted on Tally; shared by link or embedded. |
| Receive a hand-written HTML form | Yes. Post any HTML form to https://api.formclick.io/submit with an access key. | Not stated; Tally collects responses from forms built in Tally. |
| Webhooks | Custom webhooks from the Starter plan | Included on the free plan. |
| File uploads | File uploads from the Pro plan, up to 5 MB per file | Free plan, 10 MB per file; Pro removes the per-file limit. |
| Integrations | Email, a submission dashboard, Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, HubSpot, monday.com, Discord, n8n, email-marketing tools (Brevo, MailerLite, ActiveCampaign) and databases (Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL Server and more). Zapier and Make through a webhook. | Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Zapier and Make on the free plan. |
| Spam protection | Spam filter and honeypot on every plan; reCAPTCHA / Turnstile and domain restriction from the Starter plan | Not compared here; see the vendor’s documentation. |
| Free plan | Free plan: 250 submissions per month, unlimited forms | Unlimited forms and submissions within fair use; Tally branding shown. |
Which should you choose?
Choose Formclick if…
- The form must be part of your own site’s code, not a hosted page or iframe.
- You want submissions saved in Formclick databases or your own Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB or SQL Server.
- You are building with a framework (Next.js, Astro, Vue) and want an API endpoint, not a builder.
Choose Tally if…
- You want a free, no-code form builder with logic and integrations included.
- You don’t need the form to be part of your own site’s markup.
- You want to create forms quickly without a developer.
Formclick’s limitations
- Formclick does not include a visual drag-and-drop form builder: you (or your developer) write the form. If you want a no-code builder, a hosted builder will be faster.
- Conditional logic, multi-step layouts and calculations are things you build in your own front-end code. Formclick handles what happens after Submit.
- File uploads need the Pro plan and are limited to 5 MB per file.
- Formclick launched in November 2026, so it has a shorter track record than long-established tools.
Verdict
For a no-code form on a tight budget, Tally’s free plan is excellent. Formclick is the better fit for developers and site owners who want to keep their own form code and route submissions into their own stack.
FAQ
Tally is free. Why pay for Formclick?
Formclick is also free to start (250 submissions a month). The difference is the approach: Tally hosts the form; Formclick works with a form you build into your own site.
Sources
Tally details were taken from Tally’s own public pages, last checked on 14 November 2026. Vendors change prices and limits often, so check their current pages before deciding. Spotted something out of date? Email support@formclick.io and we’ll correct it.
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