A free Formstack alternative with no trial clock
Formstack has no free plan, a 14-day trial and then $83 a month. PuckSurveys is free with unlimited questions and unlimited responses, and it captures how sure people were, not just what they picked.
Formstack is a capable form and workflow platform, but there is no free version of it: you get a 14-day trial, and after that the cheapest plan is $83 a month (billed annually; $99 month-to-month), for a single builder. For an occasional survey, a class project, a side project, or a small team that just needs to ask a few good questions, that is a steep place to start. PuckSurveys is free, with unlimited questions and unlimited responses and the full results dashboard included. Every answer is given by sliding a puck, which captures how sure the person was, not just what they chose. If it earns its keep you can chip in for the servers, but the survey, the responses, and the insights stay free.
| PuckSurveys | Formstack | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, free | No, 14-day trial only |
| Free responses | Unlimited | None free (1,000 per form once you pay) |
| Forms you can build | Unlimited, free | 25 on the entry plan |
| Confidence on each answer | Yes, the puck | No |
| Replay of how people answered | Yes | No |
| Question types | Puck questions, multiple choice, and select-multiple, mixed in one survey | Many field types |
| Sells your data / ads | Never | No (but check their terms) |
| Cost | Free; optional tip | $83/mo (billed annually; $99/mo month-to-month), no free plan |
Why people switch
- No 14-day clock. Formstack gives you two weeks, then asks for a card; here it is free to keep using, with no trial to run out.
- A steep place to start. Formstack's cheapest plan is $83 a month; here every survey has unlimited questions and unlimited responses, free.
- You see hesitation, not just choices. Sliding a puck between No and Yes records how sure someone was on every answer, a signal Formstack doesn't capture.
- The insights aren't gated behind a plan. Conviction, the answer replay, and the full dashboard are free for everyone, with nothing to unlock.
When Formstack is the better choice (we'll say it, and mean it):
Formstack is a serious data-collection and workflow platform, and its real strength is depth of process. Conditional logic and approval workflows, document generation and e-signature, payment collection, deep integrations with tools like Salesforce, and HIPAA-compliant secure data collection for regulated industries are genuinely their advantage, and if you run business processes on your forms that toolkit earns its price. We are for the everyday survey where you want a better answering experience, no cap, and the conviction behind each answer, free. If you need a full enterprise forms-and-workflow suite, that is them. If you want richer answers with no limits and no bill, that's us.
Competitor details as of September 2026, taken from their public pricing pages. Check theirs for the latest.