A Tally alternative for forms with PDFs and e-signature

Where Tally is better

• The free plan is generous

  Unlimited forms and submissions, logic, calculations, payments, signatures, uploads, webhooks and integrations with Google Sheets, Notion and Airtable, all free within fair use. OneCraft's free plan offers 100 AI credits a month and keeps fillable PDF export and file attachments for paid plans.

• Logic, calculations and piping for free

  Tally pipes earlier answers into later questions and calculates totals on its free plan. OneCraft cannot pipe or calculate, and its jumps work only on conversational forms.

• Payments inside the form

  Tally lists collecting payments on its free plan. No OneCraft form takes payment, so paid workshop bookings and orders belong on Tally.

• Respondent emails and partial submissions on Pro

  For $24 a month Tally emails respondents, captures unfinished submissions and adds version history. OneCraft does none of these.

Where OneCraft is different

• Paper and signatures as first class

  The response PDF is laid out in its own editor on a 20 pixel grid, a fillable PDF exports from Starter, and the e-signing add-on routes a response to its signers with a hash chained audit trail. Studios, clinics and schools that file signed forms get the document they need.

• A form from a photo of the old one

  On a paid plan, attach a PDF or a photo of a paper form and the generator rebuilds it with sections, field types and a theme. Tally's document style editor is fast, but you still type every question.

• A designed look without CSS

  37 themes, 22 palettes, 24 background patterns and 10 welcome layouts give a form its look without writing CSS, which Tally reserves for its Pro plan.

A finished example

Workshop registration formMade with OneCraft, exactly as the generator and editor left it. Open the page for the full breakdown.

Pricing in plain terms

Tally's pricing page, read on 21 October 2026, lists unlimited forms and submissions free within its fair usage guidelines, Pro at $24 a month and Business at $74 a month when paid monthly, with two months off for yearly payment. Pro removes branding, adds custom domains, collaboration, partial submissions, custom CSS, respondent emails and removes the 10 MB upload limit; Business adds data retention controls and email verification. OneCraft lists $0, $8, $25 and $125 a month for 100, 500, 1,500 and 7,500 AI credits.

From response to signed PDF

With the e-signing add-on enabled on a classic form, each submitted response becomes its own envelope: one recipient per e-signature component, signers notified by email, and a certified PDF and a certificate of completion when everyone has signed. Without the add-on, the inline signature pad captures a drawn or typed signature that prints into the response PDF. Tally collects signatures inside the form; what differs is the envelope, the audit trail and the certified file after it.

Moving a Tally form

There is no Tally importer. Take a screenshot or export a PDF of the form, attach it to the generator on a paid plan, and check the rebuilt fields. Logic beyond simple jumps, calculations and payment blocks will not come across, and existing responses stay in Tally, where you can export them.

Where the facts come from

Tally's figures are from its pricing page and home page as read on 21 October 2026. OneCraft's are from an internal ledger read from the product source.

Who should stay with Tally

Stay with Tally if you are happy on its free plan and your forms do not need a PDF or a signature afterwards. Its logic, calculations and payments cost nothing there, and OneCraft does not offer them at any price.

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