Cognito Forms vs. Pabbly

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cognito Forms
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Cognito Forms, from the company of the same name in South Carolina, is presented by the vendor as an easy-to-use online form builder, allowing anyone to create, publish, and manage forms, with free and paid plans. With it, users can create unlimited forms including registration forms, payment forms, and surveys without coding. Forms can be embedded directly into a website, and form submissions can be viewed from any device, any time.
$19
per month 2 users
Pabbly
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Pabbly is a suite of applications to support small to midsize businesses. These include the Pabbly Connect workflow automation tool, as well as tools supporting email verification and marketing, subscription management, and forms.
$49
per month
Pricing
Cognito FormsPabbly
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
1 user
Pro
$19
per month 2 users
Team
$39
per month 5 users
Enterprise
$129
per month 20 users
Standard
$49
per month
Pro
$99
per month
Ultimate
$199
per month
Ultimate Plus
$399
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cognito FormsPabbly
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Cognito FormsPabbly
Features
Cognito FormsPabbly
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
8.3
4 Ratings
4% above category average
Pabbly
-
Ratings
Survey templates8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Themes7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom logo/branding9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
8.7
4 Ratings
3% above category average
Pabbly
-
Ratings
Changes to live survey8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Question design help8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple question types9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.5
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Pabbly
-
Ratings
Survey logic flexibility9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.5
4 Ratings
16% above category average
Pabbly
-
Ratings
Response tracking9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Data export9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.8
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Pabbly
-
Ratings
Access controls9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Cognito Forms
9.3
3 Ratings
14% above category average
Pabbly
-
Ratings
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Respondent restrictions9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cognito FormsPabbly
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(6 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cognito FormsPabbly
Likelihood to Recommend
Cognito Forms
It's excellent for small sets of forms, from simple to highly complex It's not good at scale. With over 170 forms now, we desperately need some way to manage and maintain shared content once Cognito does not help. Their approach is that you can copy a working form (great) and modify it to create the next one. That's how we've got so many forms...
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Pabbly (Magnet Brains LLC)
  • It is great for companies or people that are using software that is mainstream and would like to extend the capability of that software with added features.
  • Also great for companies that use more than 1 software and need to have them interact with each other to make them more efficient
  • Great for companies that need to automate functions that are repetitive throughout the organization
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Pros
Cognito Forms
  • New Hire Form - It announces the new hire and provides direction to several departments on their needs, computer, phone, security level, etc.
  • Terminations - We use it to shut off security, badges, computers, track phone, electronics, etc.
  • Temp Form - It provides an avenue to enter them into our payroll system for tracking hours, also, for the start and end dates.
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Pabbly (Magnet Brains LLC)
  • Connect software applications that are not already integrated or connected
  • Automate processes within a single software
  • Transform data and then using that data across different software applications
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Cons
Cognito Forms
  • It isnt the most user friendly if you have someone who isnt experienced
  • Learning curve is pretty high
  • Should be easier to customise the formatting
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Pabbly (Magnet Brains LLC)
  • The trigger action needs improvement
  • The method of connecting different software also needs to be simplified
  • The actions for some software applications need to have more capability (things that can be done between different software)
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Usability
Cognito Forms
We have been using Cognito Forms for over 5 years. We find it very easy use and it is part of the programs we use on a daily basis.
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Pabbly (Magnet Brains LLC)
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cognito Forms
Very friendly and helpful, but typically takes at least one day to respond. However, when they do respond they dive right into the specific form I ask about and tell me exactly how to fix what I need help with
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Pabbly (Magnet Brains LLC)
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cognito Forms
I have not used any other programs like Cognito Forms. I have been with my company for almost two years. I very much like the ease of this system and its capabilities. I like knowing everyone is using the same thing. I do not foresee us making any changes to our current use of Cognito Forms.
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Pabbly (Magnet Brains LLC)
Most platforms do one thing well so you are limited to that one thing. And then those platforms add some functionality later, plus most systems don't have native integration between other systems. From our experience, Pabbly Plus was birthed by connecting different platforms/software so it works well in that regard. It is also easier than most systems as most other platforms charge a premium for integration systems, where as Pabbly doesn't.
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Return on Investment
Cognito Forms
  • We've been able to get away from Word and pdf forms and build a functionality that is conditional on form content
  • The speed of getting a good-enough version up and running to meet an immediate business need is outstanding
  • The cost of improving a set of almost good-enough forms or propagating a change in business rules is depressing
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Pabbly (Magnet Brains LLC)
  • Saved us thousands of dollars in manual labor costs
  • Made us more profitable due to automating our marketing effort
  • Allowed us to meet with more prospects by reducing our effort
  • Made us more intelligent by capturing important information that we were not able to capture
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