Cognito Forms vs. Tally

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Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cognito Forms	Score 8.7 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.	N/A
Tally	Score 6.3 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	Tally is a form builder that works like a doc. It is designed to let users create any type of form in seconds without knowing how to code, and for free. Tally's imposes no limits on the number of forms created, the number of responses or question types, and features like collecting payments, calculations, form logic and answer piping. Users can create a form in seconds, no sign-up needed.	N/A

Pricing

Cognito Forms

Tally

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cognito Forms	Tally
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Tally is 99% free: We built Tally with a different business model in mind. Unlike other form builders, most advanced features are free and you can create forms without limits. Tally Pro offers empowering features tailored to the needs of teams and creators, at $29/month or $290/year.

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Community Pulse
	Cognito Forms	Tally
Top Pros	Pro Conditional logic Pro Cost effective Pro Zapier integration	Pro Data entered Pro Quick access Pro Reliable and secure
Top Cons	Minus Ability to copy Minus Self help Minus Need to update	Minus Multiple computers Minus Time consuming Minus Quite time consuming

Features

Cognito Forms

Tally

Survey Format & Appearance

Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
	Cognito Forms 8.0 2 Ratings 4% above category average	Tally 7.0 1 Ratings 10% below category average
Survey templates	8.02 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Themes	7.02 Ratings	6.01 Ratings
Custom logo/branding	9.02 Ratings	8.01 Ratings

Survey Content

Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
	Cognito Forms 9.7 2 Ratings 13% above category average	Tally 8.3 1 Ratings 2% below category average
Changes to live survey	9.01 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Question design help	10.02 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Multiple question types	10.02 Ratings	8.01 Ratings

Survey Logic

Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
	Cognito Forms 10.0 2 Ratings 20% above category average	Tally 9.0 1 Ratings 9% above category average
Survey logic flexibility	10.02 Ratings	9.01 Ratings

Survey Reporting & Analytics

Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	Cognito Forms 8.8 2 Ratings 8% above category average	Tally 6.7 1 Ratings 19% below category average
Response tracking	9.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Data export	9.02 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Standard reports	8.02 Ratings	5.01 Ratings
Custom reports	9.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Analytics	9.02 Ratings	6.01 Ratings

Survey Administration & Security

Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
	Cognito Forms 9.0 2 Ratings 8% above category average	Tally 8.0 1 Ratings 4% below category average
Access controls	8.02 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Compliance	10.02 Ratings	8.01 Ratings

Survey Distribution

Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
	Cognito Forms 9.0 1 Ratings 11% above category average	Tally - Ratings
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing	9.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Respondent restrictions	9.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Cognito Forms	Tally
Small Businesses	Square 9 Softworks Score 9.7 out of 10	Square 9 Softworks Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Qualaroo Score 6.6 out of 10	Qualaroo Score 6.6 out of 10
Enterprises	PG Forsta HX Platform Score 9.0 out of 10	DocuWare Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Cognito Forms	Tally
Likelihood to Recommend	8.5 (4 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	7.8 (3 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.5 (3 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cognito Forms	Tally
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... James de Raeve GM India and VP Certification Read full review	Tally Tally has easy to use user Interface, but the some reports customization need to be improved. We have many software/apps in the market where these reports can be easily customized as per the organizational needs. Incentivized DJ Dinesh Jethani Assistant Manager Read full review
Pros	Cognito Forms Cost effective. Easy to use. Safe. Automates data collection. Incentivized WS Willem Smit Managing Director Read full review	Tally Statutory Filing Reporting Easy Invoicing AP/AR Ageing Reports Trends and Analysis Reports Auditing Reports GST Filing in India Incentivized DJ Dinesh Jethani Assistant Manager Read full review
Cons	Cognito Forms I am happy with Cognito Forms. I have not found any issues. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Tally AP Ageing reporting can be more detailed Also the costing for Small firms it is not feasible Report Customization Can be Improved Incentivized DJ Dinesh Jethani Assistant Manager Read full review
Usability	Cognito Forms Non calculated fields are easy to use. Calculations can be a nightmare to get working due to complex and unintuitive syntax, as a non-programmer Incentivized Russell Barnett, EA, CTS CEO Read full review	Tally I have already explained the pros and cons earlier. Incentivized DJ Dinesh Jethani Assistant Manager Read full review
Support Rating	Cognito Forms quick and knowledgable James de Raeve GM India and VP Certification Read full review	Tally They are availble for support and you will also find a lot of contents related to it on Internet. Go to You tube and type Tally or any issue, you will find a lot of data related to it and easy solutions always Incentivized DJ Dinesh Jethani Assistant Manager Read full review
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Tally Tally over all compare to above products is Easy and More user friendly, Easy to learn and Adopt. Incentivized DJ Dinesh Jethani Assistant Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	Cognito Forms Safe us a lot of time doing client onboarding. Use it for data collection for business plan info collection. Incentivized WS Willem Smit Managing Director Read full review	Tally Its has provided the smoth Accounting process Easy to manage the Financial and Accounting Aspects of Business Reporting is where they need to focus a bit more and also integration with other softwares Incentivized DJ Dinesh Jethani Assistant Manager Read full review
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