The short answer
Typeform and Jotform take different routes to a good form. Typeform is conversational and polished, one question at a time. Jotform is a huge catalogue of templates, widgets and integrations. Here is how their free plans compare, from each product's own pricing page and help centre, checked October 2026.
Pick Typeform when the respondent's experience is the point. Pick Jotform when you need a particular widget or integration and modest volumes. If you want a conversational form with no response cap and a team for free, Formkit does that, with Pro at $6 a month for the whole company.
Pick Typeform when
the conversational format is the point and you are happy within the free tier response cap.
Conversation-led forms with a polished respondent experience. It made one-question-at-a-time the default expectation for a considered form.
Pick Jotform when
you need a very specific widget or integration from its large catalogue and a few forms with modest traffic will do.
A huge form builder with thousands of templates, widgets and integrations. It has been around for years and covers almost every kind of form.
Feature by feature
Based on each product’s own pricing page, help centre and developer docs, October 2026, and the free plan unless a row says otherwise. Only what we could check for both is shown, with Formkit alongside. Plans change, so check theirs before you decide.
| Capability |  2 yes, 3 partly | Jotform2 yes, 2 partly, 1 no | 5 yes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responses on the free plan | PartlyCapped each month; the figure changes | Partly100 a month, across 5 forms | YesNo cap on forms or responses |
| Conditional logic | YesLogic jumps | YesConditions | YesSkip, show, hide |
| Publish under your own link | PartlyPaid plans | NoShared domain | YesPersonal and company handles |
| People working on a form | PartlyPaid seats | PartlyOne user on Starter | YesUnlimited members, 3 guests per form |
| Works in Claude and ChatGPT (MCP) | YesMCP server | YesAll plans, with in-chat views | YesEvery plan, with in-chat views |
- Responses on the free planTypeform: PartlyCapped each month; the figure changesFormkit: YesNo cap on forms or responses
- Conditional logicTypeform: YesLogic jumpsFormkit: YesSkip, show, hide
- Publish under your own linkTypeform: PartlyPaid plansFormkit: YesPersonal and company handles
- People working on a formTypeform: PartlyPaid seatsFormkit: YesUnlimited members, 3 guests per form
- Works in Claude and ChatGPT (MCP)Typeform: YesMCP serverFormkit: YesEvery plan, with in-chat views
Questions people ask
Which is more expensive, Typeform or Jotform?
Jotform's first paid plan, Bronze, is $39 a month. Formkit Pro is $6 a month for the whole company.
Which has more responses for free?
Jotform's free plan allows 100 submissions a month across 5 forms, and Typeform's free plan caps responses each month. Formkit's free plan has no cap.
Do both build forms with AI?
Jotform has an AI form builder. Formkit builds a form from a sentence too, with 3 builds and 10 edits a month on the free plan.
Neither quite fits? Formkit is free with no cap on responses, one question at a time or a whole page, and your own link.
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