Monthly report · September 2026

Form builders, September 2026: 0 open gaps across 6 read companies.

As the catalog read it in September 2026 · written Oct 1, 2026. This report does not change after it is written.

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Forge’s own counts and the quoted claims with their sources are CC BY 4.0 — cite as Ambera Forge, Form builders, September 2026. Carried market-size figures are their publishers’ and are not in the file.

What was read

6 companies placed; 6 read during September 2026.

Gaps closed and opened

No complaint theme was raised about two or more read companies this month. There is no previous month on record to compare against.

Who entered

6 companies placed (Typeform, Tally, Jotform, Fillout, Small businesses taking intake forms, Form response limits); 0 products sighted by a search and not yet read.

Pricing moves

5 of 6 read companies have a pricing entry on record; 9 pricing changes recorded across 5 companies this month.

  • Typeform [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026 · 1 change this monthTypeform's published plan ladder runs Free (10 responses/month, 1 user) → Basic (~$28–29/mo annual, 100 responses, 1 user, no branding removal) → Plus (~$56–59/mo annual, 1,000 responses, 3 users, branding removal) → Business (~$91–99/mo annual, 10,000 responses, 5 users) → Talent (~$119/mo annual, HR/recruiting, 3,000 responses, video questions) → Growth Flow (~$266/mo annual, 10,000+ responses, lead enrichment) → Enterprise (custom, SSO, HIPAA/BAA, dedicated CSM). source
  • Tally [FACT] Sep 30, 2026 · 2 changes this monthTally's own pricing page (tally.so/pricing) currently lists Pro at $24/month and Business at $74/month as flat, team-wide prices, while multiple third-party listings (G2, TrustRadius, older cached Tally pages) still show Pro at $29/month and Business at $89/month. source
  • Jotform [FACT] Sep 30, 2026 · 2 changes this monthJotform's current published plan structure is: Starter (free: 5 forms, 100 submissions/month, 100 MB storage, Jotform branding), Bronze ($34/month billed annually, $39 monthly: 25 forms, 1,000 submissions), Silver ($39/month annually, $49 monthly: 50 forms, 2,500 submissions), Gold ($99/month annually, $129 monthly: 100 forms, 10,000+ submissions, HIPAA compliance features), and custom-priced Enterprise. source
  • Small businesses taking intake forms [FACT] Sep 30, 2026 · 1 change this monthLegal intake/CRM platform Clio Grow starts at $49/user/month while Lawmatics starts at $199/month, per a comparison table of legal intake software. source
  • Form response limits [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026 · 3 changes this monthTypeform's 2026 pricing tiers are Free (10 responses/month), Basic (~$25-29/mo for 100 responses), Plus (~$50-59/mo for 1,000 responses), Business (~$83-99/mo for 10,000 responses), and a custom Enterprise tier with unlimited responses. source

What users raised

20 themes raised by users; the most raised: Analytics locked to top-tier plan (1 of 4), branding removal gated behind paid tiers (1 of 4), branding removal requires paid plan (1 of 4).

  • Analytics locked to top-tier plan 1/4
  • branding removal gated behind paid tiers 1/4
  • branding removal requires paid plan 1/4
  • Branding removal requires paid upgrade 1/4
  • expensive per response 1/4
  • free plan too restricted 1/4
  • Free tier response cap (1,000/mo) hit quickly 1/4
  • hard cap closes forms without overage option 1/4
  • high cost relative to response volume 1/4
  • HIPAA gated to $99/mo Gold tier and above 1/4
  • Limited design/styling flexibility 1/4
  • limited payment gateway options (Stripe/PayPal only) 1/4
  • No native Zapier integration 1/4
  • pricing page $19 claim vs actual $34 minimum 1/4
  • response cap too low 1/4
  • shared cap across all forms 1/4
  • single-user access below Enterprise 1/4
  • strict response caps that cut off form collection 1/4
  • test submissions count against cap 1/4
  • usage caps force overpaying for bundled features 1/4

Funding by quarter

Withheld: something was read in 1 of the last 8 quarters. A series needs at least 2 to say anything a single reading does not.

The ledger this month

28 observed claims recorded this month, 2 inferences counted apart, 3 sources that did not answer.

  • PRODUCT · 13
  • PRICING · 9
  • COMPLAINT · 3
  • POSITIONING · 2
  • DISCOURSE · 1

How big this market is, as its publishers state it

No market-size figure has been recorded for this level yet. Not read is not zero.

Research-house estimates for this sector, carried side by side under each house’s own name. Estimates of one market can differ several-fold; none is averaged, and none is Forge’s.

No publisher is named for this level yet, so there is nothing to read from. Publishers are authored in the taxonomy and arrive with a deploy.

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