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Use AI to create and edit forms instantly without manual effort. Access 100 percent customizable templates for any use case. Save time with ready-to-use free templates designed for every need.
Enjoy a minimal yet powerful dashboard built for speed. Design forms that look great and perform better. Give users a smooth experience that drives more responses.
Rely on enterprise-grade protection for your data. Prevent breaches with advanced security protocols. Stay compliant with global data standards and policies.
Invite your team to build and manage forms in real time. Assign roles and control permissions with ease. Stay aligned with shared dashboards and instant updates.
Formester is the AI powered free alternative to Google Forms. It performs all Google Forms' functions and offers additional features, such as advanced logic, real time calculations, built in payments, more templates, and powerful integrations to automate workflows!
Gravity Forms is a WordPress-based form builder with strong plugin support. It works for developers, but its complex setup, limited design flexibility, and reliance on add-ons make it frustrating for fast, easy form creation.
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USER TESTIMONIALS
Tried like 4 quiz tools for our lead gen funnel before this and honestly this is the only one I didn't end up hating. AI did most of the work and the customization actually works.
Very intuitive and the surveys look genuinely professional out of the box. Most importantly, I requested a custom rating scale and they shipped it within hours. Stellar support that is hands-down better than the Jotform.
Formester is simple enough for non-developers and sophisticated enough for developers. I'd say being able to choose between simplicity and complexity is one of this product's strengths. In addition, the founder is available to answer questions and doubts, which does not happen every day.
I'm migrating my forms from Paperform, where I've been a user for over 4 years. Loving the software so far! I've already replaced Paperform form embeds & popups on my sites & my husband's websites with Formester forms
Formester AI form builder has lots of customisation options. It's very easy to generate online forms. Forms generated are also very user friendly it supports both mobile and desktop version. It also allows us to build our own custom themes. File upload is also possible in surveys. I love the simplicity with which I can create forms within couple of minutes without any coding knowledge. The UI is very attractive and easy to use. No prior experience is required to use it.
Tried like 4 quiz tools for our lead gen funnel before this and honestly this is the only one I didn't end up hating. AI did most of the work and the customization actually works.
Very intuitive and the surveys look genuinely professional out of the box. Most importantly, I requested a custom rating scale and they shipped it within hours. Stellar support that is hands-down better than the Jotform.
Formester is simple enough for non-developers and sophisticated enough for developers. I'd say being able to choose between simplicity and complexity is one of this product's strengths. In addition, the founder is available to answer questions and doubts, which does not happen every day.
I'm migrating my forms from Paperform, where I've been a user for over 4 years. Loving the software so far! I've already replaced Paperform form embeds & popups on my sites & my husband's websites with Formester forms
Formester AI form builder has lots of customisation options. It's very easy to generate online forms. Forms generated are also very user friendly it supports both mobile and desktop version. It also allows us to build our own custom themes. File upload is also possible in surveys. I love the simplicity with which I can create forms within couple of minutes without any coding knowledge. The UI is very attractive and easy to use. No prior experience is required to use it.
Yes. The Formester WordPress plugin installs from the WordPress plugin directory, lets you build and embed forms directly inside posts and pages, and keeps submissions in your Formester dashboard. You can also build forms externally and embed them anywhere with a single line of code.
Three reasons. First, Formester has a free plan; Gravity Forms starts at $59 per year. Second, payments, e-signatures, webhooks, and quiz scoring are included on Formester rather than gated behind add-ons that push the all-in cost above $250 per year. Third, the AI form generator builds working forms from a prompt or PDF in under a minute, which Gravity Forms does not ship today.
Yes. Conditional logic, calculating fields, multi-step page flows, collaborative submissions, and autoresponders all run on the same form. The AI form generator wires the logic for you when you describe the flow in a prompt.
Yes. Stripe and PayPal are both direct, native integrations on the free plan. Stripe transactions sit behind AES-256 encryption at the Stripe layer, and you can run one-time payments, subscriptions, donations, and order forms without touching a developer.
Real-time co-editing on the same form, like Google Docs. Role-based permissions on the Business plan, up to 25 team seats, plus a shared submission feed and comment threads on individual responses. Works the same whether the form lives inside WordPress or as a hosted Formester page.
Hosted Formester removes the self-host attack surface that the July 2025 incident exploited. We patch our infrastructure once and every customer is protected. On a self-hosted Gravity Forms site, the patch responsibility sits with the site owner, and the Wordfence vulnerability database lists the rolling list of issues, including the March 2026 stored XSS finding on versions up to 2.9.28.1. Formester runs AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS in transit, and signs a Data Processing Agreement on request.
Formester Free includes 100 responses a month, the AI form generator, e-signatures, Stripe and PayPal payments, webhooks, conditional logic preview, and the WordPress plugin. Gravity Forms Basic at $59 per year covers one site, has no AI generator, and prices payments and signatures as separate Pro/Elite add-ons. The free Formester plan covers more features than Gravity Forms Basic, at $59 less.
You can export your existing Gravity Forms entries to CSV from the WordPress admin (Forms, Export) and import the CSV into Formester's Submissions tab as archive data. To rebuild the form structure itself, paste the field list as a prompt to Formester's AI generator or upload a PDF copy of the form. The generator returns a Formester form with matching field types, and you tune logic and branding inside the drag-and-drop editor.
100 MB on the Free plan, 1 GB on Personal at $12 per month (billed annually), and 50 GB on Business at $45 per month (billed annually). Gravity Forms file upload size is bounded by your WordPress hosting's PHP upload limit, which is typically 8 MB or 64 MB unless you raise it manually.