Show HN: Tally Forms – A free Typeform alternative

Very nice product!

That said,

> Partial submissions

> Collect answers from people who filled in a part of your form, but didn’t click the submit button. Capture data from lost leads, find drop off points and improve your conversion rates.

From a user point of view, I really hate this. I’d say collecting data about drop off points is fine, but secretly collecting answers not intended for submission is a dark pattern that violates an implicit social contract and users’ privacy. Hell, people often accidentally paste in private stuff, including passwords.

I can understand that as a form builder product you probably need to offer this feature or lose customers. Add this to the long list of depressing “features” of the modern web.

I've been using Tally for a few months now, and my experience has been very positive so far. Coming from Google Forms, I really appreciate the modern UX, intuitive form builder, and built-in integrations.

I used Tally to conduct a survey of my Discord community with 68K members (48K MAU). The creation experience was smooth and the results were easy to parse. The free plan doesn't let me invite my team, but it was easy enough to hook up a Google Sheet they have access to, just like Google Forms.

More recently, I used Tally to create a landing page promoting the upcoming launch of my new website. I added an option to put your name and email to get notified when we launch. I also wanted these people to become the first subscribers to our newsletter, but the site isn't live yet. So, I hooked the form up to a Notion database[1] so I could just export a CSV when the newsletter is ready to go. It was easy, too! In Google Forms this would require writing my own integration with App Script.

I think it's cool that Tally is built by two people who are partners in both work and life. Their story resonated with me, so in addition to (so far) preferring Tally over Google Forms, I would love to support these people. It's not in the budget right now, but I plan to upgrade to Tally Pro and migrate my team very soon.

A note to the creators: I noticed you separated your blog from your help center, and I just wanted to say I really appreciate this change. It's much easier to read now! I love that you picked the Journal theme, too. One of my favorite Ghost themes. Good luck with the business, and keep up the great work!

1: I would have just hooked it up to a Google Sheet again, but since I'm evaluating the product I wanted to test other integrations.

Indeed, it looks identical to Notion, and with the .so url, I assumed that it was related to Notion, but I don't see anything obviously saying that on the front page. (I didn't look deeply, however.)

I do agree with your point. It was a highly requested feature, indeed. It's available only with our Pro plan, so it's not widely available to everyone.

Thank you for using Tally and all the kind words!

We just finished our help center migration, so happy to hear you like it. :)