Be careful using the Typeform name. Someone I know did a tutorial on how to build a typeform clone and got a cease and desist. They aren’t friendly.
Show HN: SnoopForms – Open-Source Typeform Alternative
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Re: Show HN: SnoopForms – Open-Source Typeform Alternative
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a way to point this out without the hostility.
I threatened the report because I wanted to annoy the OP who seems to be a leftist. I can only threaten OP this way because leftists created this stupid GDPR legislation, which I have to deal with almost every day. A report to the ULD will also most likely only result in a slap on the wrist. I actually did them a favor by pointing out their problems, because some german law firms use crawlers to detect GDPR and other…
An aggression uncalled for. Be better than that. Provide feedback, show empathy, and assume people here are acting in good faith - because more often than not - they do so.
Re: Show HN: SnoopForms – Open-Source Typeform Alternative
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there a hard limit/upper cap? What stops some spammer from ramming the bill?
This is very important. I'm rather averse to signing up for paid service which is only limited by the option I provide for payments. It took me years to be willing to put a service on autopay which is merely variable, such as a power bill.
So ideally, we have:
- free plan no CC needed (e.g. 100 submissions) - extended free plan with CC (e.g. 500 submissions) - paid plan with cost control (e.g. don't spend more than 25$)
Would that alleviate your doubts?
Re: Show HN: SnoopForms – Open-Source Typeform Alternative
#54As a former Typeform user, I like this. I actually like that it doesn't look too much like Typeform. I did notice in a comment that you want to have an option to "Typformerize" a form, which is neat because it gives the user the option for it even if I wouldn't use it myself. I also really like your landing page design, very easy to parse and read.
thanks! :) Correct, we see the appeal from the Typeform UX but actually see snoop as more than a tool to create beautiful forms. Data collection is just the entry point.
Re: Show HN: SnoopForms – Open-Source Typeform Alternative
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am sorry I failed to understand, so you just want everything for free? The developer should not only open source his/her work but also host it free for you?
Typeform costs $83 for 10,000 responses[1](it's reliable, been around for almost a decade, used by leading companies around the world and it provides way more features than this) where as snoopforms will cost $200 for the same number of responses. That is more than 200% markup. I am merely comparing prices here. [1] https://www.typeform.com/pricing/
You are absolutely right and we are aware of this as we calculated it through.
Pricing an OS project isn't easy and we will introduce scaled prices per submission e.g. 500-2.000 -> 0,02$, 2.000-10.000 -> 0,01$ and > 10.000 -> 0,005$ or so.
We just didnt want to make it too complicated early on.
Re: Show HN: SnoopForms – Open-Source Typeform Alternative
#56Great looking site! It took less than a minute to create a first form. Very intuitive. Just the 'Submit' button on the form create page was a bit confusing as it didn't do anything. Good job!
cool, I'll think about the UX confusion and see if I can come up with a fix. Thanks! :)
Re: Show HN: SnoopForms – Open-Source Typeform Alternative
#57hoi! we just launched the first public beta of Typeform open-source tool snoopForms. Apart from OS, we want to differentiate by: - offering code & no-code interfaces to create forms (beta) - offering in-depth form analytics & improvement tools like A/B testing (tba) - granular and conditional data piping i.e. "if newsletter checkbox is set, send name & email field to SendGrid". Essentially, well integrated and GDPR c…
Will handling signatures be on your roadmap?
that would be cool! Actually, it's fairly easy to integrate as there are existing tools we can use. I'll add it to the feature requests, good idea :)
Re: Show HN: SnoopForms – Open-Source Typeform Alternative
#58Wow this is awesome! We have been building similar pipelines on top of CognitoForms but this is a much easier fit.
Oh really? It would be super valuable to talk to you about what you built and why. Please shoot me a message at hola@snoopforms.com or in the Discord - I'll try to reach you via Codeday.org as well :)
Re: Show HN: SnoopForms – Open-Source Typeform Alternative
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why do you respond in such a hostile manner to a legitimate question? Why even put this stuff on the page? It makes you look like a really bitter, childish and hateful person.
I took his response to be that of uncertainty, and asking if it was related to the (definitely inappropriate) Elon reference. Your response is coming across just as hostile, as is the top-level comment you posted. There are other ways you could have approached both of these comments.
yes you got the right idea, I simply wasn't sure if my certainly questionable humor is considered "political".
We took it out, I guess the less edge you offer these days the better off you are :)