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Show HN: Tally Forms – A free Typeform alternative

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Re: Show HN: Tally Forms – A free Typeform alternative

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Post by claytongulick »

I've seen this and I really like it.

I think the UI is great, and love the overall direction of the product.

I know this will be hard to hear, but I want to provide my best feedback.

As a CTO, I will rarely, if ever, use a product like this that's not (at a minimum) open core.

I just can't risk building technical and business momentum around a startup that I don't know the longevity of.

I have no problem paying for software, it's business continuity that I'm concerned with.

For a great example of how to do this, I recommend checking out Mattermost. Also cal.com.

Those are two products I've selected for use in our tech stack.

Re: Show HN: Tally Forms – A free Typeform alternative

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Post by 1p1e1 »

shafyy wrote: post #4

Looks great, but the title is a bit misleading, no? It makes it sound like Typeform doesn't haver a free tier, and like you only have a free tier. In reality, Tally and Typeform both have free and paid tiers.

While it's true that Typeform has a free plan it allows you to collect 10 submissions per month, which I would say is not sufficient for any size of business, or even personal use.

Re: Show HN: Tally Forms – A free Typeform alternative

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Post by 1p1e1 »

claytongulick wrote: post #2

I've seen this and I really like it. I think the UI is great, and love the overall direction of the product. I know this will be hard to hear, but I want to provide my best feedback. As a CTO, I will rarely, if ever, use a product like this that's not (at a minimum) open core. I just can't risk building technical and business momentum around a startup that I don't know the longevity of. I have no problem paying for s…

Thank you for the feedback!

We are in it for the long haul and I would love to learn how we can make this more clear/explicit - what's the page/message/resource from cal.com, for example, which convinced you of this?

Re: Show HN: Tally Forms – A free Typeform alternative

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Post by claytongulick »

1p1e1 wrote: post #6
claytongulick wrote: post #2

I've seen this and I really like it. I think the UI is great, and love the overall direction of the product. I know this will be hard to hear, but I want to provide my best feedback. As a CTO, I will rarely, if ever, use a product like this that's not (at a minimum) open core. I just can't risk building technical and business momentum around a startup that I don't know the longevity of. I have no problem paying for s…

Thank you for the feedback! We are in it for the long haul and I would love to learn how we can make this more clear/explicit - what's the page/message/resource from cal.com, for example, which convinced you of this?

Sure, happy to help.

Right on cal.com homepage they call out that they are open source, and they have several places where they link off to their github account.

Re: Show HN: Tally Forms – A free Typeform alternative

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Post by 1p1e1 »

claytongulick wrote: post #8
1p1e1 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for the feedback! We are in it for the long haul and I would love to learn how we can make this more clear/explicit - what's the page/message/resource from cal.com, for example, which convinced you of this?

Sure, happy to help. Right on cal.com homepage they call out that they are open source, and they have several places where they link off to their github account.

Thanks, this helps.

Re: Show HN: Tally Forms – A free Typeform alternative

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Post by shafyy »

1p1e1 wrote: post #5
shafyy wrote: post #4

Looks great, but the title is a bit misleading, no? It makes it sound like Typeform doesn't haver a free tier, and like you only have a free tier. In reality, Tally and Typeform both have free and paid tiers.

While it's true that Typeform has a free plan it allows you to collect 10 submissions per month, which I would say is not sufficient for any size of business, or even personal use.

I don't debate that, and from what I can see Tally looks much nicer than Typeform :-) Just wanted to get some clarification.
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