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Fillout is a no-code form builder for creating powerful and customizable forms, surveys, and quizzes.

RANK #76Productivity / WorkVisits 4.2MStripeRequired evidence collectedOpen product ↗

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Traffic and channel data use SimilarWeb methodology; keyword metrics come from DataForSEO; ranking and revenue signals come from Toolify. Evidence snapshot 2026-07-06.
4.2M monthly avg
Revenue rank#76

Revenue rank on Toolify.

Monthly visits4.2M

Estimated monthly traffic (directional, not audited revenue).

CategoryProductivity / Work

Primary market category.

Organic mix22.5% non-brand

Non-brand search share indicates how much task-led discovery may exist.

Channel mix share of visits

Direct61.86%
Referrals17.23%
Organic Social5.61%
Email5.49%
Organic Search5.05%
Display2.08%
Paid Social1.33%
Paid Search0.68%
Generative AI0.56%
Affiliate0.11%

Top countries traffic share

United States34.42%
Israel5.46%
France4.51%
United Kingdom4.28%
Canada4.06%

Competitor traffic three-month visits

jotform.com127.7M
typeform.com96.8M
formstack.com21.5M
fillout.com12.7M
paperform.co4.5M
Keyword Evidence

Task-keyword opportunity table

Score is Shipsite's opportunity score, blending the metrics on the left. Auditable inputs are Volume, KD, CPC, allintitle and KGR.
5 keywords
KeywordVolumeKDCPCKGRScore
typeform alternative2600$13.4365.2
online form builder12.1K71$22.9332
survey maker2.4K100$11.90
quiz maker online11047$3.3923.4
form to airtable10018

KGR is shown once allintitle sampling lands for a keyword; Volume, KD and CPC are already auditable.

Product Evidence

Product and pricing captures

Only the product's own public pages are shown here.
0 captures

No public product screenshots passed the current evidence gate.

Strategy Frameworks

Business canvases and strategic analysis

Thirteen grounded views aligned with the site-building strategy desk: Business Model Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, JTBD, ICP, Empathy Map, Customer Journey, SWOT, PESTAL, Porter's Five Forces, 3C, STP, 4P and AIDMA — opened by the insight brief.
One-line positioning

Fillout: Fillout pairs unlimited free forms and per-response pricing with native Airtable/Notion write-back to capture users priced out of Typeform.

Target user

Target users are creators and small teams building forms/quizzes that write into Airtable/Notion, paying by response volume.

Category role

Within the form-tool category, Fillout positions as a low-cost Typeform alternative via its free tier and integrations.

THE VERDICTFillout underprices Typeform and out-integrates rivals to win solopreneurs, yet stays ~1/30th of Jotform's scale.

Non-obvious insights
  1. No organic-search share plus KD-71 'online form builder' shows Fillout's 4.2M visits are barely SEO-driven.
  2. At 4.2M visits vs Jotform's 127.7M and Typeform's 96.8M, Fillout's Typeform price-targeting remains a marginal slice.
  3. >65% of users are outside the US (Israel, France), yet Fillout relies on a single Stripe payment processor.
Mechanisms worth studying
  1. Proves a comparison keyword plus generous free tier can pull price-sensitive users from a pricier incumbent.
  2. Disproves that integration depth alone unseats a leader — traffic is still only ~3% of Jotform's.
01 · Business Model Canvas

Business Model Canvas

Key PartnersKP
  • Airtable, Notion, and HubSpot as integration partners; Stripe for payments.
  • No evidence of channel or ecosystem partners beyond the named integrations.
  • No evidence of investors or strategic capital partners.
  • Stripe is the sole evidenced processor, so billing and subscriptions depend on one vendor.
Key ActivitiesKA
  • Building and maintaining write-back integrations and advanced form logic.
  • No evidence on operational quality metrics such as uptime or support SLAs.
  • Capturing comparison-intent demand via 'typeform alternative' search positioning.
  • GTM leans on 'typeform alternative' pages and embed-driven referral loops over heavy SEO spend.
  • Must maintain OAuth compliance with three platform partners plus GDPR handling for EU users.
Value PropositionsVP
  • Unlimited free forms, integration write-back, and per-response pricing with advanced logic on paid tiers.
  • Per-response pricing ties cost to usage rather than flat seat fees.
  • No review or sentiment evidence exists to assess emotional or social value.
  • The generous free tier lets users trial the product before committing to a paid tier, lowering adoption risk.
  • Native write-back integrations with Airtable/Notion/HubSpot form the ecosystem differentiator.
Customer RelationshipsCR
  • Primarily self-service subscription with no evidence of a sales-assisted motion.
  • No evidence of support channels such as chat, email, or SLAs.
  • Response volume growing with customer usage could drive expansion revenue, though no churn/retention data exists.
  • No reviews, NPS, or other trust-signal evidence is available.
Customer SegmentsCS
  • End users need to build forms/quizzes and sync responses into Airtable/Notion/HubSpot without separate tools.
  • Buyers upgrade tiers based on monthly response volume; admins configure integrations, logic, and branding.
  • Used when teams need forms tied into existing Airtable/Notion/HubSpot workflows rather than standalone surveys.
  • Pain is Typeform's costly per-response pricing; gain is a generous free tier plus native integrations.
  • Per-response pricing ties cost to actual usage growth; the exact savings versus Typeform is not evidenced.
Key ResourcesKR
  • Proprietary write-back integrations with Airtable/Notion/HubSpot.
  • A 4.2M monthly-visit user base dominated by direct and referral traffic.
  • Team size, funding, and infrastructure capacity are not disclosed in the evidence.
  • 4.2M visits is ~4.3% of Typeform's traffic, making Fillout a challenger, not a leader.
  • Needs engineering capacity to keep multi-platform write-backs compatible with upstream API changes.
ChannelsCH
  • Direct 62% and Referrals 17% dominate; embedded forms likely drive backlink-style referrals.
  • Direct traffic (61.9%) and referrals (17.2%) dominate, suggesting word-of-mouth discovery over paid channels.
  • Self-serve subscription on the official site, processed via Stripe.
  • Delivered as a web-based SaaS tool with no evidence of physical-delivery steps.
  • No evidence describes the customer-service delivery channel.
Cost StructureC$
  • Engineering cost to build and maintain multi-platform write-back integrations and advanced logic.
  • Variable processing/storage cost scaling with response volume under per-response pricing.
  • No evidence on customer-support or operations cost structure.
  • High-CPC keywords (e.g., $22.93) imply acquisition-cost pressure if paid channels are used.
  • Heavy free users' Airtable/Notion write-backs add API/storage cost unrecovered by revenue.
Revenue StreamsR$
  • Tiered per-response subscriptions (Starter $15/mo, Pro $40/mo).
  • Upgrades driven by response-volume caps, advanced logic, and de-branding needs.
  • No evidence of revenue streams beyond tiered subscriptions.
  • Unknown if Fillout offers white-label/agency reseller plans or a standalone API product.
02 · Value Proposition Canvas

Value Proposition Canvas

Product side · Value Map

Products & ServicesP/S
  • Unlimited form builder available on the free tier.
  • Native write-back connectors for Airtable/Notion/HubSpot.
Pain RelieversPR
  • Tiered per-response pricing (Starter $15/Pro $40) undercuts Typeform's comparable plans.
  • Native write-back eliminates manual export/import steps into Airtable.
Gain CreatorsGC
  • Unlimited free forms let users trial the product risk-free.
  • Advanced logic and de-branding gated to Pro tier create a clear upgrade reason.

Customer side · Customer Profile

Customer JobsJOBS
  • Functional job: build forms/quizzes with responses landing automatically in Airtable/Notion/HubSpot.
  • Emotional job: escape the anxiety of manual data re-entry and overage billing.
PainsPAINS
  • Typeform's per-response pricing causes bills to spiral with volume.
  • Data is siloed between the form tool and Airtable/Notion, requiring manual syncing.
GainsGAINS
  • Unlimited forms on the free tier let users start at zero cost.
  • Write-back integrations skip extra spend on middleware automation tools like Zapier.

FIT VERDICTThe free-tier-plus-integration wedge appears to capture Typeform-priced-out users, evidenced by 4.2M monthly visits.

03 · JTBD

Jobs To Be Done

SituationSIT
  • When Creators and team members who embed forms/quizzes that feed data into business tools stall on capture users priced out of Typeform, they search 'typeform alternative' or open fillout.com.
  • Direct is 61.86% of observed visits, so 'typeform alternative' is a repeatable capture users priced out of Typeform situation rather than a one-off search.
MotivationMOT
  • Measured demand for 'typeform alternative' shows Fillout is needed because the current stack cannot finish capture users priced out of Typeform in one pass.
  • A procurement window and seat budget force Individuals or team leads who choose a subscription tier based on monthly response volume to choose Fillout for 'typeform alternative' or an alternative now.
Functional jobFUN
  • The functional job is delivering usable capture users priced out of Typeform in-session, not learning another full suite.
  • Before paying, buyers still line up 'online form builder' quality, limits, and Starter / Pro / pricing on one comparison sheet.
Emotional jobEMO
  • Creators and team members who embed forms/quizzes that feed data into business tools want less panic after a failed capture users priced out of Typeform pass, especially when 'typeform alternative' misses the expected result.
  • Budget owners want proof the Stripe bill for 'typeform alternative' will not jump next cycle.
Social jobSOC
  • Creators and team members who embed forms/quizzes that feed data into business tools want to look able to finish capture users priced out of Typeform in front of peers, not still googling 'typeform alternative'.
  • Proving to management that picking Fillout for 'typeform alternative' was not a random tool buy is the social job.
Desired outcomeOUT
  • Success is a pasteable, shareable, or editable capture users priced out of Typeform result inside the same session.
  • It also means holding 'online form builder' time, quality, and Starter / Pro / pricing inside a range Individuals or team leads who choose a subscription tier based on monthly response volume can explain.

JTBD VERDICTFillout's real job is capture users priced out of Typeform, reached through 'typeform alternative' when users stall, while watching diversion to jotform.com.

04 · ICP

Ideal Customer Profile

Core profilePRO
  • The core profile is Creators and team members who embed forms/quizzes that feed data into business tools doing capture users priced out of Typeform, in the Form & Data Collection Tool category.
  • Individuals or team leads who choose a subscription tier based on monthly response volume pay for 'typeform alternative', and administration may sit with Account admins who configure integrations, logic, and branding settings.
Buying triggerTRG
  • The buying trigger often shows up as a search for 'typeform alternative', already present in the audited keyword table.
  • United States is 34.42% of visits, so local work seasons can turn 'typeform alternative' from latent need into a same-week must-solve.
Primary painPAIN
  • The primary pain is that capture users priced out of Typeform is slow and error-prone, which is why 'online form builder' exists as a task query.
  • Quota exhaustion and whether paying is worth it make Individuals or team leads who choose a subscription tier based on monthly response volume hesitate after the first 'typeform alternative' result.
Budget$
  • Budget signal for 'typeform alternative': Starter / Pro / pricing; observed rail is Stripe.
  • Self-serve subscription is the main path for 'typeform alternative'; 4.2M traffic shows people already pay or keep trying.
Decision criteriaDEC
  • Decision criteria include 'typeform alternative' sample quality, limits, and whether Stripe checkout is frictionless.
  • They also shortlist jotform.com against 'typeform alternative', and trust hinges on whether official pricing is self-serve readable.
ReachREACH
  • The repeatable reach path for 'typeform alternative' buyers is Direct (61.86%), not a one-off campaign.
  • The task query 'typeform alternative' plus fillout.com is the second touch, better for content pages than brand ads alone.
ExclusionsOUT
  • Casual free-only users with no seat budget and no 'typeform alternative' job are outside Fillout's primary ICP.
  • People who use jotform.com for a different job than 'typeform alternative' are not same-budget buyers.

ICP VERDICTFillout's ideal customer searches 'typeform alternative' and has Individuals or team leads who choose a subscription tier based on monthly response volume pay for capture users priced out of Typeform.

05 · Empathy Map

Customer Empathy Map

Primary personaAn ops-minded solo founder or small agency lead building client-intake forms into Airtable, fed up with Typeform's overage bills.

SeesSEES
  • They keep seeing 'typeform alternative' result pages, fillout.com, and same-job generation UIs.
  • The comparison set keeps jotform.com next to the incumbent 'typeform alternative' tool.
HearsHEARS
  • Peers talk in queries like 'typeform alternative' and 'online form builder', not official handbook language.
  • Users in United States also hear whether 'typeform alternative' is worth the Stripe quota, not brand slogans.
SaysSAYS
  • Searched 'typeform alternative' looking for a cheaper substitute.
  • Searched 'form to airtable' wanting a form that writes data directly.
DoesDOES
  • Compares Fillout's and Typeform's per-response pricing tables side by side.
  • Trials the free tier up to 1,000 responses to test the Airtable/Notion write-back.
ThinksTHINKS
  • Worries that Typeform's bill will spiral out of control as responses grow.
  • Believes manually copying data into Airtable wastes time and invites errors.
FeelsFEELS
  • Feels squeezed and frustrated by Typeform's response-based billing.
  • Feels relieved once data starts flowing automatically into Airtable.
PainsPAINS
  • They fear having to redo a failed capture users priced out of Typeform pass; searching 'typeform alternative' is already a frustration signal.
  • A sudden end to the free quota on 'typeform alternative' makes lock-in to Fillout feel hard to admit.
GainsGAINS
  • The ideal gain is finishing capture users priced out of Typeform in-session and handing over an output that satisfies 'online form builder'.
  • If Direct can find Fillout again for 'typeform alternative' (61.86%), a successful reuse becomes habit instead of another bake-off.
06 · Journey Map

Customer Journey Map

Discover01
Evaluate02
Onboard03
Retain04
Advocate05
Emotion curve (inferred)
Key behavior
Searches 'typeform alternative' and lands on Fillout's comparison page.
Evaluates the free-tier response cap against write-back capability.
Connects an Airtable account and maps the first form's write-back fields.
Nears the 1,000-response free cap and evaluates upgrading to Starter.
Recommends Fillout in agency/founder communities as the money-saving option.
Friction / drop-off
The broad 'online form builder' keyword (KD 71) is dominated by giants like Jotform.
Advanced logic and de-branding are locked behind Pro, a limit discovered only mid-evaluation.
Field mapping requires manual fixes if it doesn't match the Airtable schema.
The 1,000-response free cap is quickly hit by growing teams, forcing a pay decision.
Unknown whether Fillout runs a referral-incentive or affiliate program, despite referrals being 17.2% of traffic.
Product lever
A 'vs Typeform' comparison landing page captures high-intent price-comparison traffic.
Unlimited forms on the free tier lower the barrier to trial decisions.
Native Airtable/Notion connectors skip the need for a Zapier middle layer.
Per-response billing naturally aligns usage growth with upgrade willingness.
Referrals at 17.2% of traffic suggest the product itself drives word-of-mouth.

JOURNEY VERDICTFillout wins users at discovery and onboarding but bleeds them most at retention when the free response cap hits.

07 · SWOT

SWOT Matrix

StrengthsInternal · favorable
  • Unlimited forms on the free tier form a low-cost acquisition funnel.
  • Native write-back to three major platforms gives it broad integration coverage.
  • A 17.2% referral channel share shows the product carries its own word-of-mouth momentum.
WeaknessesInternal · unfavorable
  • A sufficiently generous free tier could weaken conversion motivation to paid tiers.
  • The positioning depends on staying cheaper than Typeform, limiting margin room.
  • The core keyword 'online form builder' has KD 71, making organic-only acquisition difficult.
OpportunitiesExternal · favorable
  • Search demand for 'typeform alternative' signals a comparison-shopping segment to capture.
  • Low-difficulty long-tail terms like 'form to airtable' point to underserved integration-specific queries.
  • Quiz-maker search demand suggests room to expand into adjacent quiz-based use cases.
ThreatsExternal · unfavorable
  • Jotform's 127.7M monthly visits dwarf Fillout's traffic scale.
  • Typeform itself draws 96.8M monthly visits, remaining the traffic leader in the category.
  • If Typeform lowers its pricing or expands its free tier, Fillout's price-arbitrage positioning weakens.

SWOT VERDICTIts integration-plus-pricing strength is validated by traffic, but the model depends on Typeform staying expensive.

08 · PESTAL

PESTAL Macro Environment

PoliticalP
  • France is 4.5% of traffic, so cross-border data transfer to US-based write-backs faces GDPR scrutiny.
  • The core value prop depends on Airtable/Notion/HubSpot keeping APIs open; tightening terms is a policy risk.
EconomicE
  • Israel is 5.5% of traffic, so regional economic volatility there could affect SaaS purchasing budgets.
  • Low-ticket $15-40/mo pricing targets small-team budgets, which are cut first in macro downturns.
SocialS
  • The rising trend of non-technical teams building Airtable/Notion ops stacks expands demand for write-back tools.
  • Only the Pro tier removes branding, reflecting users' sensitivity to brand image when sharing forms.
TechnologicalT
  • Fillout's edge rests on API write-back depth, which erodes if Airtable/Notion ship native form features.
  • Unknown whether Fillout has any AI-assisted form/quiz generation capability in its current feature set.
EnvironmentalA
  • Fillout embeds 'typeform alternative' in daily work; always-on sync compute accumulates with 4.2M online time.
  • If 'typeform alternative' notes, docs, or task history are kept forever, fillout.com's storage footprint outgrows a single inference call.
LegalL
  • When Creators and team members who embed forms/quizzes that feed data into business tools put 'typeform alternative' work product into Fillout, employer-data, privacy, and secrecy duties in United States outrank feature flags.
  • Stripe subscription and data-processing terms are admission files when buying 'typeform alternative', not afterthoughts.

PESTAL IMPLICATIONFillout bets that Airtable/Notion/HubSpot keep write-back APIs open and that undercutting Typeform stays defensible.

09 · Five Forces

Porter's Five Forces

Threat of new entrants

Basic form-building has low entry barriers, but multi-platform write-back depth raises the bar for entrants.

Supplier power

Airtable/Notion/HubSpot control API access and Stripe controls payment rails, giving suppliers leverage.

Buyer power

Forms are easily comparable and switching to Typeform or Jotform is low-friction for buyers.

Threat of substitutes

Substitutes include Airtable/Notion's own built-in forms, or Google Forms for non-integrated needs.

Competitive rivalry

Typeform's 96.8M and Jotform's 127.7M visits dwarf Fillout's 4.2M in direct rivalry.

FIVE-FORCES VERDICTStructural pressure concentrates on upstream API dependency and easy buyer switching, leaving a thin moat.

10 · 3C

3C Analysis

Company3C-1
  • Engineering capability concentrates on maintaining multi-platform write-back APIs rather than form-UI innovation.
  • Low ticket size ($15-40/mo) plus free-tier acquisition means unit economics hinge on high conversion.
  • At 4.2M monthly visits, it occupies a challenger position feeding on Typeform's price-overflow users.
Customer3C-2
  • End users need to build forms/quizzes and sync responses into Airtable/Notion/HubSpot without separate tools.
  • Pain is Typeform's costly per-response pricing; gain is a generous free tier plus native integrations.
  • Per-response pricing ties cost to actual usage growth; the exact savings versus Typeform is not evidenced.
Competitor3C-3
  • Typeform is the explicit same-job competitor Fillout positions against on price.
  • Jotform is a same-budget substitute form builder with far larger traffic.
  • Formstack appears as a traffic-adjacent form tool; direct competitive overlap is unconfirmed.

3C IMPLICATIONFillout's moat depends on staying cheaper than Typeform while matching its integration depth, a moving target.

11 · STP

STP Marketing Strategy

SegmentationS
  • Segment first by job: Creators and team members who embed forms/quizzes that feed data into business tools doing capture users priced out of Typeform, versus evaluators who only search 'typeform alternative' to compare.
  • Then cut by who pays for 'typeform alternative' and geography: Individuals or team leads who choose a subscription tier based on monthly response volume versus free riders, and United States (34.42%) versus the rest.
TargetingT
  • Target the layer that can be reached again via Direct and will pay for 'typeform alternative', not every visitor.
  • Win the single-player 'typeform alternative' job first, then consider team features; see ICP exclusions.
PositioningP
  • Within the form-tool category, Fillout positions as a low-cost Typeform alternative via its free tier and integrations.; in the customer's mind it should mean 'typeform alternative', not generic AI.
  • The reason to believe 'typeform alternative' is revenue rank #76 and about 4.2M monthly visits, framed against jotform.com.

STP VERDICTFillout should nail positioning to 'typeform alternative → capture users priced out of Typeform' and keep reaching payers through Direct (61.86%).

12 · 4P

4P Marketing Mix

Product4P-1
  • Core product is unlimited free forms plus advanced logic unlocked at the Pro tier.
  • Product differentiation is native write-back, not form-design aesthetics.
Price4P-2
  • Three tiers: Free (1,000 responses), Starter $15/mo, Pro $40/mo.
  • Pricing scales with response volume rather than flat seats, growing elastically with usage.
Place4P-3
  • 61.9% of traffic is Direct, so distribution relies heavily on the owned website for conversion.
  • 17.2% comes via Referrals, suggesting embedded forms on customer sites act as a distribution channel.
Promotion4P-4
  • High direct-plus-referral share suggests word-of-mouth discovery rather than paid-ad-driven growth.
  • Comparison-intent keywords suggest promotion should target bottom-funnel switchers rather than broad awareness.
13 · AIDMA

AIDMA Decision Journey

AttentionA
  • Attention arrives through Direct (61.86%) and high-relevance entries like 'typeform alternative', not broad brand noise.
  • Referrals at 17.23% is the second attention surface for 'typeform alternative'; fillout.com must make that job obvious to Creators and team members who embed forms/quizzes that feed data into business tools.
InterestI
  • Interest comes from translating 'typeform alternative' into a readable capture users priced out of Typeform demo, not a feature dump.
  • 'online form builder' shows they also want limits, price, or usage detail — the next page has to answer those.
DesireD
  • Desire holds when Fillout finishes 'typeform alternative' clearly faster than doing it by hand in one try, and feels closer to that job than jotform.com.
  • A free or limited trial lowers the cost of wanting 'typeform alternative', otherwise desire dies in the bookmark bar.
MemoryM
  • Heavy direct traffic means the brand can be recalled together with 'typeform alternative', or they will search again next time.
  • Revenue rank #76 and 4.2M visits become a memory hook only if people also recall 'typeform alternative', not just the brand.
ActionACT
  • Action is the first result on fillout.com plus Stripe checkout; an extra signup step drops 'typeform alternative' traffic.
  • Let the free quota finish 'typeform alternative' before the upgrade wall to turn interest into payment.

AIDMA VERDICTFillout's decision chain wins attention on 'typeform alternative' and is won or lost on whether capture users priced out of Typeform is proven before Stripe.

EVIDENCE BOUNDARIESNo data on Typeform's own pricing prevents quantifying the actual cost savings claim.; No churn, repurchase, or NPS data exists to assess customer-relationship quality.; Team size, funding, and infrastructure cost structure are unknown.; Actual paid-acquisition spend is unknown despite high-CPC keywords ($13-23) in the category.

Sources & Method

Evidence boundaries

Official website: https://fillout.com

Ranking and revenue signals come from Toolify; traffic, channels and country distribution use SimilarWeb methodology; keyword Volume, KD and CPC come from DataForSEO. This is a research snapshot, not investment advice.

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