Tally alternative
Pulseware vs Tally
Two products that give away what everyone else charges for. The differences are narrower than most comparison pages pretend — so here is every one of them, dated, sourced and linked. Ours costs at least 25% less on every paid plan. Tally is still better at 14 things, and they are listed too.
Free plan · No card · 48 comparison rows, each with its source
The comparison at a glance
- 10 rows where Pulseware is better
- 24 rows where the two are much the same
- 14 rows where Tally is better
- 25% the smallest price gap, across both paid plans and both billing periods
Side by side
Every claim on this page, with its source
48 rows across nine areas. Pulseware cells come from our plan definitions in code, so they cannot drift from what you are actually sold. Tally cells were read on 18 Sep 2026 on Tally’s own pages, and each one links to the page it came from.
Checked on . We reopen every Tally source at least every 30 days and change whatever moved.
Price
List prices in US dollars, excluding tax, from each vendor’s own pages.
| What we compared | Pulseware | Tally | Better here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | US$0, and no card to start | US$0 Tally pricing (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Pro, billed monthly 27% less than Tally. Tally’s pricing page shows US$24 by default — that is the yearly price divided by twelve, not the monthly rate. | US$21 a month | US$29 a month Tally Pro (opens in a new tab) | Pulseware |
| Pro, billed yearly 25% less than Tally. | US$217 a year | US$290 a year Tally Pro (opens in a new tab) | Pulseware |
| Business, billed monthly 25% less than Tally. | US$66 a month | US$89 a month Tally Business (opens in a new tab) | Pulseware |
| Business, billed yearly 25% less than Tally. | US$667 a year | US$890 a year Tally Business (opens in a new tab) | Pulseware |
| Cheapest plan that removes the maker’s badge Same rule on both products. The difference is what the plan costs. | Pro, US$21 a month | Pro, US$29 a month Remove Tally branding (opens in a new tab) | Pulseware |
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Free plan
- Pulseware
- US$0, and no card to start
- Tally
- US$0 Tally pricing (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Pro, billed monthly
27% less than Tally. Tally’s pricing page shows US$24 by default — that is the yearly price divided by twelve, not the monthly rate.
- Pulseware
- US$21 a month
- Tally
- US$29 a month Tally Pro (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Pulseware
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Pro, billed yearly
25% less than Tally.
- Pulseware
- US$217 a year
- Tally
- US$290 a year Tally Pro (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Pulseware
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Business, billed monthly
25% less than Tally.
- Pulseware
- US$66 a month
- Tally
- US$89 a month Tally Business (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Pulseware
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Business, billed yearly
25% less than Tally.
- Pulseware
- US$667 a year
- Tally
- US$890 a year Tally Business (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Pulseware
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Cheapest plan that removes the maker’s badge
Same rule on both products. The difference is what the plan costs.
- Pulseware
- Pro, US$21 a month
- Tally
- Pro, US$29 a month Remove Tally branding (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Pulseware
Limits
What the free and paid plans let you collect and keep.
| What we compared | Pulseware | Tally | Better here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forms on the free plan | Unlimited | Unlimited Tally pricing (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Responses on the free plan Neither product charges per response. This is the main reason people leave Typeform or SurveyMonkey for either of us. | Unlimited, subject to fair use | Unlimited, subject to fair use Tally pricing (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Published fair-use thresholds We adopted Tally’s numbers deliberately, so "unlimited" means the same thing on both products. Neither of us cuts you off; both start a conversation if you sit above the line for months. | 50,000 responses, 100 GB of uploads and 50,000 emails a month | The same published thresholds Tally fair use (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| File upload size, free plan | 10 MB per file | 10 MB per file Tally file uploads (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| File upload size, paid plan 5 GB is the most a single direct upload supports on our stack. If your respondents send bigger files than that, Tally wins this row. | 5 GB per file | Pro removes the per-file size limit Tally file uploads (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
| Version history kept | 7 days free · 30 days Pro · 90 days Business | 7 days free · 30 days Pro · 90 days Business Tally version history (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| How far back visit insights go | Last 7 days free · full history on Pro | Last 7 days free · extended on Pro Tally insights (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
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Forms on the free plan
- Pulseware
- Unlimited
- Tally
- Unlimited Tally pricing (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Responses on the free plan
Neither product charges per response. This is the main reason people leave Typeform or SurveyMonkey for either of us.
- Pulseware
- Unlimited, subject to fair use
- Tally
- Unlimited, subject to fair use Tally pricing (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Published fair-use thresholds
We adopted Tally’s numbers deliberately, so "unlimited" means the same thing on both products. Neither of us cuts you off; both start a conversation if you sit above the line for months.
- Pulseware
- 50,000 responses, 100 GB of uploads and 50,000 emails a month
- Tally
- The same published thresholds Tally fair use (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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File upload size, free plan
- Pulseware
- 10 MB per file
- Tally
- 10 MB per file Tally file uploads (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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File upload size, paid plan
5 GB is the most a single direct upload supports on our stack. If your respondents send bigger files than that, Tally wins this row.
- Pulseware
- 5 GB per file
- Tally
- Pro removes the per-file size limit Tally file uploads (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
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Version history kept
- Pulseware
- 7 days free · 30 days Pro · 90 days Business
- Tally
- 7 days free · 30 days Pro · 90 days Business Tally version history (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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How far back visit insights go
- Pulseware
- Last 7 days free · full history on Pro
- Tally
- Last 7 days free · extended on Pro Tally insights (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
Building a form
Question types, layout, templates and getting an existing form in.
| What we compared | Pulseware | Tally | Better here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start building before you sign up | Yes — the editor opens straight away | Yes Tally builder (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| One question per screen Both end up with one question on screen. Ours is a single switch; Tally’s is a manual page break per question, and its auto-jump setting only covers choice, dropdown, rating and scale questions. | One setting: the conversational layout | Add a page break after each question Tally multi-page forms (opens in a new tab) | Pulseware |
| Dedicated address, slider and yes/no questions Tally can collect all three with its short-answer, scale and multiple-choice blocks. The difference is validation and the respondent’s experience, not whether the answer can be captured. | A purpose-built block for each | Not in the documented block list; use other blocks instead Tally block reference (opens in a new tab) | Pulseware |
| NPS and CSAT question types, scored automatically Tally goes further here than most comparison pages admit: it has a dedicated NPS block and a dedicated CSAT block, and computes both scores for free. | NPS block with an NPS score in results | Dedicated NPS and CSAT blocks, both auto-scored in Insights Tally block reference (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Template library Tally is well ahead on breadth. Ours are written, filled in and checked one at a time, and the library is growing. | A small, hand-written and individually tested library | Over 100 templates Tally templates (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
| Take a payment inside the form If you need to charge people inside the form today, Tally is the better choice. Tally does not publish a commission rate, so we don’t quote one. | Coming soon | Stripe payments, on the free plan Tally payments (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
| Importing an existing form Tally imports from more places than we do. Ours is the one that imports from Tally — and Tally’s own free API is what makes that possible. | Import from Tally, or draft with AI | Typeform, files (PDF, image, CSV, JSON, Markdown, Word) and AI Tally import (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
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Start building before you sign up
- Pulseware
- Yes — the editor opens straight away
- Tally
- Yes Tally builder (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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One question per screen
Both end up with one question on screen. Ours is a single switch; Tally’s is a manual page break per question, and its auto-jump setting only covers choice, dropdown, rating and scale questions.
- Pulseware
- One setting: the conversational layout
- Tally
- Add a page break after each question Tally multi-page forms (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Pulseware
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Dedicated address, slider and yes/no questions
Tally can collect all three with its short-answer, scale and multiple-choice blocks. The difference is validation and the respondent’s experience, not whether the answer can be captured.
- Pulseware
- A purpose-built block for each
- Tally
- Not in the documented block list; use other blocks instead Tally block reference (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Pulseware
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NPS and CSAT question types, scored automatically
Tally goes further here than most comparison pages admit: it has a dedicated NPS block and a dedicated CSAT block, and computes both scores for free.
- Pulseware
- NPS block with an NPS score in results
- Tally
- Dedicated NPS and CSAT blocks, both auto-scored in Insights Tally block reference (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Template library
Tally is well ahead on breadth. Ours are written, filled in and checked one at a time, and the library is growing.
- Pulseware
- A small, hand-written and individually tested library
- Tally
- Over 100 templates Tally templates (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
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Take a payment inside the form
If you need to charge people inside the form today, Tally is the better choice. Tally does not publish a commission rate, so we don’t quote one.
- Pulseware
- Coming soon
- Tally
- Stripe payments, on the free plan Tally payments (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
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Importing an existing form
Tally imports from more places than we do. Ours is the one that imports from Tally — and Tally’s own free API is what makes that possible.
- Pulseware
- Import from Tally, or draft with AI
- Tally
- Typeform, files (PDF, image, CSV, JSON, Markdown, Word) and AI Tally import (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
Logic and scoring
Branching, calculations and quiz scores.
| What we compared | Pulseware | Tally | Better here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logic, calculations, hidden fields, piping and custom endings Both of us give away what other survey tools charge for. That is exactly why the price rows matter so much. | Free | Free, with no cap on conditions Tally logic (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Seeing all your logic in one place Two designs, not a capability gap. Tally’s six logic actions cover jumping, calculating, requiring, showing, hiding and redirecting — the same power, arranged differently. | A Logic tab with a rules list and a flow map | Logic blocks sit inline, at the point they apply Tally logic (opens in a new tab) | Pulseware |
| Quiz scoring Two routes to the same score. Ours is quicker for a straight right-or-wrong quiz; formulas are more flexible for unusual maths. | Points on each answer option, plus a scoring panel | A calculated field driven by logic actions and formulas Tally quizzes (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
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Logic, calculations, hidden fields, piping and custom endings
Both of us give away what other survey tools charge for. That is exactly why the price rows matter so much.
- Pulseware
- Free
- Tally
- Free, with no cap on conditions Tally logic (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Seeing all your logic in one place
Two designs, not a capability gap. Tally’s six logic actions cover jumping, calculating, requiring, showing, hiding and redirecting — the same power, arranged differently.
- Pulseware
- A Logic tab with a rules list and a flow map
- Tally
- Logic blocks sit inline, at the point they apply Tally logic (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Pulseware
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Quiz scoring
Two routes to the same score. Ours is quicker for a straight right-or-wrong quiz; formulas are more flexible for unusual maths.
- Pulseware
- Points on each answer option, plus a scoring panel
- Tally
- A calculated field driven by logic actions and formulas Tally quizzes (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
Results and insights
What you can see and export once the answers arrive.
| What we compared | Pulseware | Tally | Better here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answer summaries and charts | Free, for every question type | Free, with no time limit on answer insights Tally insights (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Spreadsheet export | Free — CSV and Excel | Free Tally pricing (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Keeping answers from people who don’t finish On both products this starts collecting from the moment you switch it on. Neither can go back in time and recover answers it never stored. | Pro | Pro Tally partial submissions (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Seeing which question people leave on | Pro | Pro Tally insights (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| PDF of a single response | Coming soon | Free, with a Tally badge; Pro removes the badge Tally PDF export (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
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Answer summaries and charts
- Pulseware
- Free, for every question type
- Tally
- Free, with no time limit on answer insights Tally insights (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Spreadsheet export
- Pulseware
- Free — CSV and Excel
- Tally
- Free Tally pricing (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Keeping answers from people who don’t finish
On both products this starts collecting from the moment you switch it on. Neither can go back in time and recover answers it never stored.
- Pulseware
- Pro
- Tally
- Pro Tally partial submissions (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Seeing which question people leave on
- Pulseware
- Pro
- Tally
- Pro Tally insights (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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PDF of a single response
- Pulseware
- Coming soon
- Tally
- Free, with a Tally badge; Pro removes the badge Tally PDF export (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
Sharing and embedding
Getting the form in front of people.
| What we compared | Pulseware | Tally | Better here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embed styles Tally’s pop-up is well specified — bottom-right or centre, with triggers on click, load, delay, exit intent and scroll. We have more placements; it has more triggers. | Eight: inline, full page, pop-up, slider, popover, side tab, chat bubble, feedback tab | Three: standard, pop-up and full page Tally embeds (opens in a new tab) | Pulseware |
| Host forms on your own domain If a form on forms.yourcompany.com matters to you now, Tally has it and we don’t. | Coming soon | Pro, with hosting, SSL and code injection Tally custom domains (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
| Custom link preview (title, description, image) | Pro | Pro Tally link previews (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Remove the maker’s badge from your form Same rule, different price. See the price group above. | Pro | Pro Remove Tally branding (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Interface languages for respondents If you survey people who don’t read English, Tally is the better choice today. No qualification needed. | English | 50+ languages, including right-to-left Tally languages (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
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Embed styles
Tally’s pop-up is well specified — bottom-right or centre, with triggers on click, load, delay, exit intent and scroll. We have more placements; it has more triggers.
- Pulseware
- Eight: inline, full page, pop-up, slider, popover, side tab, chat bubble, feedback tab
- Tally
- Three: standard, pop-up and full page Tally embeds (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Pulseware
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Host forms on your own domain
If a form on forms.yourcompany.com matters to you now, Tally has it and we don’t.
- Pulseware
- Coming soon
- Tally
- Pro, with hosting, SSL and code injection Tally custom domains (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
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Custom link preview (title, description, image)
- Pulseware
- Pro
- Tally
- Pro Tally link previews (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Remove the maker’s badge from your form
Same rule, different price. See the price group above.
- Pulseware
- Pro
- Tally
- Pro Remove Tally branding (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Interface languages for respondents
If you survey people who don’t read English, Tally is the better choice today. No qualification needed.
- Pulseware
- English
- Tally
- 50+ languages, including right-to-left Tally languages (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
Integrations and email
Where the answers go next.
| What we compared | Pulseware | Tally | Better here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integration catalogue Ours covers the common destinations and anything Zapier, Make or n8n can reach. Tally’s native list is longer. | Webhooks, Slack, Discord, Notion, Airtable, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n | Those, plus Coda, Linear, Attio and more automation platforms Tally integrations (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
| Connectors for AI assistants Shipped by Tally in August 2026. If you want to build or read forms from inside an AI assistant, Tally is the only one of the two that can. | None | An MCP server plus ChatGPT, Claude and Superhuman connectors Tally integrations (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
| Public API Tally gives its API away on the free plan, which is generous — and it is what lets our importer read your forms. | Coming soon | Free on every plan, including Free Tally API (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
| Email you when a response arrives | Free | Free Tally email notifications (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Confirmation email to the respondent | Pro | Pro Tally respondent emails (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Send those emails from your own domain | Coming soon | Pro Tally Pro (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
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Integration catalogue
Ours covers the common destinations and anything Zapier, Make or n8n can reach. Tally’s native list is longer.
- Pulseware
- Webhooks, Slack, Discord, Notion, Airtable, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n
- Tally
- Those, plus Coda, Linear, Attio and more automation platforms Tally integrations (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
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Connectors for AI assistants
Shipped by Tally in August 2026. If you want to build or read forms from inside an AI assistant, Tally is the only one of the two that can.
- Pulseware
- None
- Tally
- An MCP server plus ChatGPT, Claude and Superhuman connectors Tally integrations (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
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Public API
Tally gives its API away on the free plan, which is generous — and it is what lets our importer read your forms.
- Pulseware
- Coming soon
- Tally
- Free on every plan, including Free Tally API (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
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Email you when a response arrives
- Pulseware
- Free
- Tally
- Free Tally email notifications (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Confirmation email to the respondent
- Pulseware
- Pro
- Tally
- Pro Tally respondent emails (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Send those emails from your own domain
- Pulseware
- Coming soon
- Tally
- Pro Tally Pro (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
Privacy and access
Who can respond, and what is stored about them.
| What we compared | Pulseware | Tally | Better here |
|---|---|---|---|
| A switch that stops storing respondent metadata Phrased as what Tally’s documented settings list contains. If Tally ships or documents an equivalent switch, this row changes at the next monthly check. | Anonymous mode: no IP hash, user agent or device details are stored | Not among the settings Tally documents on its form-settings page Tally form settings (opens in a new tab) | Pulseware |
| Verify a respondent’s email with a one-time code | Business | Business Tally email verification (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Delete responses automatically after a set time | Business | Business Tally data retention (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Password, close date, response limit, duplicate prevention | Free | Free Tally form settings (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
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A switch that stops storing respondent metadata
Phrased as what Tally’s documented settings list contains. If Tally ships or documents an equivalent switch, this row changes at the next monthly check.
- Pulseware
- Anonymous mode: no IP hash, user agent or device details are stored
- Tally
- Not among the settings Tally documents on its form-settings page Tally form settings (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Pulseware
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Verify a respondent’s email with a one-time code
- Pulseware
- Business
- Tally
- Business Tally email verification (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Delete responses automatically after a set time
- Pulseware
- Business
- Tally
- Business Tally data retention (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Password, close date, response limit, duplicate prevention
- Pulseware
- Free
- Tally
- Free Tally form settings (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
Support and company
The docs, the programme and where each product is run from.
| What we compared | Pulseware | Tally | Better here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team workspaces and teammates If more than one person needs to edit the same forms today, Tally is the better choice. Worth knowing either way: Tally has two permission levels, not granular roles. | Coming soon | Pro, with unlimited members Tally team collaboration (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
| Depth of the help centre Tally has years of written answers. Ours is new. If you like to solve things yourself at midnight, that is a real reason to pick them. | A focused set of articles, growing | Seven categories and 85+ articles Tally help centre (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
| Referral programme Worth knowing before you compare quotes: a Tally referral link makes Tally’s first three months cheaper than its list price. | None yet | 50% off for three months; 20% recurring for the referrer Tally referrals (opens in a new tab) | Tally |
| Support | Email, priority on Business | Email, priority on Business Tally Business (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
| Where the product is run from Neither is "better". Pick the one whose region suits your buyers and your legal advice. Both of us use overseas sub-processors for some services. | Australian-owned; app servers in Sydney | Belgian company, form data stored in Europe Tally GDPR (opens in a new tab) | Much the same |
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Team workspaces and teammates
If more than one person needs to edit the same forms today, Tally is the better choice. Worth knowing either way: Tally has two permission levels, not granular roles.
- Pulseware
- Coming soon
- Tally
- Pro, with unlimited members Tally team collaboration (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
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Depth of the help centre
Tally has years of written answers. Ours is new. If you like to solve things yourself at midnight, that is a real reason to pick them.
- Pulseware
- A focused set of articles, growing
- Tally
- Seven categories and 85+ articles Tally help centre (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
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Referral programme
Worth knowing before you compare quotes: a Tally referral link makes Tally’s first three months cheaper than its list price.
- Pulseware
- None yet
- Tally
- 50% off for three months; 20% recurring for the referrer Tally referrals (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Tally
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Support
- Pulseware
- Email, priority on Business
- Tally
- Email, priority on Business Tally Business (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
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Where the product is run from
Neither is "better". Pick the one whose region suits your buyers and your legal advice. Both of us use overseas sub-processors for some services.
- Pulseware
- Australian-owned; app servers in Sydney
- Tally
- Belgian company, form data stored in Europe Tally GDPR (opens in a new tab)
Better here: Much the same
Tally is a trademark of its owner. Pulseware is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Tally. Every Tally fact on this page was read on Tally’s own published pages, and each row links to the page it came from.
The maths
What each of them would cost you
Pick a plan and a billing period. Both totals are list prices in US dollars, excluding tax. Pulseware’s come from our plan definitions; Tally’s were checked on 17 Sep 2026.
Pro, billed monthly, for one year: US$29 × 12 against US$21 × 12.
Every scenario, worked out
| Scenario | Tally | Pulseware | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro, monthly, 1 year | US$348 | US$252 | US$96 (27%) |
| Pro, yearly, 1 year | US$290 | US$217 | US$73 (25%) |
| Pro, yearly, 3 years | US$870 | US$651 | US$219 (25%) |
| Business, monthly, 1 year | US$1,068 | US$792 | US$276 (25%) |
| Business, yearly, 1 year | US$890 | US$667 | US$223 (25%) |
| Business, yearly, 3 years | US$2,670 | US$2,001 | US$669 (25%) |
| Pro, monthly, 1 year, with a Tally referral link | US$304.50 | US$252 | US$52.50 (17%) |
Prices in US dollars, excluding tax. Tally prices checked 17 Sep 2026 on tally.so/pricing and on Tally’s Pro and Business help pages. Pulseware prices come from our pricing page, which reads the same plan definitions this calculator does.
The honest half
Where Tally is the better choice
14 of the 48 rows above go Tally's way. If one of these matters to you, stay where you are — a cheaper tool that cannot do the job is not cheaper.
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File upload size, paid plan
Tally: Pro removes the per-file size limit. Pulseware: 5 GB per file.
5 GB is the most a single direct upload supports on our stack. If your respondents send bigger files than that, Tally wins this row.
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Template library
Tally: Over 100 templates. Pulseware: A small, hand-written and individually tested library.
Tally is well ahead on breadth. Ours are written, filled in and checked one at a time, and the library is growing.
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Take a payment inside the form
Tally: Stripe payments, on the free plan. Pulseware: Coming soon.
If you need to charge people inside the form today, Tally is the better choice. Tally does not publish a commission rate, so we don’t quote one.
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Importing an existing form
Tally: Typeform, files (PDF, image, CSV, JSON, Markdown, Word) and AI. Pulseware: Import from Tally, or draft with AI.
Tally imports from more places than we do. Ours is the one that imports from Tally — and Tally’s own free API is what makes that possible.
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PDF of a single response
Tally: Free, with a Tally badge; Pro removes the badge. Pulseware: Coming soon.
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Host forms on your own domain
Tally: Pro, with hosting, SSL and code injection. Pulseware: Coming soon.
If a form on forms.yourcompany.com matters to you now, Tally has it and we don’t.
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Interface languages for respondents
Tally: 50+ languages, including right-to-left. Pulseware: English.
If you survey people who don’t read English, Tally is the better choice today. No qualification needed.
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Integration catalogue
Tally: Those, plus Coda, Linear, Attio and more automation platforms. Pulseware: Webhooks, Slack, Discord, Notion, Airtable, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n.
Ours covers the common destinations and anything Zapier, Make or n8n can reach. Tally’s native list is longer.
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Connectors for AI assistants
Tally: An MCP server plus ChatGPT, Claude and Superhuman connectors. Pulseware: None.
Shipped by Tally in August 2026. If you want to build or read forms from inside an AI assistant, Tally is the only one of the two that can.
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Public API
Tally: Free on every plan, including Free. Pulseware: Coming soon.
Tally gives its API away on the free plan, which is generous — and it is what lets our importer read your forms.
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Send those emails from your own domain
Tally: Pro. Pulseware: Coming soon.
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Team workspaces and teammates
Tally: Pro, with unlimited members. Pulseware: Coming soon.
If more than one person needs to edit the same forms today, Tally is the better choice. Worth knowing either way: Tally has two permission levels, not granular roles.
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Depth of the help centre
Tally: Seven categories and 85+ articles. Pulseware: A focused set of articles, growing.
Tally has years of written answers. Ours is new. If you like to solve things yourself at midnight, that is a real reason to pick them.
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Referral programme
Tally: 50% off for three months; 20% recurring for the referrer. Pulseware: None yet.
Worth knowing before you compare quotes: a Tally referral link makes Tally’s first three months cheaper than its list price.
Tally also gives its API away on the free plan, which is what makes our importer possible. Credit where it is due. Everything above links to Tally's own page in the comparison table.
What you keep when you switch
The reason people pick Tally over Typeform or SurveyMonkey — real features on a genuinely free plan — is the same reason they pick us. None of it is what you give up.
- Unlimited surveys and unlimited responses, with the same published fair-use numbers
- Conditional logic, calculations, hidden fields, answer piping and custom endings — free
- Your question types: choice, ranking, matrix, rating, NPS, date, file upload, signature and the rest
- CSV and Excel export of every response, on every plan
- Webhooks, Slack, Discord, Notion, Airtable, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make and n8n
- Password protection, close dates, response limits and duplicate prevention
- Version history, at the same 7 / 30 / 90 days by plan
- The option to build before you sign up
Plus two things Tally does not have: a Logic tab with a flow map instead of inline logic blocks, and a one-switch conversational layout.
Switching
Switch in ten minutes
The importer reads a Tally form through Tally's own API — with a key you paste once and we never store — or from a JSON file if you would rather not share a key. It rebuilds the form here as a draft and hands you a report of anything it could not map one-for-one.
Prefer the detail first? How the importer works covers both input options and what the import report tells you.
Ten minutes, start to finish
The switching checklist
Eleven things to tick off. Nothing here is sent to us — the ticks live in this browser.
- Open the Tally importer
- What the import report tells you
- How logic and scoring work here
- Connecting your survey to other tools
- Sharing and embedding a survey
Stuck on a step? Tell us where you got to and we will walk through it with you.
Keep digging
Everything else worth reading before you decide.
- the step-by-step Tally switching guide
What transfers, what needs a hand, and the order to do it in.
- compare every survey maker we have checked
Tally, Typeform, SurveyMonkey, Google Forms and Jotform, each with dated sources.
- the full Pulseware feature list
Every feature and the plan it needs, including the ones still on the way.
- see what each plan costs
Free, Pro and Business side by side, with the fair-use thresholds.
- collect unlimited survey responses
What "unlimited" means here, and the numbers behind it.
- start from a ready-made survey template
Faster than rebuilding a Tally form by hand if it was simple to begin with.
Common questions
The questions people actually ask before switching — price, imports, what breaks, and what Tally still does better.
Is Pulseware actually cheaper than Tally?
What does Tally do that Pulseware does not?
Can I import my Tally forms?
Does Pulseware have a free plan like Tally does?
How do I know these comparisons are current?
What happens to the responses already sitting in Tally?
Is the one-question-at-a-time layout really different?
Where is Pulseware run from?
How this page was created
Every Tally fact on this page was read on Tally's own published pages on 18 Sep 2026 — pricing, the Pro and Business help pages, the block reference, the form settings list, the embed, integration, API, import and fair-use articles, and the changelog. Each row in the table links to the page it came from.
Pulseware's cells are generated from our plan definitions in code, not written by hand, so this page cannot claim something the product does not do. Prices, limits and plan gates change here the moment they change in the product.
We reopen every Tally source at least every 30 days and republish whatever moved, including rows that move in Tally's favour. Found something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it and re-date the page.
Tally is a trademark of its owner. Pulseware is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Tally. No Tally copy, screenshots or assets are reproduced here.
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Build a survey here in five minutes without an account. If it is not better for what you do, the comparison table above already told you so.
27% less than Tally Pro monthly · 25% less than Tally Business yearly · checked 18 Sep 2026