Comparison
SurveyKar vs Tally
Tally's whole pitch is free, and it means it: unlimited forms, unlimited submissions, no cap buried in the fine print, just a fair-use policy you'll probably never hit. For a solo founder collecting signups, that's genuinely hard to beat. What Tally doesn't do is run the rest of your business — it's a form, not a booking system, not a WhatsApp channel, not something a QR code can point a walk-in customer at.
Side by side
Tally details are taken from Tally’s own published pages, checked on 17 October 2026. Plans change — check their site for current terms.
| Feature | SurveyKar | Tally |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 3 surveys, 3 forms, 250 responses a month | Unlimited forms and submissions, subject to a fair-use policy with no published number |
| Lowest paid plan | Starter: ₹499/month, 2,500 responses a month | Pro: $24/month — removes the watermark, adds custom email domains and unlimited file-upload size |
| Taking payments | Yes — Razorpay checkout, or pay at venue, cash or UPI QR | Listed as a free-plan feature, "Collect payments," with no processor named |
| Removing branding | Not on Free or Starter; removable from the Growth plan | Not on Free; removable on the $24/month Pro plan |
| Booking with a held time slot | Built in — booking forms with time slots and capacity | Not offered — conditional logic and calculations only |
Where it doesn't matter which you pick
- Both make removing the vendor's own branding a paid-plan feature — neither offers it free.
Choose Tally if…
- Five minutes is all the setup time you want to spend.
- Your volume swings wildly and a response cap would be a real problem.
- The watermark doesn't bother you, or you'll pay $24/month to remove it later.
Choose SurveyKar if…
- The form is step one of something paid, not the whole interaction.
- Visitors get checked in with a QR code at an actual physical door.
- WhatsApp gets more replies from your customers than an emailed link ever did.
What SurveyKar adds beyond forms
- Booking & Payment forms with packages, add-ons, time slots with capacity and pricing rules.
- QR Walk-in registration with consents, counter payments, check-in and check-out.
- Surveys answered inside WhatsApp, sent from your own WhatsApp Business number.
- Review requests, a CRM for contacts and automations in the same account.
Frequently asked questions
Forms and submissions are both uncapped on the free plan. There's a fair-use policy, but Tally doesn't publish a number for it. What costs money is removing the watermark, custom email domains and unlimited file-upload size, bundled into the $24/month Pro plan.
Its pricing page lists "Collect payments" as a free-plan feature, without naming a processor. SurveyKar runs payments through Razorpay, or lets you take cash or UPI right at the venue.
Not as a dedicated feature — it has conditional logic and calculations, which is a form builder's job, not a scheduling system's. SurveyKar's booking forms hold a time slot, so two people can't land on the same one by accident.
Sources
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