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> An open-source alternative to Typeform and Google Forms Those two are the two extreme ends of the target audience archetypes. So, decide which is yours. > I
by Brajeshwar 1y ago
> An open-source alternative to Typeform and Google Forms
Those two are the two extreme ends of the target audience archetypes. So, decide which is yours.
> I was using Typeform, but as time went by and more people submitted forms, it got more and more expensive.
When people say they build cheaper alternatives, I often assume that the original is becoming better and more successful. Competing on price rarely wins.
I've found https://formbricks.com https://formbricks.com to be kinda the closest competition to Typeform, and also Open Source.
- beanclap 1y agoformbricks is awesome, best open source surveys out there! :))
- ljm 1y agoI used to work at Typeform and I think it's a testament to their product that people have been inspired to make open source versions of it multiple times over the past decade or so. I enjoy seeing posts like this.
- conductr 1y agoI recall using open source form builders over a decade before they came on the scene
- dangus 1y agoA lot of comments here are saying that competing on price is a losing proposition, but I think they’re forgetting that this is a solo project and not a 500 person company that’s trying to be as profitable as possible to be attractive for acquisition like Typeform. The bar for success for a solo project is far lower. Typeform has to blow money on a lot of overhead that this author doesn’t have. And let’s not just ignore a whole bunch of products that ousted market leaders specifically because they competed on price/value. Examples include: Google Docs, Mailchimp, a gigantic list of Adobe competitors, Unity, Backblaze, Robinhood, and the list goes on.
- preetsuthar17 1y agoI tried my best :)
- immibis 1y agoDidn't Google Docs win because it was online and (more) mobile-friendly, not because it was free? Almost everyone had Office on their PCs at the time, but not on their tablets.
- sokoloff 1y agoMy view is that where Google workspace apps have won, it’s on price (for enterprise) or because it’s free (for easy online sharing, etc.)