Fillout vs Zapier

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Fillout builds the branded form or survey that collects your data. Zapier moves that data between apps afterwards. Pick Fillout for the front end and Zapier for the hand-offs behind it.

The verdict

For a small team that mainly needs a branded application form, intake form or quiz that writes straight into the CRM, pick Fillout. Its native integrations cover common tools, so you may not need a connector at all. If your pain is people copying data between apps you already pay for, such as a deal win that someone has to announce in Slack, pick Zapier. If your forms are plain and your hand-offs are many, Zapier's own Forms may be enough on their own. If you have both problems, start with the one that hurts more and add the other when you hit its limits. I would not buy both on day one.

What the data says
  • Both cover 4 of the 4 features we compared.
  • Both have a free plan, so you can try each before you pay.
  • Fillout starts lower, at $15/mo against $19.99/mo.
  • Only Zapier has an MCP server, so an AI employee can work in it directly.
  • In our Automation ranking, Zapier places 4 and Fillout 5 of 11.

Side by side

Fillout and Zapier compared
8 points compared
Starts at$15/mo$19.99/mo
Free planYesYes
APIYesYes
MCP serverNoYes
AI / LLM nodesYesYes
Built-in AIYesYes
Integrations & APIYesYes
Visual builderYesYes
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Plans and pricing

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Fillout

  • Free1,000 responses per month, unlimited forms and unlimited seats.Free
  • StarterShown as 15 per month billed annually; all plans have unlimited seats.$180/yr
  • ProShown as 40 per month billed annually; all plans have unlimited seats.$480/yr
  • BusinessShown as 75 per month billed annually; all plans have unlimited seats.$900/yr
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Zapier

  • FreeFree forever: unlimited two-step Zaps, Tables and Forms, 100 tasks per month, 1 user.Free
  • ProfessionalStarting from $19.99 per month for the lowest task tier (750 tasks); price rises with the task tier. Multi-step Zaps, premium apps, webhooks.$19.99/mo
  • TeamStarting from $69 per month for the lowest task tier; price rises with the task tier. Up to 25 users, shared Zaps, SAML SSO.$69/mo

Prices as the vendors list them. They change often; the final price is on their sites.

Who each is for

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Choose Fillout if…

Pick Fillout if forms are part of how you win or serve customers: applications, registrations, client intake, event sign-ups and feedback. It suits marketing, product and operations teams without a developer. The drag-and-drop editor, custom domain, fonts and CSS make the form look like your brand. Payments, signatures and PDF generation sit in the same form, so there is less glue to maintain. There is a free plan to test with. Watch the response limits, because they drive cost, and note that the best branding options sit on the higher plans.

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Choose Zapier if…

Pick Zapier if you have several tools and people copy data between them by hand. A form answer gets pasted into the CRM, a new customer gets typed into a spreadsheet, a deal win is announced by whoever remembers. The editor is simple enough for non-developers to build and maintain, and the app catalogue is the largest I know of, so the app you need is usually there. The free plan includes two-step Zaps, Tables and Forms, which is enough to test a real workflow. Task-based pricing rises as you scale, and complex branching feels clunky, so count your runs before you choose a plan.

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