Thisys™ vs Tally
Tally is a form builder with a generous free plan: if you need unlimited simple forms for nothing, it is a strong choice. Thisys is built for what happens after the responses arrive: themes, findings, a Decision Report and the survey methods researchers expect.
Checked 17 October 2026. Every Tally fact below comes from Tally's own public pages, linked beside it with the date we read it. Plans and prices change, and can differ by country, so check their page before you decide.
Answers and responses are different units
Thisys counts answers: one answer is one person answering one question, so a short poll uses less of your allowance than a long survey. The other tools on these pages count responses or submissions: one person completing a form, however many questions it has. The two are not the same unit, so wherever we set a Thisys allowance beside theirs we convert it first, at a 10-question survey where every question is answered. A longer survey would fit fewer responses into the same Thisys allowance, and a shorter one more.
Side by side
The free plan
Thisys
US$0, free forever with no card. 1,000 answers a month — about 100 complete responses to a 10-question survey. Unlimited surveys and questions, all nineteen question types, skip logic, and CSV, Excel and SPSS export. Free surveys carry the Thisys mark.
Tally
Unlimited forms and submissions, free, within Tally's fair-use guidelines, with conditional logic, file uploads, signatures, payments and webhooks.
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026Paid plans and what they include
Thisys
Pro, US$19 a month: 50,000 answers a month — about 5,000 complete responses to a 10-question survey. Business, US$99 a month: 250,000 answers a month — about 25,000 complete responses to a 10-question survey. Enterprise is priced per client. Prices are in US dollars and exclude taxes; customers in Australia are billed in Australian dollars.
Tally
Pro, $24 a month; Business, $74 a month; paying yearly gives two months off.
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026Taking the maker's branding off
Thisys
From Pro (US$19 a month): the Thisys mark comes off every respondent page and public results page, with your logo in its place.
Tally
Removing Tally branding is listed on Pro ($24 a month).
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026Working as a team
Thisys
On Business, one price of US$99 a month, not charged per seat: a team workspace of up to 10 people, you included, with Owner, Admin, Member and Viewer roles. Joining a team costs the member nothing.
Tally
Pro lists inviting unlimited team members to shared workspaces.
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026AI
Thisys
On every plan, Free included, metered by credits: 40 in the first 30 days on Free, then 10 a month; 400 a month on Pro and 2,000 on Business. Drafting a survey, theming open-text answers, asking your data a question, and a one-click Decision Report. A survey's responses are read by AI only once you switch analysis on for it.
Tally
Its help centre describes a free AI form builder, on every plan, Free included. The pricing page we checked lists no other AI features.
Source: tally.so/help/free-ai-form-builder, checked 17 October 2026; tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026Reaching the limit
Thisys
You are emailed at 50%, 80%, 90% and 100% of your monthly answer allowance, and collection carries on into a grace band past it (10% on Free, 20% on Pro, 25% on Business) before it pauses. Extra answers can be bought at any time without changing plan.
Tally
Not published: the page we checked did not state a number for the fair-use limit on the free plan.
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026A worked example: 1,000 complete responses a month to a 10-question survey
The cheapest plan on each side that covers it, from each company's own pricing page. On Thisys that volume is 10,000 answers.
Thisys
Pro, US$19 a month: it includes 50,000 answers a month, and 1,000 responses to a 10-question survey use 10,000.
Source: our pricing pageWhere Tally is stronger
Said plainly, because a comparison that only flatters one side is no use to you.
The free plan has unlimited forms and submissions, within fair use.
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026Thisys Free has a monthly allowance: 1,000 answers a month — about 100 complete responses to a 10-question survey.
Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Zapier and Make integrations are listed on the free plan.
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026Thisys connects through webhooks, Slack, Microsoft Teams and a REST API, from Business. Native spreadsheet connectors are not built yet, and the Salesforce and HubSpot connectors are not switched on yet.
Payments in forms are listed on the free plan.
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026Thisys surveys do not take payments.
Pro lists custom domains and custom CSS.
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026On Thisys, running on your own domain comes with Enterprise, which is quoted per client.
Where Thisys stands out
A Decision Report in one click
A verdict, ranked findings, the answers that move your score and recommended actions, built from your responses. The findings are calculated from the data, and an AI sentence that contradicts them is left out rather than shown.
Privacy tools built in
Consent notices with a timestamped record and retention windows that purge on schedule (from Pro), and a scanner that finds Tax File Numbers, Medicare and card numbers in responses, checksum-checked so an unlabelled number that fails the check is not reported as one.
Quizzes that mark themselves
Correct answers, pass marks, time limits and attempt caps, a gradebook, item analysis, and certificates anyone can check on a public page.
Tally's plans, as their page listed them
The plans that bear on this comparison; Tally's page may list others.
Free
Free. Unlimited submissions, within fair use.
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026Pro
$24 a month (two months off yearly). Unlimited submissions.
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026Business
$74 a month (two months off yearly). Unlimited submissions.
Source: tally.so/pricing, checked 17 October 2026
Launch offer: take 50% off your first 3 months of Pro or Business by entering the code THISYSLAUNCH at checkout. It is for first-time customers on a monthly plan, for the first 100 paying accounts, and ends on 30 November 2026 (Australian Eastern time) or when the 100 are used, whichever comes first. After the 3 months your plan renews at its normal monthly price (Pro US$19, Business US$99, plus GST where it applies) unless you cancel first, which you can do at any time from your account.
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Sources and reference dates
Each page below was read on the date shown. Figures are quoted as the page showed them, in our words, with its own currency marker; we have not converted currencies or added tax.
- https://tally.so/help/free-ai-form-builder, read 17 October 2026
- https://tally.so/pricing, read 17 October 2026
- Thisys facts: our pricing and features pages, current as you read this.
Thisys is the subject of Australian trade mark application 2693330 (classes 9 and 42). SurveyMonkey, Typeform, Qualtrics, Tally and Jotform are trade marks of their respective owners and are used here only to identify their products. Thisys is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any of them.
Their facts were read from their own public pages between 17 and 21 October 2026, and each is linked with the date it was read. Prices and plans change, may be shown differently in your country or currency, and may exclude tax, so check the company's own page before you buy. This comparison is general information, not advice.
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