# Alchemer vs Formstack (slim)

> Formstack scores 49 (D) on agent readiness against Alchemer's 41.4 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Alchemer leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do forms create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Formstack scores 49 (D) on agent readiness against Alchemer's 41.4 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Alchemer leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do forms create.

- Alchemer: E 41.4, rank #798 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alchemer.min.md
- Formstack: D 49, rank #716 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/formstack.min.md
- Alchemer, good for A company already on an Alchemer Business Platform contract that wants an agent to build surveys, load contacts, send campaigns and export responses. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 20 against 15; Maintenance & community, 45 against 20.
- Formstack, good for An organisation that already runs Formstack Forms, has bought the API add-on and wants an agent to build forms, read or search submissions and manage signed webhooks, including HIPAA and PCI use. Ahead on Reliability, 63 against 35; Schema & documentation, 69 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 52 against 47.

| Category | Alchemer | Formstack |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 45 | 69 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 47 | 52 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 43 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 45 | 20 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Alchemer | Formstack |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Alchemer LLC | Intellistack, LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.alchemer.com/v5` | `https://www.formstack.com/api/v2025` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | Token |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Alchemer Software as a Service Agreement | Proprietary service under the Intellistack Software Services Agreement. No vendor SDK or open-source client was found |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-06-18 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-01-14 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-23 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |