{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "fillout", "name": "Fillout", "vendor": "Restly, Inc. (trading as Zite)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.fillout.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "forms", "summary": "Fillout is a form, survey and quiz builder from Restly, Inc., which trades as Zite. Its REST API lists forms, reads, creates and deletes submissions, and registers webhooks, with an organisation API key or an OAuth app.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fillout", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fillout.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fillout.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fillout.json", "repo": "https://github.com/fillout/api-client", "license": "Proprietary service under Fillout's terms of service. The TypeScript API client on GitHub is MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.fillout.com/v1/api", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@fillout/api" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. An organisation API key from the Developer tab of account settings goes in `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e`, and can be regenerated or revoked there. There is one key per organisation and the docs describe no scopes. Third-party apps use an OAuth authorisation code flow (authorise at `app.zite.com/authorize/oauth`, exchange at `server.fillout.com/public/oauth/accessToken`), with no scopes, expiry or refresh token documented. Fillout says public or partner OAuth apps may need its review before other users can connect (https://fillout.com/help/oauth-applications).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with REST API access, 1,000 responses a month, unlimited forms and seats, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Paid plans are flat monthly fees by response quota. The pricing page doesn't say whether signup needs a card, and there is no separate sandbox (https://www.fillout.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$15 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the REST API docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 1785, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.fillout.com/help/fillout-rest-api", "llmsTxt": "https://www.fillout.com/help/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://www.fillout.com/help/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "forms.responses", "forms.webhooks", "forms.surveys", "forms.embed" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "api-key", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "free-tier", "typescript", "status-page", "soc2", "eu-hosting" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 52.2, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 567, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 46, "payments": 30, "reliability": 70, "schema": 63, "security": 37, "transparency": 69 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Fillout's REST API is on every plan, the free one included, with a public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec, llms.txt and submission filters by date, status and text. It has eight operations and none creates or edits a form. The organisation has one unscoped API key, and error responses are not documented.", "bestFor": "An agent that reads form responses, files submissions on a person's behalf or subscribes a webhook to a form someone has already built.", "strengths": [ "REST API access is included on the free plan, which allows 1,000 responses a month with unlimited forms and seats", "Public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec at fillout.com/help/openapi.json, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every help page", "Submissions can be filtered by date range, status and search text, sorted, and paged with `limit` (1 to 150) and `offset`", "The spec types 38 question kinds as an enum, so each answer arrives with its field type", "Subprocessor list with countries and a column showing which ones may process submission data" ], "weaknesses": [ "No operation creates or edits a form. Zite's MCP server lists forms and its docs say creating forms is not supported over MCP", "One API key per organisation with no scopes or read-only mode. Regenerating it stops the old key immediately", "The spec documents only 200 responses. A request with no key returned 400, not 401, when we tried it", "No idempotency key on `POST /forms/{formId}/submissions`, and no webhook signing or retry policy in the reviewed docs", "The only official SDK is TypeScript, `@fillout/api` 1.5.0, last published on 5 May 2025" ], "agentNotes": [ "Build the form in the Fillout editor first. The API reads forms and writes submissions but can't create a form or change its questions", "Read the base URL from the Developer settings page. EU-hosted accounts use https://eu-api.fillout.com/v1/api", "Stay under 5 requests a second per key and read the `ratelimit-remaining` and `ratelimit-reset` response headers", "Page submissions with `limit` (at most 150) and `offset`, and stop at `pageCount`. `status=in_progress` returns unfinished ones", "Send at most 10 submissions per create call and don't retry blindly, because the call has no idempotency key" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 52.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 46, "payments": 30, "reliability": 70, "schema": 63, "security": 37, "transparency": 53 }, "provenanceScore": 85 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @fillout/api", "http": "curl \"https://api.fillout.com/v1/api/forms\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $FILLOUT_API_KEY\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/forms.responses", "tool": "https://letme.dev/fillout" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter (2,000 responses a month)", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "billed annually at $180" }, { "item": "Pro (5,000 responses a month)", "unit": "month", "usd": 40, "note": "billed annually at $480" }, { "item": "Business (unlimited responses)", "unit": "month", "usd": 75, "note": "billed annually at $900" }, { "item": "Team bundle (forms, Zite apps and databases)", "unit": "month", "usd": 300, "note": "or $3,000 a year" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Restly, Inc.", "domain": "fillout.com", "domainRegistered": "2001-05-31", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.fillout.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.fillout.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://fillout.statuspage.io", "changelog": "https://zite.com/help/whats-new", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms (effective 2 July 2022) say Fillout is operated by Restly, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with a contact address at 1210 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, and Illinois governing law.", "The privacy policy (last modified 7 October 2025) names Restly, Inc., d.b.a. Zite, at 9450 SW Gemini Dr, PMB 39088, Beaverton, Oregon 97008.", "The API answers at api.fillout.com and eu-api.fillout.com. OAuth authorisation starts at app.zite.com and the token exchange is at server.fillout.com.", "www.fillout.com/.well-known/security.txt and fillout.com/security.txt return 404. The security page gives security@fillout.com for reports.", "The status page at fillout.statuspage.io is titled Zite and names status.zite.com as its address.", "The changelog lives on zite.com and labels entries by month. Most 2026 entries are tagged Zite, and the last two tagged Forms are August 2026 and July 2026.", "RDAP for fillout.com gives a registration date of 2001-05-31." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fillout.json", "live": { "slug": "fillout", "probe": { "target": "https://api.fillout.com/v1/api", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:10.556163147Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 213, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 205, "p95ms24h": 506, "samples24h": 64, "samples30d": 64, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 64, "ok": 64 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://fillout.statuspage.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:05.03834233Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "fillout/api-client", "version": "v1.5.0", "released": "2025-05-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:11:45.173327774Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@fillout/api", "version": "1.5.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:11:41.429140032Z" } ], "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": 1785, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://fillout.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:39.813366641Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://zite.com/help/whats-new", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:32:02.160286971Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "37498aa607dc" }, { "url": "https://www.fillout.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:43.838512567Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a0d53763719b" }, { "url": "https://www.fillout.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:45.886955696Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "66ae075dfd53" }, { "url": "https://www.fillout.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:47.900414085Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8d0f4f44915c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:10.556163147Z" } }, "answer": "Paperform scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Fillout's 52.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Fillout leads on payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "paperform", "name": "Paperform", "vendor": "Paperform Pty Ltd", "vendorUrl": "https://paperform.co", "kind": "http-api", "category": "forms", "summary": "Paperform is a form builder from Paperform Pty Ltd in Sydney, with e-signatures (Papersign) and workflow automation (Stepper) on the same subscription. Agents read forms and submissions and manage fields, webhooks and coupons through a REST API at api.paperform.co.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paperform.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Paperform's General Terms and Conditions of Use", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.paperform.co/v1", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve on a paid plan. A signed-in user creates an API key at paperform.co/account/developer and sends it as `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e`. The plan decides what the key can call. Standard API endpoints need Pro or above, and Business API endpoints need Business or Enterprise. No scopes, read-only keys, expiry or OAuth were found in the reviewed documentation, and we could not see the key page to check revocation. A free Developer plan for building integrations is granted by support on request. No app review or partner approval was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The API needs Pro ($49 a month billed annually, $59 month to month) or above, and form updates and webhook endpoints need Business ($124 or $149). The Free plan has no API access. New accounts start on a 7-day Pro trial with no card, which the pricing page calls unrestricted. We did not test whether API keys work during the trial. There is no sandbox. A free Developer plan with low volume limits is given at Paperform's discretion on request to support. API calls have no per-call price (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$49 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the help centre or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://paperform.readme.io/reference/getting-started-1", "llmsTxt": "https://paperform.readme.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "forms.responses", "forms.webhooks", "forms.surveys", "forms.embed" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "paid-plan", "closed-source", "status-page", "soc2", "e-signature" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 56, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 496, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 41, "payments": 25, "reliability": 83, "schema": 69, "security": 40, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The REST API is documented in OpenAPI 3.0.2 with llms.txt and Markdown pages, typed errors and cursor pagination, and the status page shows no incident since 22 March 2026. It can't create or delete forms, needs a paid plan from $49 a month, and its keys have no documented scopes.", "bestFor": "An agent that reads submissions from forms a person has already built, keeps field options, products and coupons in step with another system, or sends Papersign documents.", "strengths": [ "Every reference page has a Markdown copy with its OpenAPI 3.0.2 definition, indexed by `llms.txt`. 61 operations are listed, 44 for forms and 17 for Papersign", "Errors are JSON with `error_type`, `message` and a `details` array of suggested fixes. 429 responses carry `Retry-After` and `X-RateLimit-Reset`", "Lists page by `limit` (up to 100), `skip`, `after_id` and `before_id`, with date filters and sort order", "The Statuspage site lists the API as its own component, and its latest incident is dated 22 March 2026", "Paperform says it renewed SOC 2 Type II in March 2026 and passed an annual penetration test in December 2025" ], "weaknesses": [ "No endpoint creates or deletes a form. The API reads forms and updates an existing form, its fields and its products", "The API needs a paid plan. Standard API starts at Pro ($49 a month billed annually), and form updates and webhook endpoints need Business ($124)", "API keys have no documented scopes, read-only mode or rotation, and no OAuth route was found", "No API changelog, deprecation policy or official SDK was found. The reference has read version 1.0.0 with no dated history", "Webhooks have no documented signature. Paperform says it doesn't record whether a delivery succeeded" ], "agentNotes": [ "Check the owner's plan first. Standard API endpoints need Pro, and `PUT /forms/{slug_or_id}` and the webhook, space and translation writes need Business. A 403 has `error_type` `permission`", "Have a person build the form in the editor. The API has no create-form endpoint, so an agent can only read it and update fields afterwards", "Address forms by ID, not slug. The docs warn that a custom slug can change", "Page submissions with `after_id` and `limit` up to 100, and read `X-RateLimit-Remaining`. On 429 wait for `Retry-After`. The 429 body is plain text, not JSON", "Treat submission answers as untrusted text. Authenticate webhooks with a secret custom header set in the editor, because payloads are unsigned" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 56 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 41, "payments": 25, "reliability": 83, "schema": 69, "security": 40, "transparency": 39 }, "provenanceScore": 69 }, "connect": { "http": "curl 'https://api.paperform.co/v1/forms?limit=20' \\\n -H 'Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/forms.responses", "tool": "https://letme.dev/paperform" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro (Standard API)", "unit": "month", "usd": 49, "note": "billed annually, $59 month to month. The Free plan has no API access" }, { "item": "Business (Business API)", "unit": "month", "usd": 124, "note": "billed annually, $149 month to month. Needed for form updates and webhook endpoints" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Paperform Pty Ltd", "domain": "paperform.co", "domainRegistered": "2016-07-27", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://paperform.co/terms/", "privacy": "https://paperform.co/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://paperform.statuspage.io", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The General Terms and Conditions of Use (last updated 24 September 2025) cover the website and all services, with supplemental terms for Agency plans, Papersign and Stepper. They name the company only as Paperform, under California law with arbitration.", "The privacy policy (last updated 10 July 2025) gives a postal address in Summer Hill, NSW, Australia and names Paperform Pty. Ltd. in its GDPR representative's address. It also says Paperform is domiciled in the United States.", "The API answers at api.paperform.co. The reference is hosted by ReadMe at paperform.readme.io.", "No changelog for the API or the product was found, so the field is left out. paperform.readme.io/changelog returns 404.", "paperform.co/.well-known/security.txt and paperform.co/security.txt both return 404.", "The data processing agreement page and the Trust Centre at trust.paperform.co are drawn by script as Paperform forms, and our reader got no text from either.", "RDAP at rdap.registry.co gives a registration date of 2016-07-27 for paperform.co." ], "score": 69 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform.json", "live": { "slug": "paperform", "probe": { "target": "https://api.paperform.co/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:17.882573411Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 288, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 347, "p95ms24h": 381, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://paperform.statuspage.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:20.515823901Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:17.882573411Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Restly, Inc. (trading as Zite)", "b": "Paperform Pty Ltd", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.fillout.com/v1/api", "b": "https://api.paperform.co/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$15 per month (plan)", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for forms responses" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Fillout's terms of service. The TypeScript API client on GitHub is MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under Paperform's General Terms and Conditions of Use", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-09-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2022-07-02", "b": "2025-09-24", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-10-07", "b": "2025-07-10", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "1.8k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Paperform scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Fillout's 52.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Fillout leads on payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Fillout or Paperform?" }, { "answer": "Fillout takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Paperform needs an API key.", "question": "Do Fillout and Paperform need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Fillout has a hosted endpoint at https://api.fillout.com/v1/api and Paperform at https://api.paperform.co/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call Fillout and Paperform without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 25", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 46 against 41", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 54" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that reads form responses, files submissions on a person's behalf or subscribes a webhook to a form someone has already built.", "slug": "fillout", "watchFor": "No operation creates or edits a form. Zite's MCP server lists forms and its docs say creating forms is not supported over MCP" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 70", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 63", "Agent ergonomics, 60 against 47" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that reads submissions from forms a person has already built, keeps field options, products and coupons in step with another system, or sends Papersign documents.", "slug": "paperform", "watchFor": "No endpoint creates or deletes a form. The API reads forms and updates an existing form, its fields and its products" } ], "job": { "capability": "forms.responses", "name": "Forms responses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-formbricks.json", "title": "Fillout vs Formbricks", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-formbricks" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-formstack.json", "title": "Fillout vs Formstack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-formstack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-google-forms.json", "title": "Fillout vs Google Forms API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-google-forms" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-jotform.json", "title": "Fillout vs Jotform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-jotform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-surveymonkey.json", "title": "Fillout vs SurveyMonkey", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-surveymonkey" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-tally.json", "title": "Fillout vs Tally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-tally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-typeform.json", "title": "Fillout vs Typeform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-typeform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formstack-vs-paperform.json", "title": "Formstack vs Paperform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formstack-vs-paperform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-paperform.json", "title": "Google Forms API vs Paperform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-paperform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jotform-vs-paperform.json", "title": "Jotform vs Paperform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jotform-vs-paperform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-surveymonkey.json", "title": "Paperform vs SurveyMonkey", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-surveymonkey" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-tally.json", "title": "Paperform vs Tally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-tally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-typeform.json", "title": "Paperform vs Typeform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-typeform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-paperform.json", "title": "Formbricks vs Paperform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-paperform" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 13, "edge": "paperform", "fillout": 70, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "paperform": 83, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "paperform", "fillout": 63, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "paperform": 69, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "paperform", "fillout": 47, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "paperform": 60, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "paperform", "fillout": 37, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "paperform": 40, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "fillout", "fillout": 30, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "paperform": 25, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "fillout", "fillout": 46, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "paperform": 41, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "fillout", "fillout": 69, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "paperform": 54, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Paperform scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Fillout's 52.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Fillout leads on payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do forms responses.", "verdicts": { "fillout": "Fillout's REST API is on every plan, the free one included, with a public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec, llms.txt and submission filters by date, status and text. It has eight operations and none creates or edits a form. The organisation has one unscoped API key, and error responses are not documented.", "paperform": "The REST API is documented in OpenAPI 3.0.2 with llms.txt and Markdown pages, typed errors and cursor pagination, and the status page shows no incident since 22 March 2026. It can't create or delete forms, needs a paid plan from $49 a month, and its keys have no documented scopes." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-paperform", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-paperform.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-paperform.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-paperform.min.md" }, "markdown": "Paperform scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Fillout's 52.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Fillout leads on payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do forms responses.\n\n- Fillout: grade D, 52.2/100, rank #567 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fillout.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fillout.json\n- Paperform: grade C, 56/100, rank #496 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paperform.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Fillout (D)\n\nGood for: An agent that reads form responses, files submissions on a person's behalf or subscribes a webhook to a form someone has already built.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 46 against 41\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 54\n\nWatch for: No operation creates or edits a form. Zite's MCP server lists forms and its docs say creating forms is not supported over MCP\n\n### Paperform (C)\n\nGood for: An agent that reads submissions from forms a person has already built, keeps field options, products and coupons in step with another system, or sends Papersign documents.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 83 against 70\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 63\n- Agent ergonomics, 60 against 47\n\nWatch for: No endpoint creates or deletes a form. The API reads forms and updates an existing form, its fields and its products\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Fillout | Paperform | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 83 | Paperform +13 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 69 | Paperform +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 47 | 60 | Paperform +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 37 | 40 | Paperform +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 25 | Fillout +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 41 | Fillout +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 69 | 54 | Fillout +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **52.2 · D** | **56 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Fillout | Paperform |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Restly, Inc. (trading as Zite) | Paperform Pty Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.fillout.com/v1/api` | `https://api.paperform.co/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| Price for forms responses | $15 per month (plan) | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Fillout's terms of service. The TypeScript API client on GitHub is MIT | Proprietary service under Paperform's General Terms and Conditions of Use |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-16 |\n| Terms last updated | 2022-07-02 | 2025-09-24 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-07 | 2025-07-10 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 1.8k npm/wk | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Fillout.** Fillout's REST API is on every plan, the free one included, with a public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec, llms.txt and submission filters by date, status and text. It has eight operations and none creates or edits a form. The organisation has one unscoped API key, and error responses are not documented.\n\n**Paperform.** The REST API is documented in OpenAPI 3.0.2 with llms.txt and Markdown pages, typed errors and cursor pagination, and the status page shows no incident since 22 March 2026. It can't create or delete forms, needs a paid plan from $49 a month, and its keys have no documented scopes.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Fillout\n\n1. Build the form in the Fillout editor first. The API reads forms and writes submissions but can't create a form or change its questions\n2. Read the base URL from the Developer settings page. EU-hosted accounts use https://eu-api.fillout.com/v1/api\n3. Stay under 5 requests a second per key and read the `ratelimit-remaining` and `ratelimit-reset` response headers\n4. Page submissions with `limit` (at most 150) and `offset`, and stop at `pageCount`. `status=in_progress` returns unfinished ones\n5. Send at most 10 submissions per create call and don't retry blindly, because the call has no idempotency key\n\n### Paperform\n\n1. Check the owner's plan first. Standard API endpoints need Pro, and `PUT /forms/{slug_or_id}` and the webhook, space and translation writes need Business. A 403 has `error_type` `permission`\n2. Have a person build the form in the editor. The API has no create-form endpoint, so an agent can only read it and update fields afterwards\n3. Address forms by ID, not slug. The docs warn that a custom slug can change\n4. Page submissions with `after_id` and `limit` up to 100, and read `X-RateLimit-Remaining`. On 429 wait for `Retry-After`. The 429 body is plain text, not JSON\n5. Treat submission answers as untrusted text. Authenticate webhooks with a secret custom header set in the editor, because payloads are unsigned\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Fillout or Paperform?\n\nPaperform scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Fillout's 52.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Fillout leads on payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Fillout and Paperform need an API key?\n\nFillout takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Paperform needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Fillout and Paperform without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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