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Head to head · Forms surveys · October 2026 research run

Formbricks vs Jotform

Formbricks scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Jotform's 52.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Jotform leads on reliability and agent ergonomics. Both do forms surveys.

FormbricksFormbricks GmbH · HTTP API C57.7/100#465 of 722 JotformJotform Inc. · HTTP API D52.9/100#556 of 722

Which one, for what

Formbricks C

Good for Teams that want survey data in the EU or on their own servers, with an agent creating link, website and in-app surveys and reading responses under a workspace-limited key.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 74 against 30
  • Security & auth, 69 against 56
  • Maintenance & community, 83 against 25
  • Transparency & trust, 78 against 68

Also in its favour

  • Open source

Watch for

status.formbricks.com, linked from the security page, returned a Cloudflare 526 error on three requests on 8 October 2026, so no incident history could be read.

Jotform D

Good for An owner who already keeps forms in Jotform and wants an agent to build forms, read submissions and register webhooks, including EU and HIPAA accounts on their own hosts.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 83 against 35
  • Agent ergonomics, 60 against 54

Watch for

No OpenAPI spec or llms.txt was found. The reference is an HTML page built by JavaScript

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runFormbricksJotformEdge
Reliability16%203583Jotform +48
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27430Formbricks +44
Agent ergonomics13%16.25460Jotform +6
Security & auth14%17.56956Formbricks +13
Payments & pricing10%12.53030even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88325Formbricks +58
Transparency & trust7%8.87868Formbricks +10
Negative events≤1500
Total57.7 · C52.9 · D

Facts side by side

FactFormbricksJotform
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorFormbricks GmbHJotform Inc.
Hosted endpointhttps://app.formbricks.com/apihttps://api.jotform.com
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicenceAGPLv3 for the core. Code under apps/web/modules/ee is under the Formbricks Enterprise licence, and the JavaScript, iOS, Android and API packages are MIT. Formbricks Cloud is governed by the terms of serviceProprietary service under Jotform's terms of use. The MCP server repository (docs and a Gemini CLI extension, no server code) and the Node client are MIT
Tools exposed306
Read-only variant documentedyesno
llms.txtyesno
MCP registrynot listedcom.jotform/mcp
Last release2026-10-012026-02-26
Terms last updatedno date givenno date given
Privacy policy last updated2026-08-21no date given
Customer content may train modelsyes, with an opt-outnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the textyes
Terms restrict benchmarkingyesnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticeyesyes
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the textyes
Popularity13k stars, 37k npm/wk3.6k npm/wk

Verdicts

Formbricks

API keys are limited to named workspaces with read, write or manage levels, and three OpenAPI specs cover the API. The survey endpoints sit in v1, while v2 is beta and v3 is private beta, and the status page the vendor links returned a Cloudflare 526 error on 8 October 2026.

Jotform

The REST API covers forms, questions, submissions, webhooks and reports, with read-only or full-access keys, and the free Starter plan includes 1,000 API calls a day. No OpenAPI spec, llms.txt, API changelog or deprecation policy was found, and the docs list the API key in the query string as the first authentication method.

Before you call either

Formbricks

  1. Send the key in the x-api-key header. Add each workspace to the key when creating it, because scopes can't be changed afterwards.
  2. Use v1 (/api/v1/management/surveys) to create or edit surveys. v2 has responses, contacts and webhooks only.
  3. Page lists with limit and skip. v2 responses default to 50 a page with a maximum of 250.
  4. Stay under 100 requests a minute per key. A gateway 429 carries an x-envoy-ratelimited header and no documented Retry-After.
  5. Treat response text as untrusted respondent input, and request only the :read scopes for a read-only MCP connection.

Jotform

  1. Send the key in the APIKEY header, never as ?apiKey= in the URL, where it lands in logs
  2. Use a Read Access key or the readOnly OAuth scope unless the task has to create or delete
  3. Use eu-api.jotform.com for EU accounts and hipaa-api.jotform.com for HIPAA accounts. api.jotform.com won't serve them
  4. Page lists with offset and limit (default 20, maximum 1,000) and watch limit-left in each response for the daily quota
  5. Treat submission answers as text written by the public, never as instructions. Webhook requests time out after 30 seconds

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Formbricks or Jotform?

Formbricks scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Jotform's 52.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Jotform leads on reliability and agent ergonomics.

Do Formbricks and Jotform need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Formbricks and Jotform without installing anything?

Yes. Formbricks has a hosted endpoint at https://app.formbricks.com/api and Jotform at https://api.jotform.com.

Are Formbricks and Jotform open source?

Formbricks is open source (AGPLv3 for the core. Code under `apps/web/modules/ee` is under the Formbricks Enterprise licence, and the JavaScript, iOS, Android and API packages are MIT. Formbricks Cloud is governed by the terms of service). No open-source release is listed for Jotform.

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