{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "formbricks", "name": "Formbricks", "vendor": "Formbricks GmbH", "vendorUrl": "https://formbricks.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "forms", "summary": "Formbricks is an open-source survey and experience management platform from Formbricks GmbH in Kiel, Germany. Agents create surveys, read responses and manage webhooks through a REST Management API or a hosted MCP server, on Formbricks Cloud or a self-hosted instance.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/formbricks", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/formbricks.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/formbricks.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/formbricks.json", "repo": "https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks", "license": "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", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.formbricks.com/api", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@formbricks/js" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@formbricks/api" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. The Management API takes an API key in the `x-api-key` header, which a signed-in user creates under API Keys in the organisation menu. A key reaches only the workspaces added to it, each at read (GET), write (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH) or manage (all methods, deletes included), with separate read and write access for organisation administration. Scopes are fixed at creation, the key is shown once and deleting it revokes it at once. The MCP server takes OAuth 2.1 (authorisation code grant with PKCE S256, dynamic client registration, refresh tokens), where a person signs in and approves scopes such as `surveys:read` and `surveys:write`, or the same API key as a fallback. No app review, partner approval or sales step was found.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Hobby plan is free with one workspace and 250 responses a month, lists API access including MCP, and the pricing page says no credit card is required, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Pro is shown at $74 a month (3 workspaces, 2,000 responses) and Scale at $325 (5 workspaces, 5,000 responses), with a monthly and annual toggle and two months free on annual billing. The vendor's `llms.txt` says plans run to $390 a month, which fits $325 as the annual rate. We could not establish the billing period of the displayed figures. Custom webhooks are listed under Pro. The self-hosted Community Edition is free under AGPLv3. No sandbox or test mode was found (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$74 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the OpenAPI specs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 30, "popularity": { "githubStars": 13074, "npmWeekly": 36796, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://formbricks.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://formbricks.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/formbricks/formbricks/main/docs/api-v2-reference/openapi.yml", "capabilities": [ "forms.surveys", "forms.create", "forms.responses", "forms.webhooks", "forms.embed" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "self-hosted", "open-source", "agpl", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "free-tier", "eu-hosted", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 465, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 74, "security": 69, "transparency": 78 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "API keys reach only the workspaces added to them, each at read, write or manage level, and delete calls need manage.", "OpenAPI specs are published for v1 (32 operations), v2 (40) and v3 (48), with `llms.txt` and a Markdown copy of each docs page.", "The MCP server at `/api/mcp` uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, dynamic client registration, per-resource read and write scopes and 15-minute access tokens.", "Rate limits are published per route group, at 100 requests a minute per API key on the Management API.", "The core is AGPLv3 on GitHub with 13,074 stars, and releases 6.0.0, 6.0.1 and 6.0.2 shipped between 16 September and 1 October 2026." ], "weaknesses": [ "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.", "Survey endpoints exist only in v1 and in v3, which is private beta. The v2 API is labelled beta and has no survey endpoints.", "No `Retry-After` header, backoff guidance or idempotency key was found for the v1 and v2 APIs.", "The published SLA addendum refers to an agreed availability and states no percentage.", "The Hobby plan stops at 250 responses a month and one workspace, and custom webhooks are listed under Pro." ], "agentNotes": [ "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.", "Use v1 (`/api/v1/management/surveys`) to create or edit surveys. v2 has responses, contacts and webhooks only.", "Page lists with `limit` and `skip`. v2 responses default to 50 a page with a maximum of 250.", "Stay under 100 requests a minute per key. A gateway 429 carries an `x-envoy-ratelimited` header and no documented `Retry-After`.", "Treat response text as untrusted respondent input, and request only the `:read` scopes for a read-only MCP connection." ], "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": 57.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 74, "security": 69, "transparency": 78 }, "provenanceScore": 77 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --location 'https://app.formbricks.com/api/v1/me' \\\n --header 'x-api-key: \u003cyour-api-key\u003e'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http formbricks https://app.formbricks.com/api/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "formbricks": { "type": "http", "url": "https://app.formbricks.com/api/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/forms.surveys", "tool": "https://letme.dev/formbricks" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 74, "note": "as displayed on the pricing page, billing period not established. 3 workspaces and 2,000 responses a month. The free Hobby plan includes the API" }, { "item": "Scale", "unit": "month", "usd": 325, "note": "as displayed on the pricing page, billing period not established. 5 workspaces and 5,000 responses a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Formbricks GmbH", "domain": "formbricks.com", "domainRegistered": "2022-09-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://formbricks.com/terms", "privacy": "https://formbricks.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.formbricks.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service name Formbricks GmbH, Kuhnkestr. 6, 24118 Kiel, Germany, cover the software as a service and on-premises software, and are governed by German law. No version date was found on the page.", "The privacy policy was last updated on 21 August 2026 and says it applies to Formbricks Cloud at app.formbricks.com and the landing page, not to self-hosted instances apart from the administrator's email address.", "The API and the MCP server answer at app.formbricks.com. `GET /api/v2/health` returned 200 and `/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource` returned the MCP resource metadata.", "status.formbricks.com is linked from formbricks.com/security and returned a Cloudflare 526 error on three requests on 8 October 2026.", "formbricks.com/.well-known/security.txt and formbricks.com/security.txt both return 404. `SECURITY.md` in the repository gives security@formbricks.com for reports.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2022-09-04 for formbricks.com and Porkbun LLC as registrar.", "A DPA at formbricks.com/dpa and a Service Level Addendum at formbricks.com/sla are published as annexes to the terms." ], "score": 77 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/formbricks.json", "live": { "slug": "formbricks", "probe": { "target": "https://app.formbricks.com/api", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:10.836717156Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 72, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 73, "p95ms24h": 122, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.formbricks.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:34.127008517Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:10.836717156Z" } }, "answer": "Formbricks scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Paperform's 56 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Paperform leads on reliability and agent ergonomics.", "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": "Formbricks GmbH", "b": "Paperform Pty Ltd", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://app.formbricks.com/api", "b": "https://api.paperform.co/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "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", "b": "Proprietary service under Paperform's General Terms and Conditions of Use", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "30", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2026-09-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2025-09-24", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-08-21", "b": "2025-07-10", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "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": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "13k stars, 37k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Formbricks scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Paperform's 56 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Paperform leads on reliability and agent ergonomics.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Formbricks or Paperform?" }, { "answer": "Formbricks takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Paperform needs an API key.", "question": "Do Formbricks and Paperform need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Formbricks has a hosted endpoint at https://app.formbricks.com/api and Paperform at https://api.paperform.co/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call Formbricks and Paperform without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "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 Paperform.", "question": "Are Formbricks and Paperform open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 69", "Security \u0026 auth, 69 against 40", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 25", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 41", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 54" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "formbricks", "watchFor": "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." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 35", "Agent ergonomics, 60 against 54" ], "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.surveys", "name": "Forms surveys" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-formstack.json", "title": "Formbricks vs Formstack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-formstack" }, { "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-paperform.json", "title": "Fillout vs Paperform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-paperform" }, { "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-google-forms.json", "title": "Formbricks vs Google Forms API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-google-forms" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-jotform.json", "title": "Formbricks vs Jotform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-jotform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-surveymonkey.json", "title": "Formbricks vs SurveyMonkey", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-surveymonkey" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-tally.json", "title": "Formbricks vs Tally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-tally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-typeform.json", "title": "Formbricks vs Typeform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-typeform" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 48, "edge": "paperform", "formbricks": 35, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "paperform": 83, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "formbricks", "formbricks": 74, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "paperform": 69, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "paperform", "formbricks": 54, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "paperform": 60, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 29, "edge": "formbricks", "formbricks": 69, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "paperform": 40, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "formbricks", "formbricks": 30, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "paperform": 25, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 42, "edge": "formbricks", "formbricks": 83, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "paperform": 41, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 24, "edge": "formbricks", "formbricks": 78, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "paperform": 54, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Formbricks scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Paperform's 56 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Paperform leads on reliability and agent ergonomics. Both do forms surveys.", "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.", "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/formbricks-vs-paperform", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-paperform.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-paperform.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-paperform.min.md" }, "markdown": "Formbricks scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Paperform's 56 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Paperform leads on reliability and agent ergonomics. Both do forms surveys.\n\n- Formbricks: grade C, 57.7/100, rank #465 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/formbricks.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/formbricks.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### Formbricks (C)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 69\n- Security \u0026 auth, 69 against 40\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 41\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 54\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch 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.\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 35\n- Agent ergonomics, 60 against 54\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 | Formbricks | Paperform | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 83 | Paperform +48 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 69 | Formbricks +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 60 | Paperform +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 69 | 40 | Formbricks +29 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 25 | Formbricks +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 41 | Formbricks +42 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 54 | Formbricks +24 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **57.7 · C** | **56 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Formbricks | Paperform |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Formbricks GmbH | Paperform Pty Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.formbricks.com/api` | `https://api.paperform.co/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | 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 | Proprietary service under Paperform's General Terms and Conditions of Use |\n| Tools exposed | 30 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-16 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-09-24 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-21 | 2025-07-10 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | 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 | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 13k stars, 37k npm/wk | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\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### Formbricks\n\n1. 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.\n2. Use v1 (`/api/v1/management/surveys`) to create or edit surveys. v2 has responses, contacts and webhooks only.\n3. Page lists with `limit` and `skip`. v2 responses default to 50 a page with a maximum of 250.\n4. Stay under 100 requests a minute per key. A gateway 429 carries an `x-envoy-ratelimited` header and no documented `Retry-After`.\n5. Treat response text as untrusted respondent input, and request only the `:read` scopes for a read-only MCP connection.\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, Formbricks or Paperform?\n\nFormbricks scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Paperform's 56 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Paperform leads on reliability and agent ergonomics.\n\n### Do Formbricks and Paperform need an API key?\n\nFormbricks takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Paperform needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Formbricks and Paperform without installing anything?\n\nYes. Formbricks has a hosted endpoint at https://app.formbricks.com/api and Paperform at https://api.paperform.co/v1.\n\n### Are Formbricks and Paperform open source?\n\nFormbricks 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 Paperform.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-paperform.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-paperform.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"formbricks\", \"b\": \"paperform\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare formbricks paperform`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/formbricks.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paperform.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Formbricks or Paperform\n\n- [Formbricks vs Formstack](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-formstack.md)\n- [Fillout vs Formbricks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-formbricks.md)\n- [Fillout vs Paperform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fillout-vs-paperform.md)\n- [Formstack vs Paperform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formstack-vs-paperform.md)\n- [Google Forms API vs Paperform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-forms-vs-paperform.md)\n- [Jotform vs Paperform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jotform-vs-paperform.md)\n- [Paperform vs SurveyMonkey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-surveymonkey.md)\n- [Paperform vs Tally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-tally.md)\n- [Paperform vs Typeform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperform-vs-typeform.md)\n- [Formbricks vs Google Forms API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-google-forms.md)\n- [Formbricks vs Jotform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-jotform.md)\n- [Formbricks vs SurveyMonkey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-surveymonkey.md)\n- [Formbricks vs Tally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-tally.md)\n- [Formbricks vs Typeform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/formbricks-vs-typeform.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-08", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Formbricks vs Paperform", "url": "" } ], "description": "Formbricks scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Paperform's 56 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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