# Jotform vs Tally (slim)

> Tally scores 60.6 (C) on agent readiness against Jotform's 52.9 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Jotform leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do forms create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Tally scores 60.6 (C) on agent readiness against Jotform's 52.9 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Jotform leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do forms create.

- Jotform: D 52.9, rank #556 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jotform.min.md
- Tally: C 60.6, rank #395 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tally.min.md
- Jotform, 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 75; Agent ergonomics, 60 against 50; Security & auth, 56 against 47.
- Tally, good for An agent that builds a form from a description, publishes it and reads the answers for an owner on a small budget, since the whole API is free. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 82 against 30; Maintenance & community, 66 against 25; Transparency & trust, 73 against 68.

| Category | Jotform | Tally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 83 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 30 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 50 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 47 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 25 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Jotform | Tally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Jotform Inc. | Tally BV |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.jotform.com` | `https://api.tally.so` |
| Licence | Proprietary 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 | Proprietary service under Tally's terms and conditions. The OpenAPI spec names MIT as its own licence |
| Tools exposed | 6 | none |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `com.jotform/mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-02-26 | 2026-09-11 |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 3.6k npm/wk | none |