# Paperform vs Tally (slim)

> Tally scores 60.6 (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 responses. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Tally scores 60.6 (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 responses.

- Paperform: C 56, rank #496 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform.min.md
- Tally: C 60.6, rank #395 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tally.min.md
- Paperform, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 75; Agent ergonomics, 60 against 50.
- 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 69; Security & auth, 47 against 40; Payments & pricing, 30 against 25; Maintenance & community, 66 against 41; Transparency & trust, 73 against 54.

| Category | Paperform | Tally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 83 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 50 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 47 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 41 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 54 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Paperform | Tally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Paperform Pty Ltd | Tally BV |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.paperform.co/v1` | `https://api.tally.so` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Paperform's General Terms and Conditions of Use | Proprietary service under Tally's terms and conditions. The OpenAPI spec names MIT as its own licence |
| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-24 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-07-10 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |