Tally vs Askwell
A comparison written by Askwell's publisher: it can lean our way, hence the sources and dates. Where Tally is better, we say so plainly.
Comparison table
| Feature | Tally | Askwell |
|---|---|---|
| AI facing the respondent (follow-up) | Not foundTally AI helps the author in the editor | YesBlob reads the answer and asks 1 or 2 follow-up questions if it is vague |
| AI to build the form | YesTally AI, since 2026-07-08, free on every plan | YesBlob writes the form from a description |
| A/B testing of questions | Not foundon the pages checked | Yesone question at a time, against a control (10% of visits) |
| Free plan | Free: unlimited forms and responses (fair use) | Free: €0, 100 responses read by Blob a month |
| Cheapest paid plan | Pro €25 a month (€20 billed yearly) | Pro €24 a month (€20 billed yearly) |
| Conditional logic | Yes | Yes |
| Payments, signatures, files | Payments, signatures and file uploads: yes | Nono payments, signatures or file uploads |
| Integrations | Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Zapier, Make, webhooks | Webhooks, Zapier, Make. No native Sheets, Notion or Airtable link |
— : not documented by the vendor as of Oct 23
What Tally does better than Askwell
- The free plan: unlimited forms and responses (fair use), where others count responses.
- Payments, signatures and file uploads, which Askwell does not have.
- Native integrations (Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable) on top of Zapier, Make and webhooks.
- A visible community and a steady release pace.
Askwell has no payments, signatures or file uploads, and no native link to Google Sheets, Notion or Airtable. “No badge”, custom domain and team members are announced for later.
What Askwell brings
- Blob follows up on vague answers
- Blob reads every free-text answer. If it is too short to be useful, it asks 1 or 2 follow-up questions. The respondent sees the label “Question added by Blob (AI)”.
- An A/B test against a control
- You try another wording of a question, one question at a time. 10% of visits stay on the original version; no winner is announced before a response threshold and 7 days.
- Readable pricing
- Free at €0 with 100 responses read by Blob a month, Pro at €24 a month (€20 billed yearly). VAT not applicable, art. 293 B of the French tax code.
- An import of your form
- Paste the public link of a Tally, Typeform, Google Forms or Microsoft Forms form: Askwell creates a draft.
- Data stored in the EU
- Data is stored in the EU. Blob goes through Anthropic's API, outside the EU.
Tally's AI, fairly described
Tally AI has been available to everyone since 8 July 2026 (no longer just a beta), free on every plan. It is an assistant inside the editor: it builds, edits, troubleshoots or translates a form from plain language. We found no respondent-side AI, so no follow-up on a vague answer.
Tally and Askwell pricing
Checked on 2026-10-22. Prices change: verify on the vendor's page before deciding.
- Free: €0, unlimited forms and responses (fair use).
- Pro: €25 a month, €20 billed yearly.
- Business: €79 a month, €65 yearly.
- Some third-party sites show other amounts (in dollars, per country): only tally.so/pricing is authoritative.
Frequently asked questions
No. Tally AI is an assistant for the author: it builds, edits or translates a form in the editor. It has been available to everyone since 8 July 2026, free on every plan. We found no feature that reads a respondent's answer and asks a follow-up.
If Tally's free plan covers your need, stay. Askwell is for people whose free-text answers are too short to be useful, and who want Blob to follow them up and want to test their questions against a control.
Yes, by pasting its public link: questions, texts and choices come over. Logic, payments and files do not, and responses already received stay in Tally.
Sources
- tally.so/pricing (2026-10-23)
- tally.so/changelog (2026-10-23)
- tally.so/ai-info (2026-10-23)
- tally.so/roadmap (2026-10-23)
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