Can I vibecode Tally?

YES · one-shottable

price $29/moyou'd save $348/yrbuild time weekendcategory 📝 formsreplaced by 18 people

A form builder that stores responses and sends webhooks/email is a classic one-sitting/weekend app.

the prompt

Build me a personal form builder to replace Tally. Requirements:

- One Node + Express + better-sqlite3 app, server-rendered pages, deployed on my VPS
  behind Caddy. No frontend framework.
- Admin UI at /admin, protected by a single ADMIN_TOKEN from .env, no user accounts:
  create a form, add fields (text, textarea, email, select, checkbox, file upload),
  mark required, reorder.
- Each form gets a public page at /f/<slug>: single column, one accent color, client
  and server validation, honeypot field plus a per-IP rate limit for spam.
- Responses stored in SQLite; file uploads go to uploads/<form-slug>/, 10 MB cap.
- Per form, two optional notifications: email me each response via SMTP creds in
  .env, and POST the response JSON to a webhook URL.
- Admin response view: sortable table per form with a CSV export button.
- No telemetry, no third-party form service; respondent data stays in my SQLite file.
- Out of scope: partial submissions, conditional logic, payments, and team
  workspaces. Do not build a template gallery.
- README: .env vars, Caddy snippet, where uploads and the DB live on disk.

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why people still pay

They pay for low-friction forms, branding removal, and integrations.

what you lose

xbeautiful editor

xunlimited free usage

xpartial submissions

xcustom domains

xintegrations

xteam workspaces

xanti-spam

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the escape hatch

Don't feel like building it? These folks already made it free.

HeyFormTally's conversational cousin, minus the document-like editor8.9kjul 2026open source↗

OpnFormOpen-source forms with unlimited respondents; the free self-hosted builder team stops at two3.5kaug 2026open source↗

no votes, no pay-to-list · just what's real

the numbers

Tally pricing

plan	monthly	annual (per mo)	what you get
free	$0/workspace	$0/workspace	Unlimited forms/submissions/e-signatures; 10 MB/file. Fair-use examples: 50,000 submissions/month, 100 GB uploads/month, 500 GB total storage or 50,000 emails/month.
pro	$29/workspace	$24.17/workspace	Unlimited team members, unlimited forms/submissions under fair use and 30-day version history; removes the 10 MB upload cap.
business	$89/workspace	$74.17/workspace	Unlimited team members, unlimited forms/submissions under fair use and 90-day version history.

free tierUnlimited forms, submissions and e-signatures; 10 MB/file. Fair-use review examples begin with 50,000 submissions/month, 100 GB of uploads/month, 500 GB total storage or 50,000 email notifications/month.

billingmonthly + annual (2 months free, about 17%); annual paid upfront and auto-renews; no paid-plan trial

hidden costsConsistent use around 50,000 submissions/month, 100 GB uploads/month, 500 GB total storage or 50,000 emails/month can trigger a custom plan billed quarterly on top of the existing subscription.

verified 2026-08-11 · source ↗

questions

Is Tally free?

The free plan covers unlimited forms and submissions under fair use. Paid is Pro at $29/mo (checked 2026-08-07).