The Formstack alternative you can start for free
Formstack is built for enterprise workflows, priced to match, and has no free plan. FurmBase is free to start, and adds African payments when you upgrade.
The short answer
Formstack suits large organisations with document and approval workflows. Its cheapest plan is $83 a month billed yearly, and its payment providers are Stripe, PayPal and Authorize.Net. FurmBase is free to start and takes African payment methods natively.
Formstack is a good fit for
- Large organisations with compliance and approval workflows
- Teams that also need document generation and e-signatures
- Businesses on Stripe, PayPal or Authorize.Net
Why teams switch to FurmBase
- Built for how Africa paysRespondents pay by card, bank transfer, USSD or mobile money in their own currency, right on the form. No Stripe account, no Zapier, no screenshot of a transfer receipt.
- Free to startFormstack offers a 14-day trial, then a paid plan. FurmBase has a free plan, and you upgrade when you're ready to take payments.
- Set up in minutesDescribe your form and FurmBase's AI builds it, or start from a blank form. No onboarding call needed.
- Automations without the enterprise billOn paid plans, send responses to Slack, Telegram, Discord or Google Sheets the moment they arrive.
FurmBase vs Formstack
| Feature | FurmBase | Formstack |
|---|---|---|
| Payments | ||
| Take payments on the form | Yes | Yes |
| African payment gateway built inFlutterwave, without Zapier | Yes | No |
| Bank transfer, USSD and mobile money at checkout | Yes | No |
| Payment providers | Flutterwave | Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.Net |
| Plans and price | ||
| Free plan | Yes | No14-day trial |
| Cheapest paid planMonthly billing, USD | See pricing | $83/moBilled yearly |
| Building forms | ||
| AI builds a form from a prompt | Yes | Yes |
Checked on each company's own website on 14 October 2026. Plans change, so check before you decide.
Get paid the way your customers already pay
Most form builders take payments through Stripe, PayPal or Square. FurmBase has Flutterwave built in, so each respondent sees the methods that work in their country, in their own currency.
Card
Local and international cards
Bank transfer
Pay straight from a bank account
USSD
Works on any phone, no data needed
Mobile money
Including M-Pesa
FurmBase and Formstack: common questions
How FurmBase compares
The only form builder here with African payments built in
Try FurmBase alongside Formstack
Build your first form free, then upgrade when you're ready to take payments.
- Free plan
- Flutterwave built in
- No card needed to sign up