Formstack Forms Reviews & Insights

We use Formstack for various reasons. We've created a makeshift CRM that our sales team uses to log customer interactions, which is integrated with another data analytics software. Our Marketing team uses it to capture customer information. We also use it internally for surveys, sign-ups, and other similar things.

Formstack is great for those who want basic forms that can be built without much training/assistance.

I use Formstack Forms currently for the agency's public survey. This is a requirement for our agency's accreditation. While Formstack accomplishes the goal of a survey it could be a little more innovative.

For surveys and basic forms it is suitable for the purpose that the program was purchased but, the analytics is their best feature hands down. This software would be good for a smaller agency perhaps, but our agency operates in the public sector and getting for the buck comes into play because every purchase must be planned and approved by the county commission and it does not always result in a positive experienence.

Embedded forms for multiple use cases such as newsletter subscription, lead generation, scholarship applications, evaluations, etc. The ease of creating forms in a user-friendly interface that is also supported with a high level of security, user authentication, and data protection was important in the decision to go with Formstack. It was so easy to train new staff to use and even create options like custom dropdown lists, logic branching, checkboxes for GDPR compliance, etc. Reuse and duplication of forms was easy, as was customizing the look and feel for the embedded form depending on the host website branding. Being able to easily edit text in a form without complex tickets or lengthy wait times enabled the team to respond to user behavior such as low completion rates. We were also able to easily test the effect of A/B testing, changing up form field types, etc. by paying close attention to the analytics. While I personally did not use partial completes, that seemed like an attractive feature that stood out over the competition. We did encounter some issues with the forms not displaying correctly on mobile but that may have been an issue with the site it was embedded on. With consistent testing, we were able to bypass this. issue.

Suited for marketing teams to be able to control forms with ease, including integrations into CRMs or Marketing Automation software. Less suited for complex preference center management kind of use cases.

We contracted with Formstack to help us run a large annual survey project that required more ability to build in page and question logic and better reporting and analytics than the free online tool we had previously used. We have discussed rolling out Formstack to our staff generally, but have not done so to this point due to the relative ease of the free online tool we use and the simplicity of most of our surveys.

There is no question that we gained significant functionality in terms of analytics and page and question logic by choosing Formstack over the free survey tool we had used previously. The feedback from users who had taken the survey was that it was user-friendly and looked much more professional. There were some discussions in the sales phase that did not accurately represent the functionality, and while they were extremely accommodating to our changes based on user experience, and training was phenomenal, it wasn't conveyed at point of contract that the service we were provided as part of that contract was limited to an hour of edits, and that our additional time was at an additional cost. Finally, the fact that they connected us with another software that was supposed to make our data integration easier made it appear that they either didn't understand the scope of our project request or they didn't have a good handle on the other company's capabilities.

We use Formstack for a variety of needs where information is required to process requests such as purchasing, IT support and professional development requests. It is used mostly by operations but IT uses it as well. It allows us to keep track of all types of requests easily and provide feedback to users.

Formstack is a flexible tool for an organization to gather and track data required to support the work your organization does. It is particularly useful in tracking supply and equipment requests, internal work orders and time requests. There are other tools that work better for IT support requests and have a better user interface.

The whole organization. We use it to track applications, conferences, and nearly everything internal when it comes to online paperwork.

I would use it for Admissions, HR, and Administrative purposes. It automates and streamlines processes like no other. However, I would not recommend it for someone unaware of the third party integrations. You can pull a CSV, but that can become burdensome. If you know Google Sheets, you can create a filter to make the data manageable. For someone who knows how to do this, Formstack is wonderful; if you don't, be prepared to feel lost on data until you get the hang of it.

Most of our organization uses Formstack for inter-departmental and operational forms (forms that need to integrate with multiple systems, forms that are on websites, forms that need to be stood up for repetitive use, etc.) and it handles these forms extremely well. We do, for ease of use and to keep systems clean, use another third-party form creator for departmental use.

We use it for Pardot Form Handler integration to allow us full control over the forms. We also have some forms that link to multiple systems for logging and access to data. These work great as it doesn't depend on a third-party app (Zapier/IFTTT) for most of the integrations.

If you're considering Formstack, I would recommend signing on for a free trial first so you can play around in it and see how easy it is to create forms and how your team could use the product most effectively. Feel free to make your own form templates with your brand's colors to really visualize how the forms could look and function.

Formstack is being used across our entire organization as our online forms solution. It is heavily used by enrollment services and has replaced all paper forms that were previously in use. The approval functionality makes it easy for us to distribute completed forms to the proper approvers and allows final approvers the opportunity to review all decisions made. Very helpful and efficient!

Works beautifully within a student services environment as a forms solution. Allows for creativity on use and has been instrumental in data collection from students.

Currently used by the compliance management department, primarily of occupational health and safety documentation and data collection. Utilizing Formstack for these processes creates significant efficiencies in both compliance data collection and processing for industry and regulatory audits. By utilizing digital data collection we are able to push compliance information into the field as well as direct compliance information to relevant stakeholders both internally and externally. This adds value to clients in the management of their own compliance requirements as well as our own internal compliance requirements.

Actually, for our purposes, in compliance management, Formstack is extremely well suited, particularly now that they have implemented the ability for offline form submission.