Feathery is purpose-built for financial services workflows — document intelligence, e-signatures, and HIPAA compliance — but its Growth and Business tiers are…
Best for Feathery: Financial services companies — registered investment advisors, broker-dealers, banks, insurance carriers and brokers — that need document intelligence, e-signatures, and HIPAA-eligible compliance for client onboarding workflows.
Best for Fillout: Teams that want a general-purpose form, quiz, or survey builder with transparent, fixed-price tiers and no per-seat charges, even as they add team members.
At a Glance
Feathery
Fillout
Primary category
Forms
Forms
Rating
Not documented
Not documented
Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium / Subscription
Starting price
Free
Free (paid plans from $15/month billed annually)
Free plan
Yes
Yes
Free trial
Not documented
Yes
Platforms
Web
Web
Team collaboration
Not documented
Not documented
AI features
Yes
Yes
Public API
Yes
Yes
Key Differences
Industry focus
Feathery: Positioned specifically for financial services — RIAs, broker-dealers, banks, insurance carriers and brokers.
Fillout: General-purpose form, quiz, and survey builder with no stated industry focus.
Feathery's feature set (document intelligence, HIPAA) is tailored to regulated workflows that Fillout doesn't target.
Document intelligence & e-signatures
Feathery: Document Templates & eSignatures plus Document Intelligence extracting structured data at a stated 98%+ accuracy.
Fillout: Not documented — Fillout's facts describe form/quiz/survey building, not document extraction or e-signatures.
Workflows requiring signed documents and automated data extraction need Feathery's capabilities.
Pricing transparency
Feathery: Growth and Business plans are custom, quote-based — no published prices beyond the free tier.
Fillout: Starter ($15/mo), Pro ($40/mo), and Business ($75/mo) all have published fixed prices.
Teams that need to budget without a sales call will find Fillout's pricing easier to evaluate upfront.
HIPAA compliance
Feathery: Growth/Business plans include HIPAA and GDPR compliance.
Fillout: Not documented — no HIPAA compliance is mentioned.
Healthcare-adjacent financial workflows (e.g., insurance intake) may require HIPAA-eligible tooling.
Per-seat charges
Feathery: Free plan includes unlimited seats; paid tier seat costs aren't detailed.
Fillout: Explicitly states no per-seat charges on any plan.
Growing teams want certainty that adding users won't increase cost.
Feature-by-Feature
Core Form Building
Feature
Feathery
Fillout
Conditional logic
Available
Available
Drag-and-drop builder
Not documented
Available
Free plan forms
Available
Available
AI & Document Tools
Feature
Feathery
Fillout
AI assistant
Available
Available
Document intelligence / eSignatures
Available
Not documented
Meeting/audio intelligence
Available
Not documented
Compliance & Enterprise
Feature
Feathery
Fillout
HIPAA compliance
Available
Not documented
SOC 2
Available
Not documented
SSO
Available
Available
Pricing
Feature
Feathery
Fillout
Published fixed pricing on paid tiers
Unavailable
Available
No per-seat charges
Not documented
Available
Free plan submission volume
Available
Available
Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
Pro — $40/month (billed annually, $480/year); $49/month billed monthly Monthly or annual
Business — $75/month (billed annually, $900/year); $89/month billed monthly Monthly or annual
Enterprise — Custom pricing Contact sales
Pros & Cons
Feathery
Pros
Extensive customization, from natural-language conditional logic to raw JavaScript and CSS control, well beyond most form builders
Deep native integrations covering CRM, payments, identity verification, and authentication out of the box
Developer-first React and JavaScript SDK makes embedding forms into existing products straightforward
SOC 2 compliance included even on the Free tier, with HIPAA and GDPR options for regulated industries on paid tiers
Cons
Steeper learning curve for non-technical users compared to simpler tools like Tally or Typeform
Growth and Business tiers require a custom quote rather than transparent, fixed self-serve pricing
Free plan is capped at 500 monthly submissions and 5 live forms, modest limits for growing teams
Recent product and go-to-market focus has shifted heavily toward financial services and insurance, which may deprioritize general-purpose form use cases
Fillout
Pros
Generous free plan with 1,000 responses per month and unlimited forms and seats, more permissive than many competitors' free tiers.
Unlimited seats on every paid tier removes the per-user cost penalty common in other form builders.
Native two-way sync with Notion and Airtable avoids the latency and extra cost of Zapier-style automation middleware.
Broad feature set (payments, e-signatures, scheduling, PDF generation) reduces the need for separate point tools.
Cons
Paid tiers are gated primarily by monthly response volume, which can require an upgrade sooner for high-traffic forms.
Removing Fillout's own branding requires at least the Pro plan, not available on Free or Starter.
Advanced governance features like SSO and audit logs are reserved for the custom-priced Enterprise tier.
The company's 2025-2026 restructuring under the Zite parent brand may create some confusion for customers researching the company versus the product.
Use Cases
Choose Feathery: Financial services companies — registered investment advisors, broker-dealers, banks, insurance carriers and brokers — that need document intelligence, e-signatures, and HIPAA-eligible compliance for client onboarding workflows.
Choose Fillout: Teams that want a general-purpose form, quiz, or survey builder with transparent, fixed-price tiers and no per-seat charges, even as they add team members.
Need both: A fintech company might use Fillout for public-facing marketing surveys and lead-gen forms while using Feathery for regulated client onboarding, document intelligence, and e-signature workflows in its back office.
Feathery
Developer-Embedded Product Onboarding — Product and engineering teams use Feathery's React and JavaScript SDK to build brand-consistent signup, onboarding, and payment forms embedded directly inside their own applications.
Financial Services Client Onboarding — Wealth management firms use Feathery to automate client onboarding, account opening, proposal generation, and account maintenance workflows with logic-driven, compliant forms.
Insurance Underwriting and Submission Intake — Insurance carriers and brokers use Feathery to automate submission intake, book roll ingestion, policy checks, and proposal generation across personal and commercial lines.
Fillout
Lead capture synced to Airtable or Notion — Marketing and sales teams use Fillout to collect leads through embedded forms that write directly into an existing Notion or Airtable database in real time.
Client intake and payment collection — Agencies and service businesses use Fillout to build intake forms that collect information, e-signatures, and upfront payments in a single step.
Internal surveys and feedback forms — Operations teams use Fillout's unlimited-seat model to let every employee create and share internal surveys or feedback forms without added per-user cost.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Feathery have a free plan?
Yes, the Free plan includes unlimited questions, seats, pages, and conditions, with 500 monthly submissions and 5 live forms.
Does Fillout have a free plan?
Yes, Fillout's Free plan includes 1,000 responses/month with unlimited forms, seats, and questions.
Is Feathery's paid pricing public?
No, the Growth and Business plans require contacting sales for a custom quote.
What is Fillout's starting paid price?
The Starter plan is $15/month ($180/year billed annually) for 2,000 responses/month.
Does Feathery support e-signatures?
Yes, through its Document Templates & eSignatures feature.
Does Fillout charge per seat?
No, Fillout states there are no per-seat charges on any plan.