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Buyer playbook

Questions to ask Form Builder vendors before the demo.

Use this playbook before a Form Builder demo, renewal call, or shortlist meeting so the vendor has to answer pricing, implementation, evidence, and exit questions clearly.

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Fast Use Case

This page is for a buyer who is close to a vendor call, renewal decision, migration approval, or shortlist meeting and needs a sharper private artifact before spending more time with sales teams.

Pricing and renewal

Which Form Builder fees change after user count, volume, entities, integrations, storage, API use, or contract renewal?
Which add-ons are required for the workflow shown in the demo, and which are only included in higher tiers?
What written price, cancellation, renewal, and downgrade terms should the buyer request before signing?

Implementation and evidence

What proof can the vendor show for Form Builder setup time, support load, migration success, uptime, reporting, and admin effort?
Can the vendor show an export sample, support article, SLA, audit evidence, or workflow screenshot instead of relying on a sales claim?
Which implementation work is included, partner-led, billable, delayed, or left to the buyer?

Fit and avoid-if

Where would Jotform Bronze, Typeform Basic or similar vendors be a poor fit for the buyer's volume, team, budget, region, or workflow?
Which must-have requirements are native, workaround-based, roadmap-only, or impossible?
What would make the buyer stop the demo and choose a cheaper, simpler, or more specialized option?

Exit and control

How does the buyer export data, permissions, files, reports, automations, and audit history if the vendor is cancelled?
Who controls admin access, data retention, integrations, and support escalation after the contract starts?
Which answers need written confirmation before the buyer treats the demo as decision evidence?

Public Product Context

Candidate	Best use	Avoid if	Typical price
Jotform Bronze	small teams that need practical forms payments and approvals	you need only one tiny free form	$408
Typeform Basic	creators who need polished lead capture forms and surveys	you need unlimited high-volume enterprise forms	$300

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Commercial Boundary

This playbook is a buyer-side decision aid. It is not legal, tax, financial, security, procurement, implementation, or compliance advice and does not guarantee savings, vendor performance, approval, rankings, traffic, clicks, leads, or sales.