Compare Zoho Writer's fillable forms vs JotForm and other tools

A bird's eye view of the various form creation, editing, sharing, data, and signature collection capabilities of Zoho Writer's fillable forms and how it compares against similar popular tools.

Fillable form creation

  • Features
    formstack
    Jotform
    adobe-acrobat-sign
    Zoho Writer
  • Over 20 different field types (Textbox, Image, Dropdown, Checkbox, Radio button, Signature fields, Formula, Date, QR codes and, barcodes)

  • Upload fields
  • Lookup fields

    *via custom scripts

  • Dependent fields(Write rules on form fields)
  • Subforms (Field groups)

    InDirect
    (iFrame embed)

  • Collaborative form creation
  • Pre-filled form generation (prefill with csv, spreadsheets)
  • Conditional content display
  • Conditionally display table rows
  • Number of templates

    300+

    10,000+

    5,000+

    Unlimited

  • Form importer

    (scan paper forms with AI)

  • Multilingual forms

    36+

    100+

    Not Available

While all the tools offer comprehensive capabilities to create personalized forms, Zoho Writer offers the added convenience turning static PDFs and forms into interactive fillable forms. Besides a range of slick editing and formatting tools, Zoho Writer also offers a smart content assistant and real-time collaborative editing capabilities, allowing you to create forms the way you want, quickly.

Form data review

  • Features
    formstack
    Jotform
    adobe-acrobat-sign
    Zoho Writer
  • Track changes in fillable fields

Zoho Writer stands out from the competition with its real-time change tracking. This makes it easy to identify changes made to fillable form fields, enables all collaborators to work in a collision-free and informed manner, and also stays on top of all changes.

Form sharing

  • Features
    formstack
    Jotform
    adobe-acrobat-sign
    Zoho Writer
  • Save and resume
  • Share forms as link / QR code
  • Password protected forms
  • Secure external sharing process with OTP
  • Data analytics

Zoho Writer, similar to the other tools, offers the flexibility to share the forms in many ways as per your business workflow.

Data collection and workflows

  • Features
    formstack
    Jotform
    adobe-acrobat-sign
    Zoho Writer
  • Offline form filling

    (Can download as PDF form or save as a PDF file to fill offline

  • Fill and sign workflows
  • Document generation and distribution
  • Approval for submissions
  • Flexible delivery options
  • Flexible rules engine (Route data to multiple documents, add conditional logic, and more)

Zoho Writer provides completely customizable workflows for efficient data collection to seamlessly blend the data and signature collection processes into your business workflows. Features like multi-step approvals, dynamic signer assignment, and document notarization make data collection easy and efficient.

APIs and webhooks

  • Features
    formstack
    Jotform
    adobe-acrobat-sign
    Zoho Writer
  • REST APIs
  • Webhooks to send form data to any endpoint or app

Zoho Writer meets the industry expectations with an extensive array of REST APIs and Webhooks to initiate form sharing and data collection from other tools and also dynamically share the collected data to other apps and endpoints.

Integration

  • Features
    formstack
    Jotform
    adobe-acrobat-sign
    Zoho Writer
  • Payments apps
  • Spreadsheets
  • Digital signature services

    DigiSign

    Zoho Sign

  • Embed forms in any webpage

Zoho Writer offers out-of-the-box integration with apps and products that are widely used to ensure that you can share or host the forms easily, collect and share business data efficiently.

Branding and customization

  • Features
    formstack
    Jotform
    adobe-acrobat-sign
    Zoho Writer
  • White labelling

Zoho Writer also allows you to create fully personalized forms with your organization logo and branding to ensure consistent branding and messaging.

Compliance

  • Features
    formstack
    Jotform
    adobe-acrobat-sign
    Zoho Writer
  • GDPR
  • HIPAA
  • SOC1, SOC2
  • QMS
  • ISO

Zoho Writer's fillable forms are compliant with important industry, regulatory, and security standards to protect the privacy and security of your data. You can be at peace knowing that your data is in safe hands.

Pricing and limits

  • Features
    formstack
    Jotform
    adobe-acrobat-sign
    Zoho Writer
  • Price

    $99/month

    Starts at $39/month

    Starts at $14.99/month

    Starts at Free for Zoho One users $50/month for non-Zoho One users

  • Free edition
  • Free limits

    25 Forms

    100 Forms

    Unlimited forms

    Unlimited forms

Zoho Writer offers a distinct advantage over similar popular tools in the market with its competitive pricing structure focused on delivering true value for your money.

The Zoho Writer advantage

Writer is a powerful, cloud-based word processor that helps you easily and efficiently create online documents, as well as fillable forms and PDF forms.

With Writer, you can:

  • Collaborate with your team in real time and leverage their collective knowledge to build informative and engaging documents

  • Publish and distribute documents to multiple channels directly from the Writer platform

  • Automate document creation and simplify business processes with mail merge, fillable forms, and e-signature collection

  • Confidently finalize all documents with multi-stage document approval workflows

  • Receive writing and style suggestions from the smart writing assistant

  • Create and edit documents from anywhere, on any device, with apps for iOS and Android and mobile web browser support

Writer is compatible with
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It also integrates with over 25 productivity apps and document platforms making it an ideal document creation application.

  • Ms WordMS Word
  • Open Office.orgOpenOffice
    • CRM

    • Creator

    • Writer

    • Google Drive

    • Dropox

    • Adobe Sign

    • OneDrive