Hasura vs Tally
Instant GraphQL + REST on your data sources — with permissions
vs. Free, unlimited online forms — the Notion-style form builder
Pricing tiers
Hasura
OSS (Community)
Free forever (Apache-2.0). Self-host GraphQL Engine v2.
$0 base (usage-based)
Cloud Free
$0. 1 project. 60 req/min. Community support.
Free
Professional
$99/mo (starts). Usage-based compute + data pass-through. Production SLAs.
$99/mo
Advanced
Custom. Multi-region, dedicated, observability, SSO.
Custom
Enterprise
Custom. On-prem / air-gap / advanced security.
Custom
Tally
Free
$0. Unlimited forms, unlimited responses, unlimited fields. Tally branding. Basic question types.
Free
Pro
$29/mo. Remove branding, custom domain, conditional logic, calculations, form logic, file uploads, Stripe integration, webhooks.
$29/mo
Business
$89/mo. Workspaces, custom email domain, priority support, team collaboration.
$89/mo
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Hasura vs free on Tally.
| Metric | Hasura | Tally |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Hasura · 14 features
- Actions — Custom resolvers via HTTP.
- Data Connector Hub — Build connectors to any source.
- Event Triggers — DB changes → webhook.
- GraphQL API — Auto GraphQL over relational + NoSQL.
- Hasura DDN (v3) — Multi-source supergraph with OpenDD.
- JWT Auth — Pluggable JWT verification.
- Metadata Migrations — Git-versioned Hasura config.
- Permissions — Row + column + session-based.
- Query Caching — Edge caching with cache-control directive.
- Remote Schemas — Merge external GraphQL into supergraph.
- REST Endpoints — Turn any GraphQL op into REST.
- Scheduled Triggers — Cron + one-off webhook triggers.
- Subscriptions — Live queries via WS.
- Webhook Auth — Custom auth via webhook.
Tally · 13 features
- Calculator + Variables — Formulas + variables in questions (Pro).
- Conditional Logic — Show/hide, skip logic (Pro).
- Custom Domain — forms.yoursite.com (Pro).
- Embed Anywhere — Inline, popup, slider — any site.
- E-Signatures — Signature capture block.
- File Uploads — Accept file attachments (Pro).
- Notion-like UX — Block-based editor with slash commands.
- Question Types — 20+ field types (text, choice, file, rating, signature).
- Stripe Payments — Accept payments via Stripe (Pro).
- Template Library — 1,000+ community templates.
- Unlimited Free Plan — Unlimited forms + responses on Free.
- Webhooks — Real-time submission events (Pro).
- Workspaces — Team collaboration (Business).
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Hasura | Tally |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | ddn CLI (v3), hasura CLI | — |
| SDK | — | Popup / Slider API |
| REST | Hasura REST Endpoints, Metadata API | Tally API |
| GRAPHQL | Hasura GraphQL Engine | — |
| OTHER | Data Connectors, Hasura Console | Form Embed Script, Tally Web Editor, Tally Webhooks |
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