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Tally vs shadcn/ui

Free, unlimited online forms — the Notion-style form builder
vs. Beautifully designed React components you copy-paste into your app

Tally website ↗shadcn/ui (OSS) ↗

Pricing tiers

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
Tally website ↗

shadcn/ui

OSS (MIT)
$0. MIT license. Free forever. No signup. Components copy-pasted into your repo and owned by you.
$0 base (usage-based)
shadcn/ui (OSS) ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Tally vs oss on shadcn/ui.

MetricTallyshadcn/ui
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

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).

shadcn/ui · 12 features

  • 50+ Components — Button, dialog, dropdown, form, table, etc.
  • Accessibility — WAI-ARIA compliant.
  • Blocks — Full-page layouts ready to use.
  • Charts — Composable Recharts wrappers.
  • CSS Variables — Themeable via --primary, --background, etc.
  • Custom Registries — Publish your own components via registry spec.
  • Dark Mode — Built-in toggleable theme.
  • Form Components (react-hook-form) — Integrated with react-hook-form + Zod.
  • MCP Server — Query component catalog from AI agents.
  • Radix UI Primitives — Headless accessibility foundation.
  • shadcn CLI — Scaffold + add components.
  • Themes + Theme Editor — CSS vars-based color system.

Developer interfaces

KindTallyshadcn/ui
CLI—shadcn CLI
SDKPopup / Slider API—
RESTTally APIComponent Registry
MCP—shadcn MCP Server
OTHERForm Embed Script, Tally Web Editor, Tally WebhooksDocs + Component Browser, Theme Customizer
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