How much does Cognito Forms cost?
Paid plans start at
$19/mo billed yearly
or $24/mo billed monthly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial of paid plans, no credit card required
- Enterprise
- Contact sales
Read from www.cognitoforms.com/pricing on Oct 29, 2026. Price changed? Tell usSee the line each price came from
In your favor
- Unlimited entries on Enterprise. A flat price with no cap on entries.
- Free plan. Individual plan: 100 entries per month, 1 user, payments available, includes Cognito Forms branding. Always free. Trials revert to this plan unless billing info is provided.
- Notice before price changes. 30 days' advance notice for material billing changes
Watch out for
- Extra usage is billed. Entries over the monthly limit are billed; extra guests, storage or API usage on annual plans are covered through a usage wallet
How you buy and get started
Self-serve + salesButtons on their site: Sign Up Free, Start Free Trial, Get started, Talk to Sales
- Sign up
- Self-serve signup with Google, Microsoft or email "Sign Up with Email"
- Setup
- Not stated
- When sales steps in
- Not stated
- Support
- Support center, user guides and AI support chatbot "Helpful and skilled support answers every ticket"
What Cognito Forms does
Cognito Forms lets users build and publish online forms and manage submissions, with calculations, conditional logic, payment collection, electronic signatures and workflow approvals. It has a free plan and paid plans from Pro to Enterprise; the pages show no AI form generation feature.
- Good for
- Small businesses, nonprofits, healthcare, education and government teams that need forms with payments, workflows and HIPAA support.
- Channels
- Web forms, Client Portal
- Main product
- Cognito Forms
- Also includes
- Unlimited forms and payments on every plan, Electronic Signatures, Save & Resume, Client Portal, Workflow & Approvals, Data Lookups
- Connects to
- Stripe, PayPal, Square, Cognito Pay, JSON Webhooks, Automation platforms
- Public API
- Yes
- MCP server
- Not stated
- AI form from promptNot stated
- AI editing of existing formsNot stated
- Conditional logic
incorporating conditional logic to control form behaviors
- Payment collection
Unlimited forms and payments on every plan
- Native app integrations
Use built-in integrations for quick, no-code connections.
- File uploads
File Uploads
- HIPAA / SOC 2 compliance
HIPAA Compliance
- Remove branding, custom domain
Remove Cognito Forms branding
The same 8 checks appear on every tool in AI form builders. Each tick quotes the vendor's own site.
Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | no | "we do not use AI or machine learning to process your form entry data on your behalf without your explicit consent"privacy |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | available on Enterprise (not available during trial) | "some features, like HIPAA BAA support, are not available to organizations on a trial plan."terms |
| SOC 2 | Not stated | |
| GDPR | designed to comply with GDPR | "Cognito Forms is designed to comply with US and international regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR and CCPA"security |
| CCPA | designed to comply with CCPA | "Cognito Forms is designed to comply with US and international regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR and CCPA"security |
| PCI | PCI-compliant payments | "provide PCI-Compliant payment"security |
| ISO 27001 | Not stated | |
| Single sign-on | Enterprise | "Single Sign-on"pricing |
| Trust center | Not stated |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included | Over the allowance | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | $0 | – | 100 entries1 user | – | "100 entries / mo." |
| Pro/mo. | $24 | $19per month | 2000 entries1 user | – | "d payments on every plan prepay & save up to 20% individual pro team enterprise individual" "our privacy policy billed yearly view skip main navigation product templates integrations " |
| Team/mo. | $62 | $49per month | 10000 entries5 users | – | "me remove cognito forms branding includes all ind. features team best value team advanced " "0 entries / mo. accept payments see details 1 gb of storage team advanced workflows $49/mo" |
| Business/mo. | $129 | $99per month | 25000 entries10 users, 5 guests | – | "workflow & approvals data lookups includes all pro features business business everything y" "workflow & approvals data lookups includes all pro features business everything you need $" |
| Enterprise/mo. | $199 | $149per month | Unlimited20 users, 20 guests | – | "istory 50,000 api requests / mo. includes all team features enterprise enterprise enhanced" "istory 50,000 api requests / mo. includes all team features enterprise enhanced security $" |
Free plan: Individual plan: 100 entries per month, 1 user, payments available, includes Cognito Forms branding. Always free. Trials revert to this plan unless billing info is provided.
Fine print
- Billing increment
- Not stated
- Billed beyond usage
- Entries over the monthly limit are billed; extra guests, storage or API usage on annual plans are covered through a usag "Any additional usage during your term, like guests, storage, or API usage, is covered through your usage wallet."
- Contract
- Annual plans are non-cancelable 12-month commitments "Annual Plans are non-cancelable commitments purchased for a fixed 12-month subscription term at a discounted rate."
- Refunds
- Refunds not available under most circumstances "Refunds are not available under most circumstances. That is why we offer free trials!"
- Auto renew
- Paid subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled before renewal date "Paid subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled before the renewal date."
- Price change notice
- 30 days' advance notice for material billing changes "material billing or subscription changes receive 30 days’ advance notice"
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
About the company
- Legal name
- Cognito, LLC
- Online since
- Nov 4, 2013 Domain registration date
- Customers
- "Trusted by over 1.5 million users" their claim
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Questions
Is Cognito Forms free?
Yes. Individual plan: 100 entries per month, 1 user, payments available, includes Cognito Forms branding. Always free. Trials revert to this plan unless billing info is provided. Paid plans start at $24/month.
How much does Cognito Forms cost?
Paid plans start at $19 per month billed yearly, or $24 billed monthly.
Does Cognito Forms train AI on your data?
No, according to Cognito Forms: "we do not use AI or machine learning to process your form entry data on your behalf without your explicit consent"
Is Cognito Forms HIPAA compliant?
Cognito Forms says a HIPAA BAA is available on Enterprise (not available during trial).