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OpnForm vs Formaloo

A side-by-side editorial comparison of OpnForm and Formaloo — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Shared themes:form-builder

OpnForm vs Formaloo: at a glance

FeatureOpnFormFormaloo
SectorMkt AutoMkt Auto
Velocity score5.06.3
Sparks · 30d01
Top themesform-builder, open-source, self-hosting, pdf-generationform-builder, ai-generation, voice-input, portals
Last editorial update2h ago20h ago
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What is OpnForm?

OpnForm's V2 bet: import your Typeform, generate the PDF, self-host the lot.

OpnForm is an open-source form builder that shipped a major V2 in June 2026 and has spent every release since hardening it for self-hosters. V2 brought PDF generation from submissions, computed variables, version history, and importers for Typeform, Tally, Google Forms and Fillout. The three releases after it are almost entirely OIDC, Docker and PDF reliability work.

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What is Formaloo?

Formaloo now lets you describe a form's logic instead of building it rule by rule.

Formaloo ships one large changelog roughly monthly, and 2026 has been a run of platform-level work: workspace Themes replacing per-form design, a Usage page with credit-based add-ons, Data Blocks rebuilt, workspace-wide timezones, Teams and access levels. July is the sharpest turn — Magic Logic generates a form's conditions, scoring and routing from a plain-English description, and Magic Voice lets respondents fill a form by speaking. Both sit alongside Magic Create, which builds a form from an uploaded PDF or photo, and Magic Design, which generates a theme from a sentence.

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OpnForm vs Formaloo: editorial side-by-side

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OpnForm
MKT AUTO
5.0

OpnForm's V2 bet: import your Typeform, generate the PDF, self-host the lot.

◆ Current state

OpnForm is an open-source form builder that shipped a major V2 in June 2026 and has spent every release since hardening it for self-hosters. V2 brought PDF generation from submissions, computed variables, version history, and importers for Typeform, Tally, Google Forms and Fillout. The three releases after it are almost entirely OIDC, Docker and PDF reliability work.

◆ Where it's heading

The product is aimed at teams leaving a hosted form builder: the importers remove the migration cost, PDF generation covers the paperwork workflows those tools charge for, and the run of self-hosting fixes makes the destination credible enough to move to. The plan-based feature access introduced in V2 is the commercial half — an open core with an Enterprise tier, now being enforced consistently across self-hosted installs.

◆ Prediction

Expect the next releases to keep filling in V2's surface rather than opening a new one, with PDF templates and computed variables the likeliest areas given how often both reappear in follow-up fixes.

F
Formaloo
MKT AUTO
6.3

Formaloo now lets you describe a form's logic instead of building it rule by rule.

◆ Current state

Formaloo ships one large changelog roughly monthly, and 2026 has been a run of platform-level work: workspace Themes replacing per-form design, a Usage page with credit-based add-ons, Data Blocks rebuilt, workspace-wide timezones, Teams and access levels. July is the sharpest turn — Magic Logic generates a form's conditions, scoring and routing from a plain-English description, and Magic Voice lets respondents fill a form by speaking. Both sit alongside Magic Create, which builds a form from an uploaded PDF or photo, and Magic Design, which generates a theme from a sentence.

◆ Where it's heading

AI is being pushed into every step of the form lifecycle: create it from a document, design it by description, write its logic from a sentence, fill it by voice. The construction of Magic Logic is the interesting part — it reads the existing form, prints every rule it intends to create as one plain sentence per line, and applies nothing until you approve, which is the right shape for a system where a wrong rule silently misroutes respondents. The non-AI releases point the same way commercially: enterprise sidebar controls, portal domain restrictions, purchasable credits, timezone-correct audit trails.

◆ Prediction

Magic Logic explicitly refuses to create fields, pages or ending pages that do not already exist and reports them instead. Lifting that restriction — one description producing the form and its logic together — is the gap the release itself names.

Alternatives to OpnForm and Formaloo

Other Mkt Auto products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either OpnForm or Formaloo.

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Recent activity from OpnForm and Formaloo

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 2d agoFormalooUnsplash, per-page covers, and a cleaner dashboard.
  2. 16d agoOpnFormv2.2.2: E2E CI reliability
  3. 16d agoOpnFormv2.2.1: Self-hosted reliability and file-link controls
  4. 17d agoOpnFormv2.2.0: More reliable self-hosting and PDF generation
  5. 21d agoFormalooMagic Logic writes form rules from a plain-English brief
  6. 1mo agoOpnFormv2.1.0: Self-hosted form fixes
  7. 1mo agoOpnFormv2.0.0: OpnForm V2
  8. 1mo agoFormalooPortal domain rules, magic-link signup, and file-to-form
  9. 2mo agoFormalooUpvoting on Kanban and Gallery, plus field-type conversion
  10. 3mo agoFormalooWorkspace Themes replace per-form design settings
  11. 4mo agoFormalooWorkspace-wide timezone for every system timestamp

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between OpnForm and Formaloo?

Both compete on the same themes — form-builder — within Mkt Auto. Formaloo is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is OpnForm better than Formaloo?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Formaloo is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Mkt Auto products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to OpnForm?

Top OpnForm alternatives in Mkt Auto are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "OpnForm alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/opnform for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Formaloo?

Top Formaloo alternatives in Mkt Auto are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Formaloo alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/formaloo for the full list with editorial commentary on each.