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Comparison
Both platforms are affordable, but BuoyForms pairs that value with stronger design language, analytics, and the enterprise hooks Cognito never really grew into.
Choose BuoyForms if
You want a modern UI with rich theming, built-in analytics dashboards, guided templates, OAuth-based Salesforce integration, or SSO for your team.
Choose Cognito Forms if
You prioritize the lowest possible price, need payment calculations (Cognito excels here), or prefer a mature platform with a long track record.
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See how BuoyForms stacks up against Cognito Forms on the capabilities that matter most.
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Detail
BuoyForms focuses on fast, structured form creation through a modern drag-and-drop builder, professional templates, multi-page layout controls, reusable themes, validation, and conditional logic.
Cognito Forms is mature and affordable, but its interface is more utilitarian. For teams that create operational forms frequently, BuoyForms gives a cleaner workflow and more consistent brand output without needing custom CSS for every form.
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BuoyForms is built on a modern React-based stack with a full theming engine. You get custom colors, fonts, logos, backgrounds, and professionally designed themes that make your forms look polished and on-brand. The builder itself uses a clean, contemporary interface.
Cognito Forms offers functional customization options -- custom CSS, branding on paid plans, and configurable layouts -- but the overall design aesthetic feels more utilitarian. If brand experience and visual polish matter to your organization, BuoyForms delivers a more modern look and feel.
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BuoyForms includes a dedicated analytics dashboard on the Business plan with real-time submission tracking, field-level drop-off analysis, completion time metrics, and conversion funnels. You can identify exactly where respondents abandon your forms and optimize accordingly.
Cognito Forms provides basic entry management and some reporting capabilities, but lacks a purpose-built analytics dashboard. There is no drop-off analysis or completion funnel tracking. If data-driven form optimization is important to your workflow, BuoyForms has the advantage.
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Cognito Forms is genuinely affordable. The free plan includes unlimited forms and 500 entries per month, and paid plans start at just $15/month. On raw price, Cognito is hard to beat.
BuoyForms' Starter plan is smaller (5 forms, 100 submissions), while the Professional plan at $29/month includes 25 published forms, custom branding, webhooks, and file uploads. The Business plan at $79/month adds unlimited published forms, analytics, conditional logic, and team collaboration -- capabilities Cognito packages differently. Salesforce-connected workflows are scoped through the Salesforce Integration Suite, while Cognito Enterprise ($99/month) focuses on higher entry limits and storage.
The value equation depends on what you need: if you need maximum entries at minimum cost, Cognito wins. If you need analytics, brand control, and enterprise integrations, BuoyForms delivers more value per dollar.
Detail
Cognito Forms has a genuine strength in calculation and payment fields. Their calculation engine lets you build complex pricing forms, order forms with quantity-based totals, and dynamic cost estimators directly within the form builder. This is a mature, well-refined feature.
BuoyForms supports payment collection and basic field logic, but does not yet match Cognito's depth in calculation fields. If your primary use case involves complex order forms or dynamic pricing calculations, Cognito has the edge in this specific area.
Pricing
Both platforms publish self-serve pricing. BuoyForms also separates Salesforce and Enterprise implementation work into scoped custom packages.
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