Sutrena vs Tally

Why would you pay when Tally is free?

Tally is genuinely good. Clean Notion-like editor, generous free tier, works for most people. If you need a simple form and do not want to pay anything, it is hard to argue against Tally.

Sutrena is the web runtime for AI agents. No visual editor, no free tier. What it does is let you create forms from an API, build dashboards on submissions, and give AI agents 44 MCP tools to do all of it automatically. Different tool for a different job.

For AI agents, Sutrena has 44 MCP tools and a full REST API. Tally was built for humans who love Notion — no programmatic API for agents to create forms, no agent tooling at all.

How they compare

FeatureSutrenaTally
ApproachYou send JSON. You deploy pages, collect data, and visualize results.You type in a Notion-like editor
Page deploymentDeploy HTML pages to your subdomain via APINot available
AI agent support44 MCP tools, REST API, llms.txtNo API for form creation
Dashboards7 widget types, created via APINone
WebhooksHMAC-signed, Slack/Discord templatesWebhooks via integrations
Free tierFree trial, no signupGenerous. Unlimited forms, unlimited submissions.
Pricing$9/month (Builder) / $29/month (Pro)Free, $29/month (Pro)
Embedding2-line snippet or custom HTMLEmbed code
Templates14 API-accessible templates100+ visual templates

What does each one cost?

Sutrena Pro

Starting from $9/mo (Builder)

$29/month

  • ✓200 projects (forms, pages, dashboards)
  • ✓Unlimited submissions
  • ✓5 webhooks with HMAC signing
  • ✓44 MCP tools for AI agents
  • ✓CSV export
  • ✓Dashboard DSL (7 widget types)
  • ✓Builder plan: $9/mo for 50 projects
  • ✓Free trial, no signup

Tally Pro

$29/month

  • —Unlimited forms (free tier too)
  • —Unlimited submissions (free tier too)
  • —No webhook signing
  • —No AI agent or API support
  • —No dashboards
  • —File uploads, payments on Pro
  • —Free tier available
View full Sutrena pricing

Choose Sutrena if...

  • ✓You need forms created from code, not a visual editor
  • ✓You want dashboards on your submission data
  • ✓AI agents need to create and manage forms for you (Cursor, Claude Code, AutoGen)
  • ✓You want signed webhooks, not just email
  • ✓You work in JSON and APIs, not click-and-type editors
  • ✓Forms and dashboards from one API is the goal

Choose Tally if...

  • —Free matters more than anything else
  • —You like the Notion-style editing experience
  • —You want 100+ ready-made templates to pick from
  • —Your team prefers a visual editor over AI assistants and APIs
  • —You need built-in payment fields in the form editor
  • —A clean, simple form builder is all you need

What is Sutrena?

Sutrena is the web runtime for AI agents. Three primitives — pages, forms, and dashboards — accessible through one API. Your agent creates web artifacts, humans interact with them, and your agent gets the data back. Framework-agnostic. Works from any MCP client or HTTP client.

Get started in two API calls

1. Get a trial key (no auth, no signup)

curl -X POST https://sutrena.com/api/trial

2. Create a form + dashboard from a template

curl -X POST https://sutrena.com/api/forms \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer st_trial_xxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"templateId": "waitlist", "createDashboard": true}'
/llms.txt/api/schema/llms-full.txt/.well-known/mcp.json

Want to try the API?

Grab a trial key. No signup, no credit card. Create a form in one API call and see if it fits how you work.

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