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 an API-first platform for pages, forms, and analytics. No visual editor — just an API. What it does is let you create forms from an API, run automations on submissions, and give AI agents 67 MCP tools to do all of it automatically. Different tool for a different job.

For AI agents, Sutrena has 67 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
Site deploymentUpload zip (Astro, Hugo, Next.js static export) → live siteNot available
AI agent support67 MCP tools, REST API, llms.txtNo API for form creation
AutomationsDSL-based pipelines with 14 step types, 3 triggersNone
WebhooksHMAC-signed, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Teams, Google Chat templatesWebhooks via integrations
Web analyticsPrivacy-first, no cookies, funnel + retention queriesNot available
Free tierFree plan, no signupGenerous. Unlimited forms, unlimited submissions.
Pricing$29/month (Pro) / $99/month (Scale)Free, $29/month (Pro)
Embedding2-line snippet or custom HTMLEmbed code
Quick setupCompound tools — form + webhooks in one API call100+ visual templates

What does each one cost?

Sutrena Pro

$29/month

  • ✓100 projects (forms, pages, analytics, automations)
  • ✓Unlimited submissions, webhooks, subdomains
  • ✓67 MCP tools for AI agents
  • ✓Privacy-first web analytics
  • ✓CSV export
  • ✓Scale plan: $99/mo for unlimited everything
  • ✓Free plan available, 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 automations
  • —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 need analytics without third-party scripts or cookies
  • ✓AI agents need to create and manage forms for you (Cursor, Claude Code, AutoGen)
  • ✓You want hosting, forms, and analytics in one account
  • ✓You are replacing multiple tools with one API key
  • ✓You work in JSON and APIs, not click-and-type editors
  • ✓Your agent manages multiple projects from one key

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. Forms, Pages, Analytics, Webhooks, Automations — all through 67 MCP tools and one REST API. Your agent creates web artifacts, humans interact with them, and your agent gets the data back. Use any one feature or all of them together.

Pages

Deploy HTML instantly

Forms

Collect structured data

Automations

DSL-based pipelines with 14 step types

Analytics

Privacy-first, no cookies

Webhooks

Slack, Discord, Telegram

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 anything — a page, form, automation, or analytics site

# Create a form
curl -X POST https://sutrena.com/api/forms \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer st_trial_xxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "waitlist", "fields": [{"name": "email", "label": "Email", "type": "email", "required": true}]}'

# Or deploy a page
curl -X POST https://sutrena.com/api/pages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer st_trial_xxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"slug": "index", "title": "My Site", "html": "<h1>Live</h1>"}'
/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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