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Fillout vs Getform

Fillout scores higher on the AgentReady, 56/100 against 55/100. They differ on 9 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Fillout. Fillout is an all-in-one form solution for creating forms, quizzes, and surveys.

Getform. Forminit (formerly Getform.io) is a headless form backend API that collects submissions, validates data, blocks spam, stores files, and sends notifications.

Where Fillout is ahead

Fillout passes pricing understandable, and Getform does not. That is understand, whether an agent can read the docs and work out how the API behaves before calling it.

It also holds adopt: self-service signup, free trial or free allowance and fast time to first request. Getform misses those.

And on operate, structured, predictable output. Getform misses it.

Where Getform is ahead

Getform passes llms-full.txt / full agent docs, and Fillout does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: authentication documented and limits / constraints documented. Fillout misses those.

And on operate, agent compatibility verified. Fillout misses it.

What neither does

Both fail mcp discoverable, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, programmatic credential creation, official python sdk, cli available, mcp integration available, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover. Getform leads 87 to 80. Fillout misses llms-full.txt / full agent docs, mcp discoverable; Getform misses mcp discoverable.

Understand. Getform leads 46 to 38. Fillout misses openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; Getform misses openapi / spec quality, pricing understandable, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented.

Adopt is whether an agent can get a key and make its first successful call without a human in the loop. Fillout leads 60 to 35. Fillout misses programmatic credential creation, official python sdk, cli available, mcp integration available; Getform misses self-service signup, programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance, fast time to first request, official python sdk, cli available, mcp integration available.

Operate. Getform leads 53 to 47. Fillout misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified; Getform misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable.

Pricing

Fillout starts at $15/mo and has a free tier. Getform does not publish one.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

Fillout clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Fillout and Getform. Alternatives to each: Fillout, Getform.

An agent can fetch this as data: POST /v1/compare {"slugs": ["fillout", "getform"]}