RoutePost vs Typeform

Beautiful interactive forms vs cheap reliable plumbing.

Typeform is the gold standard for conversational forms with branching logic and gorgeous UI. RoutePost is the opposite end of the market: bring your own HTML, we just deliver the data. Different categories — but you might be using one when the other is the right fit.

Who wins for what

Pick RoutePost if…

✓ You already write HTML or use a CMS that handles form UI
✓ Your form is short (1-5 fields) and conversational UI is overkill
✓ You're paying Typeform $25-$83/mo and wondering why
✓ You want submissions in Slack instantly without Zapier overhead
✓ You don't need branching logic, conditional fields, or analytics

Pick Typeform if…

✓ You need an interactive, conversational form experience (one question at a time)
✓ You need branching logic, hidden fields, conditional questions
✓ You're doing market research, surveys, or quizzes where UX shapes responses
✓ You need form analytics (drop-off, completion rate, time per question)
✓ You sell forms internally — a Typeform looks more "official" than a styled HTML form
✓ You need integrations with HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp out of the box

Feature comparison

Feature	RoutePost	Typeform
Interactive one-question-at-a-time UI	—	Yes
Branching / conditional logic	—	Yes
Form analytics + drop-off insights	—	Yes
Hosted form pages	—	Yes
BYO HTML RoutePost requires it; Typeform is the form itself.	Yes	—
Multiple destinations per form (native)	Yes	Integrations / Pro
Email destination	Digest (real-time via Slack/webhook)	Real-time email
Email delivery cadence	Free daily · Starter hourly · Pro every 10 min	Per response
Submission retention	Free 30d · Starter 180d · Pro 365d	Plan-bound, unspecified
CSV export	Yes	Yes
Autoresponder emails	Starter & Pro · per-form, template vars	Yes (basic on free)
Slack destination	Real-time, every plan	Via integration
Custom webhook	Real-time, every plan	Business plan
CRM integrations (HubSpot, etc.)	Via webhook only	Native
File uploads	Pro plan only · 10 MB/file, 20 MB total	Yes
Conditional routing rules per destination	Native	Via integrations / logic blocks
Free tier submissions/mo	500	10

Pricing side by side

Tier	RoutePost	Typeform
Free	$0 / 500 subs · 30d retention	$0 / 10 responses
Entry paid	$9.99 / 3,000 subs · 180d retention	$25 / 100 responses
Mid	$29.99 / 15,000 subs · 365d retention	$50 / 1,000 responses
High	Custom — contact us	$83 / 10,000 responses

Bottom line

The straight answer.

These are different products — Typeform is a form-experience SaaS, RoutePost is a backend. If your form needs branching logic, drop-off analytics, or a polished interactive UX (surveys, quizzes, lead-gen forms with personality), Typeform is worth the premium. But a shocking number of teams pay $50+/mo to Typeform for a 3-field contact form that could be HTML hitting RoutePost for $9.99. If you're writing the HTML yourself anyway, or your form is a contact/signup/feedback form rather than a survey, RoutePost is the right tool at 1/5 the cost.