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Cognito Forms vs pdfFiller: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 12th, 2025
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Summary
Features in Form Builder
22
Best performer
30
  • Conditional Logic
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Capture and Transfer
16
30
  • API
  • Convert to PDF
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews130
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.3
4.6
User reviews976
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.3
Price starts from
/user
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Businesses and organizations who need an easier and more efficient way to collect information and payments from their customers or employees online.

Since 2008 pdfFiller has served businesses and individuals who are determined to go paperless. Taking their workflow to the cloud, keeping it accessible and secure is our mission.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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Video reviews
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Daniel H
IT Manager
5.0

Daniel: My name is Daniel. I'm the head of IT at Seven Resourcing. My job entails building and running new forms, pushing out new features available on Cognito Forms, and helping other people to use it. And I'd give Cognito Forms a five out of five. We use Cognito Forms in a lot of different aspects of our business. Everything from HR compliance, onboarding new staff, offboarding old staff. It's a great tool for whatever you really make it for, because it's such a malleable tool, you can change it however you need to. Recently, I've been working with the workflows feature, which has just come out and it's really nice for having things passed through multiple departments. Cognito Forms is a really, really changeable tool. Whatever you need from it, you can get from it. It's got enough features and enough bells and whistles now that you really would struggle to find something that it can't pull off in terms of a form system. I struggle to see that anything could really compete with it at this point. That's the best thing about it. The only nit I have to pick with Cognito Forms is that we have a lot of users in our business and we've rolled it out to a lot of users. I think at the moment we've got maybe 25 or 30 users and we've got a lot of forms. So they could definitely do some more work on managing commissions in bulk. So maybe if we had a template system for managing commissions, something like that would be really cool.

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Gabriela F
BUSINESS OWNER
5.0

Gabriela F.: My name is Gabby. I am a small-business owner. And as a small-business owners, it's only two of us, my husband and I, that manage the business. And I would give pdfFiller a 5-star rating. We used to use a PDF editor, but it wasn't as good as pdfFiller. It's just a lot easier to use. And the features are more user-friendly than what we used to have before. I chose pdfFiller because of the price. The customer service, they're pretty quick to respond. And again, the ease of use is just makes a huge difference, meaning that the features that they have pretty much do everything for you. All you have to do is click a button. Setting up with pdfFiller was super easy. Again, just two clicks, put in your information, and that was that. I was really surprised and happy to make it work like that. Anyone who's considering getting pdfFiller, one, they should look at the price, which is, compared to other services, it's a lot lower, and also, the features. Again, I was super surprised of how many features that it has and how the system pretty much does everything for you. All you do is click what it is that you want it to do, and boom.

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Cognito Forms

Top Features
22/30
  • API
  • Autofill
  • Convert to PDF
  • Media Library
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Channel Distribution
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Conditional Logic
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Signature
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • SSL Security
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Workflow Management
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pdfFiller

16/30
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Cognito Forms
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
pdfFiller
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Cognito Forms
  • By Cognito Apps
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2009
pdfFiller
  • By airSlate
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2008
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