Tally is genuinely good, and we will say so plainly: it is a generous, well-designed form builder with conditional logic, file upload, and more on a free plan that shames most competitors. Superforms is not trying to out-Tally Tally on breadth. It trades general flexibility for depth in one place, the long, complex legal intake.
The short version
Tally is one of the best general form builders, and its free plan is genuinely generous. Superforms is narrower and specialized: read-aloud voice, plain-language help on legal terms, your existing PDF rebuilt for you, done-for-you setup, and a case-system handoff. Pick Tally for a great DIY general builder. Pick Superforms for legal intake done for you.
Tally is a great form; it does not speak to your client. Superforms reads each question aloud, which is what carries an older or first-time client through a long intake.
Plain-language help on the words only a lawyer knows, right where they appear. A general builder leaves the client on their own with the jargon.
With Tally you build it yourself. With Superforms you send the intake you already use and we rebuild it as the guided form for you.
Made for the long, document-heavy, high-stakes legal intake, and it hands the finished result to Clio, not just an export.
| For law firm intake | Superforms | Tally |
|---|---|---|
| Made specifically for legal intake | Yes | General purpose |
| Reads every question aloud | Yes | No |
| Explains legal terms in plain language | Yes | No |
| Rebuilds your existing PDF for you | Yes, done for you | You build it |
| Conditional logic | Yes | Yes, on free |
| File upload and signatures | Upload yes, e-sign on the way | Yes, even on free |
| Generous free plan | Free preview instead | Yes, notably generous |
| Feeds your case system | Native, Clio | Integrations |
An honest read based on what each product publicly documents. Tally is good at what it is built for; this page is about the specific job of long, complex client intake.
Flat pricing built for a small firm: Solo at $99 a month and Firm at $249 a month, with a custom plan above. Free to preview, you only pay once your form is live for clients, extra intakes are $2 each, and there is no per-seat minimum or long lock-in.
Tally has an unusually generous free plan that covers a lot, including conditional logic and file upload, with paid plans for branding removal and advanced features. On raw price and free flexibility, Tally is hard to beat.
We will be straight: if you want a flexible, general form builder and you are happy to build it yourself, Tally is one of the best on the market, and its free plan is genuinely generous. Superforms is a different offer. It is legal intake done for you, with a spoken, plain-language experience your existing questionnaire is rebuilt into, and a handoff to the case system you run. If finishing a long legal intake is the whole problem, that specialization is worth more than general breadth.
For legal intake specifically, yes. Tally is an excellent general form builder with a generous free plan. Superforms is specialized: read-aloud voice, plain-language help on legal terms, your existing PDF rebuilt for you, and a case-system handoff, aimed at the long legal intake.
Yes. Tally is one of the best general-purpose form builders, and its free plan includes things many competitors charge for, like conditional logic and file upload. This page is not claiming Tally is bad; it is explaining where a legal-specific, done-for-you tool fits instead.
It reads every question aloud, explains legal terms in plain language, rebuilds your existing questionnaire for you rather than making you build it, and hands the finished intake into Clio. Those are legal-intake specifics, not general form features.
Not a free plan, but we build a personalized demo from your own intake for free so you can see the real experience before paying. Billing starts once it is live for clients.
No. Send us the intake you use today, even a scanned PDF, and we rebuild it as the guided form. That done-for-you setup is a core difference from a DIY builder.
Send us the intake you use today and we will build a guided version for free. You only pay once it is live for your clients.