A Typeform alternative built around load speed
If you're looking for a Typeform alternative, it's usually for one of three reasons: the price per response, how long the form takes to appear, or a conversational flow you didn't need. This page is about what we do differently, and where Typeform is still the better answer.
One request, and nothing to download
Open a published ava42 form and watch the network tab: one HTML document, and that is the whole page. The CSS is inline, the SVG icon is inline, there is no JavaScript bundle, no web font, no analytics beacon and no third-party call. The form is rendered once when you publish it and stored as a complete file, so serving it doesn't touch a database or run a template.
Most hosted form builders ship an application: a script that boots, fetches your form's definition, and then draws it. That works well on a laptop on office wifi. On a phone with two bars - which is where a great many forms are actually filled in - it is the difference between a form and a spinner.
It submits with JavaScript switched off
Every ava42 form is a native <form method=POST>. No script is required to fill it in or send it. Conditional questions, multi-step paging, drag-to-rank and live recall are all enhancements: with JavaScript they work as you'd expect, and without it the conditional fields simply show, the steps stack into one page, ranking becomes numbered dropdowns and the form still submits correctly.
This is not a nostalgia exercise. It is the difference between a response and a lost response for anyone on a corporate network that strips scripts, an old device, a bad connection, or a screen reader that a scripted widget confuses. The server also re-evaluates every conditional rule itself, so the browser is never the authority on which answers count.
One question at a time, only if you want it
The one-question-at-a-time format is genuinely good for long, personal surveys, and genuinely bad for a form someone wants to get through in twenty seconds - because it hides how much is left and turns four fields into four page loads.
ava42 gives you page breaks where they help: put one before a section and that section becomes a step with a progress bar. A short form stays one page. Without JavaScript the steps stack into a single scrollable page and still submit - so paging never costs anyone their answers.
One price, and a free tier that isn't a trial
Pro is $10 a month for everything: unlimited forms, unlimited responses, every question type, conditional logic, file uploads, the API, webhooks, email notifications and embedding. There are no tiers, no per-response pricing, no per-seat maths and no feature held back for an enterprise conversation.
The free plan is one form with ten responses. It's small on purpose - small enough to be honest about, rather than a thirty-day countdown - and every template on this site works on it.
No trackers, so no cookie banner
A published form sets no cookies, loads no third-party script, and we don't log IP addresses or user agents against responses. Our own traffic counting is a per-route tally flushed once a minute - it records that a form was viewed, never which one or by whom.
That has two consequences worth having. Your respondents don't meet a consent dialog before they can answer a question, which is one fewer reason to leave. And if someone asks what you're doing with their data, the answer is short enough to say out loud.
Side by side
Everything in the ava42 column is checkable in about ten seconds with your browser's developer tools. The other column describes how hosted form builders generally work rather than any one product's current feature list, because that changes and a stale table is worse than none.
| ava42 | Typical hosted builder | |
|---|---|---|
| What loads | One HTML document. Inline CSS, inline icon, no bundle, no font, no third-party call. | A hosted form app: script boots, fetches the form definition, then renders. |
| Works without JavaScript | Yes - native form POST. Logic, steps and ranking degrade gracefully. | Generally no - the form is drawn by script. |
| Cookies and trackers on the form | None. No consent banner needed. | Varies by product and plan; usually some analytics. |
| Pricing shape | One plan, $10/month, unlimited responses. | Tiered, commonly with a monthly response allowance. |
| Try before signing up | Every template has a live example you can fill in. | Templates are previews or require an account. |
When Typeform is the better choice
Be honest about this: if the look of the conversational, one-question flow is the point - a brand survey, a quiz, a marketing experience where the form is part of the design - Typeform does that better than we intend to. It has a deeper template gallery, richer visual theming, a large integrations directory, and features we don't have: logic jumps that reorder a form, payment collection inside the form, and scoring for quizzes.
Choose ava42 if what you want is a fast, plain, reliable form that loads instantly and costs the same whether you get ten responses or ten thousand. Choose Typeform if the form itself is meant to be an experience.
Questions
Can I import my Typeform forms?
Not automatically. You can rebuild a form in a minute or two - or paste your questions into the AI builder and have it drafted, then adjust. There's also a REST API if you'd rather script it.
Do you support logic jumps?
We support conditional visibility: a question appears when a condition on another answer holds, with all/any groups and eight operators. We don't support jumping to a different point in the form, which is a different feature - if your form depends on it, say so and it'll shape what we build next.
Can I take payments in a form?
No, and it's deliberate: card details through a form would put you inside PCI scope. Collect the order and invoice, or reply with a hosted payment link from your own provider.
Is there a response limit?
Not on Pro. Unlimited responses for $10 a month - the price doesn't move with volume, which is the thing most people are trying to escape.
Try a real form before you decide
Every template has a live example you can fill in - no account, nothing stored. Free to start: one form, ten responses, no card.