Tally vs Fillout
Tally is a European alternative to Fillout: same surveys & forms use case, headquartered in Belgium and operating under GDPR by default, while Fillout is based in the United States.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
Create unlimited online forms for free with an intuitive, doc-like builder. Features conditional logic, payments, and robust privacy. Hosted in Europe.
- Jurisdiction
- EU / EEA
- GDPR by default
- Yes
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- No
- Open source
- Yes
- Free tier
- Yes
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- Jurisdiction
- US
- GDPR by default
- Requires DPA + TIA
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- Yes
Tally vs Fillout at a glance
| Tally | Fillout | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Belgium | US |
| Data jurisdiction | EU / EEA | US law applies |
| GDPR by default | Yes | Requires DPA + transfer assessment |
| US CLOUD Act exposure | No | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Free tier | Yes | — |
| Best for | Teams that need surveys & forms with EU data residency | Teams already invested in the Fillout ecosystem |
Choose Tally if…
- You want your data to stay under EU law without extra legal paperwork
- GDPR compliance or public-sector requirements apply to you
- You want to start free and scale up later
- Open-source code and self-hosting matter to you
- You'd rather back the European tech ecosystem
Stick with Fillout if…
- You depend on integrations only available in the Fillout ecosystem
- Your organisation has no EU data-residency constraints
- Migration costs outweigh the jurisdiction benefits for now
Why choose Tally over Fillout?
The decisive argument is data jurisdiction. Fillout is headquartered in US, which means personal data processed through it can be subject to non-EU legal regimes: the US CLOUD Act, FISA 702, or similar laws depending on the provider. After the 2020 Schrems II ruling, EU organisations must carry out a transfer impact assessment for every such data flow.
Tally removes that overhead. As a Belgium-based provider, it operates natively under GDPR, and data stays inside the EU/EEA by default. For regulated sectors such as health, public administration, and finance, that's not a nice-to-have but a requirement. For everyone else, it's concentration-risk insurance: you avoid depending on a single non-EU jurisdiction that can change the rules without warning.