Typeform is one of the better-known subscription tools in its space — and at $28/mo (Basic, annual; $39 monthly) — Plus $56/mo annual, one of the recurring line items people most often look to replace. If you're searching for a Typeform alternative you pay for once and own forever, Pulsecheck is the OneTimeSuite answer: $29, one time.
Why people go looking for an alternative
Typeform runs $28/mo (Basic, annual; $39 monthly) — Plus $56/mo annual, and like most SaaS the bill never stops — cancel and you typically lose access to your own history. That's roughly $1,008 over three years. Pulsecheck flips that model: One-question surveys by link, email or widget with instant detractor alerts, self-hosted.
What Pulsecheck covers
- Three survey types — NPS (0-10), CSAT (1-5) and CES (1-7), each with correct documented score math (NPS = %promoters minus %detractors, ranged -100 to 100).
- Three delivery channels — A standalone survey link, personalized email sends via your own SMTP, and an embeddable widget script.
- One response per recipient — Email-keyed dedupe at the database level means a second submit gets a friendly already-responded message.
- Detractor alerts — A Slack-ready webhook and/or email fire instantly on low scores, and soft-fail so they never block response capture.
- Dashboard — Score trend over time, the promoter/passive/detractor split, and a response feed with comments.
The honest trade-off
Typeform will keep shipping features, integrations and managed infrastructure that a pay-once tool won't chase — if that ecosystem is genuinely load-bearing for your workflow, staying is a fair call. For the core job, the math favors owning the tool: $29 once against $28/mo (Basic, annual; $39 monthly) — Plus $56/mo annual forever. Delighted costs more in a single month than Pulsecheck does for good, unlimited responses included.
Also worth reading
Pulsecheck's main head-to-head is with Delighted — see the detailed comparison or the product page for the full feature list, FAQ and demo video.
Try Pulsecheck — $29, once
One-question surveys by link, email or widget with instant detractor alerts, self-hosted.