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Form builder tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for form builder tools, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INAirtable entered the top 10 (#11 → #6)
▲ INNotion entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
▼ OUTinvolve.me left the top 10 (#6 → #13)
▼ OUTFormstack left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▼involve.me moved #6 → #13
▲Airtable moved #11 → #6
▲Notion moved #12 → #9
▼Cognito Forms moved #7 → #10
▲Microsoft moved #9 → #7
▼Formstack moved #10 → #11
▼involve.me -10.2pp (24.5% → 14.3%)
▼Tally -8.1pp (36.7% → 28.6%)
▼Jotform -5.6pp (73.5% → 67.9%)
▼Formstack -4.5pp (22.4% → 17.9%)
▼Fillout -3.1pp (38.8% → 35.7%)
▼Cognito Forms -3.1pp (24.5% → 21.4%)
▼Typeform -3pp (67.3% → 64.3%)
▲Airtable +2.6pp (22.4% → 25%)
▲Google Forms +2.1pp (26.5% → 28.6%)
▼Microsoft -1pp (22.4% → 21.4%)
▼HubSpot CRM -1pp (22.4% → 21.4%)
▲Notion +1pp (20.4% → 21.4%)

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

▼Formstack moved #7 → #10
▲Cognito Forms moved #8 → #7
▲HubSpot CRM moved #9 → #8
▲Microsoft moved #10 → #9
▲Tally +2.8pp (33.9% → 36.7%)
▼Formstack -2.6pp (25% → 22.4%)
▼Typeform -2.3pp (69.6% → 67.3%)
▼Jotform -1.5pp (75% → 73.5%)
▲Cognito Forms +1.3pp (23.2% → 24.5%)
▲HubSpot CRM +1pp (21.4% → 22.4%)
▲Microsoft +1pp (21.4% → 22.4%)

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

▲ INHubSpot CRM entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
▼ OUTAirtable left the top 10 (#7 → #11)
▼Airtable moved #7 → #11
▲HubSpot CRM moved #12 → #9
▲involve.me moved #8 → #6
▲Cognito Forms moved #10 → #8
▼Formstack moved #6 → #7
▼Microsoft moved #9 → #10
▼Tally -7.4pp (41.3% → 33.9%)
▼Fillout -6.7pp (46% → 39.3%)
▼Airtable -5.6pp (27% → 21.4%)
▼Typeform -3.4pp (73% → 69.6%)
▼Google Forms -3.4pp (30.2% → 26.8%)
▼Jotform -2.8pp (77.8% → 75%)
▼Microsoft -2.4pp (23.8% → 21.4%)
▼Formstack -2pp (27% → 25%)
▲involve.me +1.2pp (23.8% → 25%)

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

▲ INMicrosoft entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
▼ OUTNotion left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Microsoft moved #12 → #9
▼Cognito Forms moved #7 → #10
▲Jotform moved #2 → #1
▼Typeform moved #1 → #2
▲Google Forms moved #6 → #5
▼Formstack moved #5 → #6
▲Airtable moved #8 → #7
▲involve.me moved #9 → #8
▼Notion moved #10 → #11
▲Jotform +6.4pp (71.4% → 77.8%)
▲Google Forms +4.2pp (26% → 30.2%)
▲Airtable +2.3pp (24.7% → 27%)
▲Fillout +1.8pp (44.2% → 46%)
▲Microsoft +1.7pp (22.1% → 23.8%)
▲Typeform +1.6pp (71.4% → 73%)
▼Tally -1.6pp (42.9% → 41.3%)
▼Formstack -1.6pp (28.6% → 27%)

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

▲ INNotion entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTHubSpot CRM left the top 10 (#7 → #11)
▼HubSpot CRM moved #7 → #11
▲Cognito Forms moved #9 → #7
▲Airtable moved #10 → #8
▲Notion moved #12 → #10
▲Typeform moved #2 → #1
▼Jotform moved #1 → #2
▲Fillout moved #4 → #3
▼Tally moved #3 → #4
▼involve.me moved #8 → #9
▼Tally -2.8pp (45.7% → 42.9%)
▼HubSpot CRM -2.2pp (24.3% → 22.1%)
▼Jotform -1.5pp (72.9% → 71.4%)
▲Formstack +1.5pp (27.1% → 28.6%)
▲Typeform +1.4pp (70% → 71.4%)

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INHubSpot CRM entered the top 10 (#14 → #7)
▲ INAirtable entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTZoho left the top 10 (#7 → #14)
▼ OUTPaperform left the top 10 (#10 → #16)
▲HubSpot CRM moved #14 → #7
▼Zoho moved #7 → #14
▼Paperform moved #10 → #16
▲Google Forms moved #9 → #6
▼involve.me moved #6 → #8
▲Airtable moved #12 → #10
▲Jotform moved #2 → #1
▼Typeform moved #1 → #2
▼Cognito Forms moved #8 → #9
▼Formstack -7.6pp (34.7% → 27.1%)
▼Typeform -5.5pp (75.5% → 70%)
▼Tally -5.3pp (51% → 45.7%)
▼Zoho -5.1pp (26.5% → 21.4%)
▼Fillout -4.7pp (49% → 44.3%)
▼Paperform -4.5pp (24.5% → 20%)
▼involve.me -4.3pp (28.6% → 24.3%)
▼Cognito Forms -2.2pp (26.5% → 24.3%)
▲HubSpot CRM +1.9pp (22.4% → 24.3%)
▲Google Forms +1.2pp (24.5% → 25.7%)

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲ INGoogle Forms entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
▲ INPaperform entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
▼ OUTNotion left the top 10 (#8 → #13)
▼ OUTHubSpot Forms left the top 10 (#10 → #17)
▼HubSpot Forms moved #10 → #17
▼Notion moved #8 → #13
▲Google Forms moved #12 → #9
▲Paperform moved #13 → #10
▲Zoho moved #9 → #7
▲Formstack moved #6 → #5
▼involve.me moved #5 → #6
▼Cognito Forms moved #7 → #8
▲Fillout +4.7pp (44.3% → 49%)
▲Formstack +4.7pp (30% → 34.7%)
▲Typeform +4.1pp (71.4% → 75.5%)
▲Zoho +2.2pp (24.3% → 26.5%)
▲Jotform +2.1pp (71.4% → 73.5%)
▼HubSpot Forms -1.9pp (24.3% → 22.4%)
▲Google Forms +1.6pp (22.9% → 24.5%)
▲Paperform +1.6pp (22.9% → 24.5%)
▼involve.me -1.4pp (30% → 28.6%)
▼Notion -1.2pp (25.7% → 24.5%)
▲Tally +1pp (50% → 51%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Jotform67.9%
#2Typeform64.3%
#3Fillout35.7%
#4Tally28.6%
#5Google Forms28.6%
#6Airtable25%
#7Microsoft21.4%
#8HubSpot CRM21.4%
#9Notion21.4%
#10Cognito Forms21.4%

Sep 7, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Jotform67.9%
#2Typeform64.3%
#3Fillout35.7%
#4Tally28.6%
#5Google Forms28.6%
#6Airtable25%
#7Microsoft21.4%
#8HubSpot CRM21.4%
#9Notion21.4%
#10Cognito Forms21.4%

Sep 6, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Jotform67.9%
#2Typeform64.3%
#3Fillout35.7%
#4Tally28.6%
#5Google Forms28.6%
#6Airtable25%
#7Microsoft21.4%
#8HubSpot CRM21.4%
#9Notion21.4%
#10Cognito Forms21.4%

Sep 5, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Jotform67.9%
#2Typeform64.3%
#3Fillout35.7%
#4Tally28.6%
#5Google Forms28.6%
#6Airtable25%
#7Microsoft21.4%
#8HubSpot CRM21.4%
#9Notion21.4%
#10Cognito Forms21.4%

Sep 4, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Jotform67.9%
#2Typeform64.3%
#3Fillout35.7%
#4Tally28.6%
#5Google Forms28.6%
#6Airtable25%
#7Microsoft21.4%
#8HubSpot CRM21.4%
#9Notion21.4%
#10Cognito Forms21.4%

Sep 3, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7

#1Jotform67.9%
#2Typeform64.3%
#3Fillout35.7%
#4Tally28.6%
#5Google Forms28.6%
#6Airtable25%
#7Microsoft21.4%
#8HubSpot CRM21.4%
#9Notion21.4%
#10Cognito Forms21.4%

Sep 2, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v4-7

#1Jotform73.5%
#2Typeform67.3%
#3Fillout38.8%
#4Tally36.7%
#5Google Forms26.5%
#6involve.me24.5%
#7Cognito Forms24.5%
#8HubSpot CRM22.4%
#9Microsoft22.4%
#10Formstack22.4%

Sep 1, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v4-7

#1Jotform73.5%
#2Typeform67.3%
#3Fillout38.8%
#4Tally36.7%
#5Google Forms26.5%
#6involve.me24.5%
#7Cognito Forms24.5%
#8HubSpot CRM22.4%
#9Microsoft22.4%
#10Formstack22.4%

Aug 31, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7

#1Jotform73.5%
#2Typeform67.3%
#3Fillout38.8%
#4Tally36.7%
#5Google Forms26.5%
#6involve.me24.5%
#7Cognito Forms24.5%
#8HubSpot CRM22.4%
#9Microsoft22.4%
#10Formstack22.4%

Aug 30, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-7

#1Jotform75%
#2Typeform69.6%
#3Fillout39.3%
#4Tally33.9%
#5Google Forms26.8%
#6involve.me25%
#7Formstack25%
#8Cognito Forms23.2%
#9HubSpot CRM21.4%
#10Microsoft21.4%

Aug 29, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1Jotform77.8%
#2Typeform73%
#3Fillout46%
#4Tally41.3%
#5Google Forms30.2%
#6Formstack27%
#7Airtable27%
#8involve.me23.8%
#9Microsoft23.8%
#10Cognito Forms23.8%

Aug 28, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Jotform77.8%
#2Typeform73%
#3Fillout46%
#4Tally41.3%
#5Google Forms30.2%
#6Formstack27%
#7Airtable27%
#8involve.me23.8%
#9Microsoft23.8%
#10Cognito Forms23.8%

Aug 27, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Jotform77.8%
#2Typeform73%
#3Fillout46%
#4Tally41.3%
#5Google Forms30.2%
#6Formstack27%
#7Airtable27%
#8involve.me23.8%
#9Microsoft23.8%
#10Cognito Forms23.8%

Aug 26, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Jotform77.8%
#2Typeform73%
#3Fillout46%
#4Tally41.3%
#5Google Forms30.2%
#6Formstack27%
#7Airtable27%
#8involve.me23.8%
#9Microsoft23.8%
#10Cognito Forms23.8%

Aug 25, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Typeform71.4%
#2Jotform71.4%
#3Fillout44.2%
#4Tally42.9%
#5Formstack28.6%
#6Google Forms26%
#7Cognito Forms24.7%
#8Airtable24.7%
#9involve.me23.4%
#10Notion23.4%

Aug 24, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Jotform72.9%
#2Typeform70%
#3Tally45.7%
#4Fillout44.3%
#5Formstack27.1%
#6Google Forms25.7%
#7HubSpot CRM24.3%
#8involve.me24.3%
#9Cognito Forms24.3%
#10Airtable24.3%

Aug 23, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4

#1Typeform75.5%
#2Jotform73.5%
#3Tally51%
#4Fillout49%
#5Formstack34.7%
#6involve.me28.6%
#7Zoho26.5%
#8Cognito Forms26.5%
#9Google Forms24.5%
#10Paperform24.5%

Aug 22, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4

#1Typeform75.5%
#2Jotform73.5%
#3Tally51%
#4Fillout49%
#5Formstack34.7%
#6involve.me28.6%
#7Zoho26.5%
#8Cognito Forms26.5%
#9Google Forms24.5%
#10Paperform24.5%

Aug 21, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4

#1Typeform71.4%
#2Jotform71.4%
#3Tally50%
#4Fillout44.3%
#5involve.me30%
#6Formstack30%
#7Cognito Forms27.1%
#8Notion25.7%
#9Zoho24.3%
#10HubSpot Forms24.3%

Aug 20, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4

#1Typeform71.4%
#2Jotform71.4%
#3Tally50%
#4Fillout44.3%
#5involve.me30%
#6Formstack30%
#7Cognito Forms27.1%
#8Notion25.7%
#9Zoho24.3%
#10HubSpot Forms24.3%

Aug 19, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Typeform71.4%
#2Jotform71.4%
#3Tally50%
#4Fillout44.3%
#5involve.me30%
#6Formstack30%
#7Cognito Forms27.1%
#8Notion25.7%
#9Zoho24.3%
#10HubSpot Forms24.3%

Aug 18, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Typeform71.4%
#2Jotform71.4%
#3Tally50%
#4Fillout44.3%
#5involve.me30%
#6Formstack30%
#7Cognito Forms27.1%
#8Notion25.7%
#9Zoho24.3%
#10HubSpot Forms24.3%

Aug 17, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Typeform71.4%
#2Jotform71.4%
#3Tally50%
#4Fillout44.3%
#5involve.me30%
#6Formstack30%
#7Cognito Forms27.1%
#8Notion25.7%
#9Zoho24.3%
#10HubSpot Forms24.3%

Aug 16, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Typeform71.4%
#2Jotform71.4%
#3Tally50%
#4Fillout44.3%
#5involve.me30%
#6Formstack30%
#7Cognito Forms27.1%
#8Notion25.7%
#9Zoho24.3%
#10HubSpot Forms24.3%

Aug 15, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Typeform71.4%
#2Jotform71.4%
#3Tally50%
#4Fillout44.3%
#5involve.me30%
#6Formstack30%
#7Cognito Forms27.1%
#8Notion25.7%
#9Zoho24.3%
#10HubSpot Forms24.3%

Aug 14, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Typeform71.4%
#2Jotform71.4%
#3Tally50%
#4Fillout44.3%
#5involve.me30%
#6Formstack30%
#7Cognito Forms27.1%
#8Notion25.7%
#9Zoho24.3%
#10HubSpot Forms24.3%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/form-builder-tools/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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