ReportSkills vs FormLM (2026)
Reports built from answers against reports built from your data
| What matters | FormLM | ReportSkills |
|---|---|---|
| What goes in | Questions a respondent answers — the app is built from one description of the diagnostic | Tables you already hold: pasted rows, CSV uploads, exported form results |
| What comes out | A scored, personalized PDF per respondent — emailed if an address was left, otherwise on the result page | A branded report per client — PDF plus hosted web version — on a schedule |
| What the document answers | 'How did this person score, dimension by dimension' | 'What happened for this client in this period' |
| When it fires | On submit, immediately — a self-serve diagnostic that works while you sleep | On a cadence: monthly, biweekly, weekly, the Nth weekday, last business day, quarterly |
| Batch shape | One response at a time; cohort statistics computed across records afterwards | One press produces N recipient-specific reports, each with its own data slice and its own wording |
| Proof of delivery | Records, CSV and Excel exports, webhook notifications | Delivery log across the batch: generated, sent, opened, reminded, archived per run |
| Scoring and statistics | Weighted dimensions, conditional logic, per-dimension means and SDs, pre/post Welch's t-test with effect size, exported as PDF — on every plan | None. No question builder, no scales, no scoring — by design, this is a delivery tool |
| Data in from a live system | Webhooks plus a documented Data API: POST JSON or a plain HTML form to a share endpoint, self-describing docs, query and summary reads | Paste and CSV today; scheduled HTTP and database connectors on the roadmap |
| Developer surface | An open-source CLI on npm and an MCP server exposing the platform's rule documents to AI agents | Hosted live web version per report; no public write API today |
| Charging meter | Free $0 (100 starter credits, up to 10 applications); Plus $19/mo or $199/yr with 1,000 AI credits; Pro custom | Basic free with 10 active templates; Plus $19/mo flat — no per-report and no per-recipient metering |
FormLM facts read from its public product, pricing and fact-sheet pages on October 19, 2026 — verify at the source before deciding.
Pick FormLM when…
- Someone has to answer questions before the report can exist: diagnostics, intakes, pre/post tests, certificate exams.
- You need scoring logic and cohort statistics, not just a layout — and a report issued per respondent at submit time.
- A self-serve scored diagnostic should replace the free consultation call, running around the clock.
Pick ReportSkills when…
- Nobody is filling anything in — the month's figures already sit in exports, ledgers or rosters.
- The obligation is a document on a date, to a list, every month, without anyone pressing send.
- You need the after-the-fact record: who received which report, who opened it, when the reminder went out.
Where each one lives
Both publish their own claims and prices; check us at the source rather than taking our word for it.
FormLM
Official site: https://formlm.me/home/web.html
Plans and credits: https://formlm.me/home/pricing.html
Its own tool comparisons: https://formlm.me/home/compare/index.html
ReportSkills
Official site: https://reportskills.com/en/index.html
Plans and limits: https://reportskills.com/en/pricing.html
A rendered example: https://reportskills.com/en/sample-report.html
Frequently asked questions
How much does FormLM cost?
Read from formlm.me on October 19, 2026: Free is $0 with 100 starter AI credits (one-time), up to 10 applications, conditional logic, CSV export, webhooks and generic-brand reports carrying a FormLM badge. Plus is $19 a month, or $199 a year: unlimited applications, branded reports, 1,000 AI credits a month and control over the share-page badge. Pro is custom-priced for organizations. Credit packs are one-time and never expire; creating an assessment app costs roughly 10-20 credits and each AI-filled respondent report roughly 7-20, metered per 1,000 tokens and capped at 50 credits per action. A zero balance does not stop report generation. Verify at the source before deciding.
Both end in a branded PDF — what is the real difference?
What the document is made of and when it fires. FormLM's report is built from answers a person just gave: you describe a diagnostic, the platform generates questions and scoring logic, and each respondent gets a scored, personalized PDF the moment they submit. ReportSkills' report is built from numbers you already hold — a rent roll, a closed book, a campaign export, a class roster — sliced per client and pressed on a calendar. One answers 'what did this person score'; the other answers 'what happened for this client this month'.
Does ReportSkills score questionnaires or run assessments?
No, and this is the honest gap on our side. There is no question builder, no weighted scales, no conditional logic and no cohort statistics in ReportSkills. If the work is a scored diagnostic, a pre/post training comparison or a certificate exam, FormLM is the better fit — its Insight engine computes per-dimension means and standard deviations and a pre/post Welch's t-test with effect size, exported as a delivery-grade PDF, on every plan. ReportSkills asks nothing of the reader.
What does ReportSkills add that FormLM does not?
The recurring batch and its paper trail. One schedule produces one report per recipient on a cadence, emails each branded PDF with a hosted web version linked, degrades a missing figure to a labeled placeholder rather than shipping late, and keeps a delivery log of who received, opened and was reminded — archived per run. FormLM works one submission at a time and hands you records, exports and webhooks; the calendar-and-open-log layer is ours.
Is ReportSkills a FormLM alternative?
Not for scored assessments. FormLM asks the respondent questions, scores the answers and issues that person's report; ReportSkills asks nothing and scores nothing — it lays the tables you already hold out as one document per client, on a schedule. The honest split: keep FormLM where a diagnosis has to be answered before the report exists, and use ReportSkills where a report is owed on a date whether or not anyone filled anything in. Their official site publishes plans and credit rates at https://formlm.me.
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