Is Plain or Forms cheaper?

Both Plain and Forms offer paid plans only. Plain starts at Paid with free trial; Forms starts at Paid with free trial. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.

Should I choose Plain or Forms?

AppRanks cannot recommend one over the other from published marketplace data: the Slack Marketplace does not expose a rating or review base that separates them. Read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown, and compare against your own requirements rather than a headline number.

Which is faster to set up, Plain or Forms?

Both apps are one-click installs from the Slack Marketplace. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly, and the Slack Marketplace publishes no review base that would let us infer it for these two — read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large Slack Marketplace teams?

Plain typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (0 reviews). Forms typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (0 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Plain and Forms?

Migration support varies by app and category. Plain and Forms both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Forms" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

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Plain vs Forms — Slack

Forms vs Plain

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Let your team create, manage and use forms all in Slack! The Forms app is the only Slack app available that lets your team manage forms right in your Slack workspace.

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	Plain	Forms
Tagline	“Your customers want support in Slack, but without the right infrastructure, it quickly becomes chaos with lost threads, unclear ownership, and no SLAs.”151 chars	“Let your team create, manage and use forms all in Slack! The Forms app is the only Slack app available that lets your team manage forms right in your Slack workspace.”166 chars
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Screenshots	4 images	4 images
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2. Categories & rankings

Feature comparison between Plain and Forms
Metric	Plain	Forms
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Pricing	Paid with free trial	Paid with free trial

4. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Plain

Your customers want support in Slack, but without the right infrastructure, it quickly becomes chaos with lost threads, unclear ownership, and no SLAs. That's why we built Plain—the AI-native customer infrastructure platform for B2B teams who want to move faster, automate intelligently, and deliver exceptional customer support. What you get with Plain: - Unified infrastructure. Track and resolve every customer interaction in one place, whether it's from Slack, email, Discord, in-app chat, or anywhere else, with full context and history. - Fully customizable AI. Build workflows where AI handles common questions, gathers context, and escalates complex issues. - Work 10x faster. Plain Sidekick learns your product and customers, helping you draft replies, answer questions, and handle batch operations. Sidekick can be installed and dispatched within Slack. - Turn tickets into strategy. Your support data becomes your richest source of product insights and revenue intelligence—revealing what customers need, where they struggle, and what drives growth. - Scale without adding headcount. Support more customers with the same team.

Top keywords

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Forms

Let your team create, manage and use forms all in Slack! The Forms app is the only Slack app available that lets your team manage forms right in your Slack workspace. With all the chatter of Slack, Forms ensure that the important information is always sent through. No more time spent requesting additional information or digging through lengthy responses in support channels that miss out vital bits of information. Forms are easy to manage and easy to use: Use the built-in dashboard to create the form you want Assign it a name, description and titles for your fields Assign the channels or keyword that will trigger the form Search for all your forms in Slack Edit, preview and delete forms without needing a separate login Submitted form responses will be formatted and sent to the channel We've also added 5 different form input types. Each input can have its own title assigned so user's know exactly what information to submit. You can add to your form: Single line inputs for quick answers like URL's Multi-line inputs for descriptions and explanations Date pickers Channel selectors that will load in all the public channels from your workspace User selectors that will let forms users select users in their form submission Forms can be assigned to specific channels or can be triggered by a keyword. Just use the /form keyword slash command to trigger the form with your keyword or assign it to a channel and let people open up your form by just sending /form. Every team can use forms to improve the information flow of their Slack team. Forms help ensure that structured information is well-formatted and not lost, while conversations can continue to happen. The Slack Forms app is perfect for: Teams with support channels Teams that want to collect anonymous feedback Responses that require users to submit a date, user or channel When you need responses to have mandatory fields ==== Privacy ==== We’ve worked with some of the biggest teams on Slack to ensure that our app works securely within your organization. We ensure this by: Never logging or storing your message information Using the official Slack API Only requesting permissions that are needed Not requiring user level access Encrypting basic information needed about your workspace using advanced encryption standards If you have any questions we'd love to chat! https://formsforslack.com/pages/contact

Top keywords

forms12×3.04%
form10×2.53%
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Which works better for small vs large Slack Marketplace teams?

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