Can you trust the numbers in Tally?
Tally is a free form builder for creating forms and collecting the answers people submit. Its own help pages give 4 reasons its numbers can look different from what you expect. The first to rule out: The Summary tab can show fewer responses than the All tab, because, as Tally's help pages say, partial submissions are not counted there.
What does Tally keep track of?
Tally keeps a list of every submission to a form, with unfinished ones marked.
In Tally's own words:
You'll see all form submissions in the All tab, with partial submissions indicated with an icon.
Capture Partial Submissions, read 2026-11-12.Tally keeps charts of the answers across every response a form has received.
In Tally's own words:
Answer insights has no time limit, you can see charts and scores across all your responses, at any time.
Form Performance Insights, read 2026-11-12.
What can make Tally's numbers look wrong?
The Summary tab can show fewer responses than the All tab, because, as Tally's help pages say, partial submissions are not counted there.
In Tally's own words:
Partial submissions are not included in the Summary tab of your submissions.
Capture Partial Submissions, read 2026-11-12.Partial submission counts start only from the day the setting was switched on, as Tally's help pages explain, so earlier unfinished forms never appear.
In Tally's own words:
Turning on the setting won’t reveal old partial submissions since they are collected only while the setting is on.
Capture Partial Submissions, read 2026-11-12.On the free plan, visit numbers older than a week are not shown, as Tally's help pages say, so a longer period can look empty.
In Tally's own words:
Visit data is available for the past 7 days on the free plan, with extended history on Tally Pro.
Form Performance Insights, read 2026-11-12.The drop-off figures can look smaller than the number of people who left, because Tally, as its help pages explain, does not count visitors who never touched the form.
In Tally's own words:
People who view your form but never interact with it are not counted in drop-off stats.
Form Performance Insights, read 2026-11-12.
How do I check Tally's numbers myself?
An owner can open the Partial tab to see the unfinished submissions apart from the completed ones.
In Tally's own words:
You can also filter partial form submissions using the Partial tab.
Capture Partial Submissions, read 2026-11-12.Using Tally's developer tools, an owner can list completed and partial submissions separately and count each.
In Tally's own words:
Filter submissions by status.
Listing submissions, read 2026-11-12.Using Tally's developer tools, an owner can pull the submissions from a set date onward to count a period.
In Tally's own words:
Filter submissions submitted on or after this date (ISO 8601 format)
Listing submissions, read 2026-11-12.
How does Tally work with Feder?
Connect Tally to Feder and it joins your Interest apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in Tally.
When you connect Tally, Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.
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Where do these answers come from?
Everything this page says about Tally comes from Tally's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. Last reviewed 2026-11-12. We read them again by 2027-11-12. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.
Know the day a number breaks, not the month after.
Some numbers are too quiet to judge daily, such as a form filled in a few times a week. Until there is enough of your own history to judge a change, Feder says it is still learning and scores nothing, rather than guessing.