Partial responses

What is Partial responses?

Partial responses let you save progress at designated checkpoints using the Partial Submit Point block. The feature is plan-gated, checkpoint counts are limited, and partial submissions count toward your monthly quota - so place checkpoints deliberately.

How it works

1. Confirm your plan includes partial responses.
2. Open the form builder and add a Partial Submit Point block where progress should be saved.
3. Place checkpoints after meaningful sections - not after every question.
4. Stay within checkpoint limits for your plan.
5. Publish the form and test abandoning mid-flow to confirm partial capture.
6. Review partials in Results and remember they count toward monthly quota.

Key capabilities

• Partial Submit Point block

  Mark explicit checkpoints where progress can be stored as a partial response.

• Plan-gated availability

  Partial responses require an eligible plan before you can rely on them in production.

• Checkpoint limits

  The number of partial checkpoints you can use is limited by plan rules.

• Quota-aware

  Partial responses count toward your monthly submission quota.

Benefits

• Recover insight from abandoned long forms.
• See where people drop after key sections.
• Support multi-sitting flows without losing earlier answers at checkpoints.
• Make length tradeoffs visible against quota usage.

Use cases

• Long applications that save after each major section.
• Research surveys where mid-funnel answers still have value.
• Onboarding forms that respondents may complete across sessions.

Example workflow

A university puts Partial Submit Point blocks after personal info and after essay uploads on an eligible plan. Applicants who leave before the final submit still leave partials for review. The ops team watches monthly quota because those partials count, and they keep checkpoints to the plan’s limit.

Tips and best practices

• Place checkpoints after high-value sections, not after every field.
• Budget quota for partials on long campaigns with high abandonment.
• Combine with Analytics starts/completes to understand where people leave.

Limitations and plan notes

• Partial responses are plan-gated.
• Checkpoint counts are limited.
• Partials count toward monthly quota, including abandoned progress that never fully completes.

Frequently asked questions

How do partial responses work in Formit?

You add Partial Submit Point blocks as checkpoints. Progress saved at those points can be stored as partial responses.

Do partials count toward my monthly quota?

Yes. Partial responses count toward your monthly quota.

Is there a limit to checkpoints?

Yes. Checkpoint limits apply based on plan rules, and the feature itself is plan-gated.