Forms Central Alternative

Dear Adobe,
I am very unhappy with your decision. The last 4 months I spent building forms which I know will not be able to use anymore. In order to reduce my efforts, I have a few questions:
For each form that I generate, I have only one person filling it in. This form I export as a PDF, so that it actually looks like a person had filled in the form by hand.
- Is there an alternative that does the same? I haven't found anybody else that lets me export single-answers as PDF's that look like a filled in report
- Can I export/import my forms to another provider or do I need to do it all new?
Thank you very much and best regards,
Angelo

I am in the same boat. The I have been looking at and gathering information about the different FormCentral alternatives. Here's what I have come up with so far:
NOT EVEN A CONSIDERATION
Formstack: Out of the question. Nice product, but outrageous pricing -- $99 per month or $990 per year (5x the cost of FormsCentral) for 100 forms for their middle range plan, and nowhere near unlimited responses; their $39 per month or $390 per year beginner plan (which cost more than 2x FormsCentral) allows you a whopping grand total of 20 forms, and only 2000 submissions on a form. Ridiculous!
MIDDLING
FormBakery: You pay $9 per form, you can embed it and keep it. Site is fairly sparse on details.
Typeform: Inexpensive, but light on features. About $25 per month ($300 per year)
THE BEST OF THE BUNCH
JotForm: Pricing is comparable to FormCentral using their economy plan -- it offers unlimited Forms and 10,000 responses for $199.00 per year. Nice feature set.
Wufoo: At $249 per year, Wufoo's pricing is slightly -- but not terribly -- higher than FormsCentral, Wufoo offers the best feature set for the price. Unlimited Forms, unlimited reports, 3,000 responses (per form, I am assuming) with a five-cents overage charge per response; it also has the ability to to embed your form code into a website.
I will likely go to JotForm, though Wufoo's are tempting!

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Many competitors of FormsCentral are checking these forums to help support the displaced users. I'm among them, with JotForm. =)
Our founder wrote a review of how the closure was handled, if it's of interest:
https://medium.com/design-of-a-technology-business/how-to-handle-a-saas-product-shut-down- 9ee92b5f6ec3
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