Is Formstack AI HIPAA compliant?
Only on the right plan. Formstack signs a Business Associate Agreement with its customers on HIPAA-enabled account (Formstack for Healthcare plan, Enterprise, or Forms/Suite with HIPAA add-on). Other plans aren't covered, so keep patient data out of them. Formstack doesn't say whether the BAA covers its AI features.
Does Formstack AI sign a BAA?
Only on some plans or setups
Formstack offers a standard BAA for HIPAA-enabled accounts, which it sets up through sales (Formstack for Healthcare plan, Enterprise, or a HIPAA add-on). Its AI form-building feature runs on Anthropic's Claude via AWS Bedrock, but Formstack does not say whether its AI features are covered by the BAA.
Not confirmed for the AI features: Formstack doesn’t say whether its BAA covers AI form creation (Create with AI); AI-powered document generation (Formstack Documents). Get that in writing before using them with patient data.
- Business associate
- Formstack
- Tool
- Formstack AI
- Plans with a BAA
- HIPAA-enabled account (Formstack for Healthcare plan, Enterprise, or Forms/Suite with HIPAA add-on)
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By plan
| Plan | BAA | How to get it | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIPAA-enabled account (Formstack for Healthcare plan, Enterprise, or Forms/Suite with HIPAA add-on) | Signs a BAA | Through salesRequest page | Formstack offers its Standard BAA and will review custom BAA requests. Sales creates a special HIPAA account or converts an existing one. The pricing page shows HIPAA compliance included on Enterprise and as a paid add-on for Forms and Suite. Help articles say healthcare customers handling ePHI should use the Formstack for Healthcare plan.[1],[2],[3] |
| Forms / Suite without the HIPAA add-on | Not confirmed | Not stated | Formstack ties the BAA to a HIPAA-enabled account but does not explicitly say it refuses a BAA on standard accounts.[1],[3] |
Are the AI features covered?
Vendors often sign a BAA for the core product but leave some AI features out. Here is what Formstack says about each one.
| AI feature | Under the BAA | Details |
|---|---|---|
| AI form creation (Create with AI)HIPAA-enabled account (Formstack for Healthcare plan, Enterprise, or Forms/Suite with HIPAA add-on) | Not stated | An Org Admin must enable it. It sends the prompt and form name to Anthropic's Claude in Formstack's AWS Bedrock environment, and Formstack says it does not train AI on forms you create. No page says whether it is available on, or covered for, HIPAA accounts. Do not put PHI in prompts.[4] |
| AI-powered document generation (Formstack Documents)HIPAA-enabled account (Formstack for Healthcare plan, Enterprise, or Forms/Suite with HIPAA add-on) | Not stated | Marketed as AI-powered; no official page addresses HIPAA or BAA coverage for it.[5] |
Workspace and collaboration AI that offer a BAA
- Adobe Acrobat AI AssistantBAA on: Acrobat Studio for enterprise: Analyzer in Acrobat, Acrobat Studio for enterprise: Knowledge Base in AcrobatSome plans only
- Airtable AIBAA on: Enterprise ScaleSome plans only
- Asana AIBAA on: AsanaGov, Enterprise+Some plans only
- Atlassian Rovo / Atlassian Intelligence (Confluence, Jira)BAA on: Enterprise, Standard / Premium (Jira, Jira Service Management, Jira Product Discovery, Confluence)Some plans only
- Box AIBAA on: Enterprise / Enterprise Plus / Enterprise AdvancedSome plans only
- ClickUp BrainBAA on: EnterpriseSome plans only
All BAA-ready alternatives to Formstack AI
Sources
- HIPAA-friendly forms
- Setting up Emails and Actions with a Formstack for Healthcare plan
- Formstack pricing
- AI Form Creation with Formstack Forms
- Accelerate form building with AI
A signed BAA is necessary but not sufficient for HIPAA compliance, which also depends on configuration, access controls, and your own policies. Verdicts summarize the vendor's own published terms as of the date checked; confirm with the vendor and your counsel before sending protected health information. Not legal advice.