The gap this fills: Tally doesn't ship an official Telegram app. If you want form submission to show up in Telegram the moment it happens, the usual options are a paid third-party bot, custom code, or routing everything through a $20–50/month automation platform just to move one webhook from one URL to another. ZestyGlue does exactly that one thing for $9/month.
What it looks like
ZestyGlue
Tally — New Submission
A real Tally event, shown as ZestyGlue formats it for Telegram.
Setup — about two minutes
- Create the connector. In ZestyGlue, start a new Tally → Telegram connector. You'll get a unique webhook URL right away.
- Point Tally at it. In your form, go to Integrations → Webhooks, and paste in your ZestyGlue webhook URL.
- (Optional) copy the signing secret. Tally can show a signing secret for extra verification — paste it into ZestyGlue if you'd like, though it isn't required to get started.
- Point Telegram at ZestyGlue. Message @BotFather to create a bot and copy its token. Add the bot to your group or channel, then find its chat ID (e.g. via @userinfobot) and enter both into ZestyGlue.
Tip: Tally includes every visible form field in its webhook payload — ZestyGlue shows up to six of them in the notification, so short forms show their full content directly without anyone opening a spreadsheet.
Events you can forward
form submission
Questions
Is my Tally Signing Secret safe with ZestyGlue?
It's encrypted at rest with Fernet symmetric encryption before it ever touches disk, it's never logged, and it's never displayed again in the dashboard after you enter it — only a masked placeholder is shown.
What happens with file upload fields?
Tally includes a link to the uploaded file in its payload; ZestyGlue shows it as a line of text like any other field value.
Does this work with multi-page Tally forms?
Yes — Tally sends one webhook per completed submission regardless of how many pages the form has.
Does the bot need to be an admin in my group?
No, a regular member is enough for the bot to post messages. Admin rights are only needed for things like pinning messages, which ZestyGlue doesn't do.
What happens if my ZestyGlue subscription lapses?
Events are silently dropped rather than causing errors on Tally's side — Tally never sees a failure response, so it won't retry aggressively or flag your webhook as broken. Your dashboard will simply stop showing new events until you resubscribe.