| Service | Free Tier | 1K submissions | 10K submissions | 100K submissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formkeep | Free Tier 50 | 1K submissions $5.00 | 10K submissions $20.00 | 100K submissions $59.00 |
| Basin | Free Tier 50 | 1K submissions $12.00 | 10K submissions $108.00 | 100K submissions |
| Web3Forms | Free Tier 250 | 1K submissions $15.00 | 10K submissions $15.00 | 100K submissions $39.00 |
| Formspree | Free Tier 50 | 1K submissions $30.00 | 10K submissions $90.00 | 100K submissions |
| Formcarry | Free Tier 50 | 1K submissions $19.00 | 10K submissions $99.00 | 100K submissions |
| Formzillion | Free Tier 100 | 1K submissions $10.00 | 10K submissions $100.00 | 100K submissions |
If you've got a static website and want to be able to collect information from visitors and readers without having to maintain an entire backend, you're probably looking for what the industry has started to call a "static form endpoint." These are services that allow you to create a form on your website, and then send the submissions to a third-party endpoint. While these services aren't perfect long-term solutions, they're really good for short-term use cases, like:
- piping everyone interested in your upcoming product into a mailing list
- collecting qualitative data from your readers
They're also, uh, kind of all the same. It turns out there's very little difference between these services, and they're all pretty good. I've used all of them, and I've built integrations with all of them. So as part of that work, we've compiled a list of every single static form endpoint, and normalized the prices so you can best comparison-shop.
Any other noteworthy alternatives?
- Formspark might be the single cheapest option of the entire bunch, but their pricing model is a little different — it's free for up to 250 submissions, and then you pay $25 for a batch of 50,000 submissions. If you're interested in scale, this is probably the best option.
- If you don't even need (or want) a structured backend for your data, check out Formsubmit, which is completely free but only will email you the submissions. (It also requires that you surface the email address in plaintext on the form endpoint, which might be problematic for some.)
- If you're already using Netlify, their Forms product is quite solid and has a good free tier of 100 submissions per month, but their pricing model is fairly expensive and confusing.
Gee, it sure is awfully nice of you to compile this resource and keep it up to date. What can I ever do to thank you?
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