FormSubmit and Getform both help you collect form submissions without building your own backend, but they take different approaches. Getform is a form backend aimed at designers and developers, with a focus on integrations and automation. FormSubmit is a headless form backend: you keep full control of your form's HTML and design, and every plan — including Free — includes spam protection, file uploads, webhooks and all integrations.
At a glance
| FormSubmit | Getform | |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Headless endpoint + optional builder & hosted pages | Hosted form endpoint |
| Works with any host | Yes | Yes |
| Your own HTML & design | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | 1 form, 50 submissions/month, 100 MB storage | Check their site |
| Integrations on free plan | All (webhooks, Slack, Discord, Sheets, Airtable, Mailchimp, Kit) | Check their site |
| Over-limit behaviour | Stored & locked until upgrade or next month | Check their site |
About Getform
Getform provides form endpoints, file uploads, and automation features for sending submissions to other tools.
What FormSubmit does differently
- Spam protection, captcha support and every integration are available on every plan, including Free.
- Signed webhooks with automatic retries and a visible delivery log.
- Per-form retention including a forward-only “don’t store” mode.
- Transparent limits: over-quota submissions are kept safely, not dropped.
Pricing
FormSubmit has four plans: Free (1 form, 50 submissions/month), Starter at $5/month (2 forms, 1,000 submissions), Pro at $15/month (10 forms, 5,000 submissions, no branding) and Business at $50/month (unlimited forms, 10,000 submissions). Yearly billing gives two months free. See pricing for details. For Getform's current pricing, visit their website.
When to choose Getform
Its specific automation features or pricing tiers fit your usage better, or you already have forms configured there.
When to choose FormSubmit
- You want your form to look exactly like the rest of your site.
- You want integrations, captcha and spam protection without upgrading.
- You care about privacy details: hashed IPs, encrypted secrets, private files, minimal Google permissions and configurable retention.
- You build many sites (agency, freelancer) and want one dashboard for all of them.
How to switch
- Create a FormSubmit form.
- Replace the form's
actionURL (or yourfetchURL) with your FormSubmit endpoint. - Keep your field names — emails and exports will look the same.
- Recreate integrations in the form's Integrations tab and send a test.