Is FormSubmit a Google Forms alternative?

Yes. FormSubmit covers the same core job — receiving website form submissions and delivering them to email and other tools — with every integration and spam protection included on every plan.

How hard is it to switch from Google Forms?

For HTML forms it usually means changing one attribute: the form's action URL. Field names stay the same, so emails and integrations keep working. JavaScript forms change one fetch URL.

Is this comparison up to date?

We review it periodically, but other products change. Always check Google Forms's own website for current features and pricing.

FormSubmit vs Google Forms: which form backend should you use?

FormSubmit and Google Forms both help you collect form submissions without building your own backend, but they take different approaches. Google Forms is Google's free survey and form builder. 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	Google Forms
Approach	Headless endpoint + optional builder & hosted pages	Hosted form builder
Works with any host	Yes	Yes
Your own HTML & design	Yes	Limited (embed or hosted page)
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 Google Forms

Google Forms is free, quick to set up and integrates natively with Google Sheets. Forms are hosted on Google's domain with Google's design.

What FormSubmit does differently

Your form lives on your own website with your own HTML and CSS — no iframe, no Google branding.
Works with any framework and progressive enhancement.
Email notifications with full content, autoresponders, Slack, Discord, webhooks and more.
Spam protection tuned for public website forms.

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 Google Forms's current pricing, visit their website.

When to choose Google Forms

You need a quick internal survey or quiz, don't need it to match your website's design, and are happy for respondents to leave your site.

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 action URL (or your fetch URL) 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.

Need help? The docs and guides cover every framework.