Is FormSubmit a Netlify 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 Netlify 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 Netlify Forms's own website for current features and pricing.

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

FormSubmit and Netlify Forms both help you collect form submissions without building your own backend, but they take different approaches. Netlify Forms is the form handling built into Netlify hosting. 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	Netlify Forms
Approach	Headless endpoint + optional builder & hosted pages	Built into Netlify hosting
Works with any host	Yes	Netlify sites only
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 Netlify Forms

Netlify Forms detects forms at build time on sites deployed to Netlify and collects submissions without extra services.

What FormSubmit does differently

Host-independent: the same form works on Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, GitHub Pages, WordPress or anywhere else.
No build-time form detection — works with forms rendered by JavaScript frameworks without hidden HTML copies.
Built-in Slack, Discord, Google Sheets, Airtable, Mailchimp and Kit integrations plus signed webhooks.
Autoresponders, digests and custom email templates.

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 Netlify Forms's current pricing, visit their website.

When to choose Netlify Forms

Your site will always be hosted on Netlify and your needs are covered by its built-in notifications and integrations.

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.