Formspree Alternative: Forminit vs Formspree (2026)

Forminit and Formspree are mature form backends with more than 10 years of experience in the market. Forminit began as Getform.io in 2015 and adopted its current name in January 2026. Formspree’s product history also goes back to 2015. Both let you build your own frontend and leave submission handling to the service.

Forminit brings collection, analytics and follow-up together. You can see what people select, where leads come from and what your team needs to do next, all from the same dashboard.

Pricing comparison

Here are the plans and key capabilities in one place. Prices are USD, billed monthly, before tax. Submission allowances renew monthly; storage is total file capacity. Each paid row shows the next plan in each lineup, with its actual limits.

Plan sources: Forminit pricing and Formspree pricing. Formspree’s JavaScript library, dashboard overview, upload limits and webhook signatures document the corresponding features.

Forminit Pro includes 25 times the monthly submissions of Formspree Personal for $4 more per month: 5,000 versus 200. It also includes analytics, webhooks, the submissions API, CSV export and integrations. Formspree’s unlimited forms can suit projects with many low-volume forms; Forminit gives growing forms substantial capacity alongside tools to manage the responses.

Annual billing is also available, paid upfront: Forminit Pro $190/year, Business $490/year and Volume $990/year; Formspree Personal $120/year, Professional $240/year and Business $720/year.

Authentication mode: Public or Protected

Forminit lets you decide whether your submission endpoint requires authentication. Choose the mode that fits your form:

• Public: Accept submissions without an API key, directly from a browser or through your backend. Ideal for contact forms, landing pages and static sites. Public describes access to the submission endpoint; your stored submissions remain private.
• Protected: Turn your form into an authenticated submission API. Every request must include a valid X-API-KEY header; missing or invalid keys are rejected. Submit from your backend, Worker or internal service, and keep the key out of browser code.

Keep your backend’s checks in control. For a customer support form, your server can verify a login and attach a trusted customer ID before forwarding the request. Protected mode prevents submissions without a valid key from bypassing that path. The key authenticates your integration; your application handles the customer’s login.

Change access without changing your form. Protected-mode API keys can be scoped, rotated and revoked independently of the form ID. If a key is compromised, revoke it, issue a replacement and update your backend. Your form, endpoint and submission history stay in place. Public form IDs are visible by design; with Protected mode, knowing the form ID alone is not enough to submit.

Both modes work with backend code. Choose Protected when you need Forminit to enforce authenticated submissions. See Forminit’s authentication guide.

Formspree’s documented submission setup uses a public endpoint. Its separate API for retrieving submissions requires authentication; that is different from requiring a key to submit a form.

See what people choose and where leads come from

Forminit’s field analytics turn responses into counts and percentages. Use select blocks for dropdowns, radio blocks for single choices and checkbox blocks for multiple choices. Forminit shows how often each option is selected, so you can spot popular services, common support requests or customer preferences without building a spreadsheet.

See these field breakdowns in submission details and on the Analytics page. For example, a service dropdown can show how many people chose “Website design” and its share of responses.

Attribution reports show how many submissions came from each source, medium and campaign, using UTM parameters and supported ad click IDs such as Google gclid, Meta fbclid and Microsoft msclkid. The browser SDK captures those values when available and keeps them with the submission. You can connect an individual lead to its source and compare campaign totals in Analytics.

Form Analytics is available on Pro and higher, alongside location and device breakdowns.

A fast inbox built for getting work done

Forminit’s dashboard gives your team a practical workflow for every submission. Use full-text search to find a name, email or detail quickly, then narrow the inbox with filters for status, date, starred items or unread submissions.

Add internal notes, star important leads, mark submissions as read or unread, and track work with To do, In progress, Done and Closed statuses. Keep context alongside each response so the next person knows what has happened and what needs attention. Read about submission management.

Workspaces for clients and teams

Forminit workspaces help agencies, freelancers and businesses organize forms by client, project or department, with separate API keys and SMTP settings.

Owners control the workspace and ownership. Admins manage forms, settings and members. Editors handle submissions, statuses, stars and notes. Guests have read-only access. Give clients visibility, let colleagues handle follow-up, and keep configuration with the people responsible for it.

Emails you can make your own

Compose notification emails in a visual WYSIWYG editor, with formatting and form variables. Control recipients through To, CC and BCC, and set Reply-to so replies reach the right person.

On Business, build personalized autoresponse templates in the editor, add attachments and choose the reply address. Connect custom SMTP to send from your own domain. Each form can have its own message, whether that is a client inquiry, application confirmation or download delivery.

Signed webhooks and detailed activity logs

Forminit’s signed webhooks let your server verify who sent a request before processing it. HMAC-SHA256 signatures, timestamps and event IDs support authenticity checks, replay protection and duplicate detection. Webhooks start on Pro.

Detailed logs give you a timeline of form activity, submission events and errors. Review webhook delivery attempts under Form Settings → Logs and enable failure alerts for error details and failure counts. Your team can investigate what happened directly from the dashboard.

Free uploads and control over your data

Start collecting attachments on Forminit’s free plan, with 100 MB of file storage. Typed Form Blocks validate supported field formats before storage, and form data is hosted in AWS Ireland.

Submissions stay available until you delete them by default. On Pro and higher, set a retention period per form to remove submissions and their files automatically after 30, 90, 365 days or a custom period.

Migrating from Formspree

Keep your existing form design. Create a Forminit form in Public mode, replace the endpoint and map input names to Form Blocks:

<form action="https://forminit.com/f/YOUR_FORM_ID" method="POST">
  <label>Email <input type="email" name="fi-sender-email" required /></label>
  <label>Message <textarea name="fi-text-message" required></textarea></label>
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

Recreate your notifications, redirects and integrations, then test a submission before switching traffic. If you use JavaScript to submit, update that handler too. Follow the HTML guide or the framework-agnostic SDK guide for automatic attribution and custom submission flows.

FAQ

Can I keep my existing form design?

Yes. Keep your HTML, CSS and layout. Update the submission endpoint and field names, then recreate your notifications and integrations in Forminit. Its framework-agnostic SDK also supports custom JavaScript forms.

Does Forminit include form analytics?

Yes, on Pro and higher. See counts and percentages for select, radio and checkbox responses, plus submission trends, UTM campaigns and ad click sources. The browser SDK captures supported attribution data automatically when it is available.

What happens to my existing Formspree submissions?

The new endpoint receives future submissions. Export your existing Formspree records before switching; changing the endpoint does not move historical submissions or files. Formspree offers CSV and JSON export on paid plans.

About this comparison

Published by Forminit. Competitor details checked against the linked official sources on 17 September 2026. Features and prices may change. Suggest a correction.