The free Forminit alternative

Forminit is a hosted form backend run by a UK company: point a form at its endpoint and it validates, stores and routes what is sent. It suits teams that want an after-submit workflow, typed field validation and EU data hosting, and are fine paying once they pass 100 submissions a month.

• A visual workflow per form, with if/else branching and retrying a single failed step.
• Typed, server-side validated fields, with SDKs for JavaScript, TypeScript and Python.
• Data hosted in the EU (AWS, Ireland), and file uploads with 100 MB of storage on the free plan.

1. Step 1

   Get a key

   Enter your email on the access key page and click the confirmation link. No password, no card.

2. Step 2

   Change the action

   Change the action from forminit.com/f/{form id} to SilentForms with your access key in the URL. Rename fi- fields to plain names if you like (keep one called email so you can reply); _gotcha keeps working.

3. Step 3

   Send a test

   Submit the form once and check your inbox. Open the dashboard to see it stored there too.

<form action="https://forminit.com/f/YOUR_FORM_ID" method="POST">
  <input type="text" name="fi-sender-fullName" required>
  <input type="email" name="fi-sender-email" required>
  <textarea name="fi-text-message"></textarea>
  <input type="text" name="_gotcha" style="display:none">
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

<form action="https://silentforms.com/f/YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" method="POST">
  <input type="text" name="name" required>
  <input type="email" name="email" required>
  <textarea name="message"></textarea>
  <input type="text" name="_gotcha" style="display:none">
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

How your settings carry over

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