The free Formspree alternative

Formspree is a long-running hosted form backend: point a form at a Formspree endpoint and submissions arrive by email, in a dashboard and through plugins. It suits freelancers and agencies who want many ready-made integrations and team features, and are fine paying once they pass 50 submissions a month.

• A large plugin catalogue: chat apps on the free plan; Google Sheets, Notion and Airtable on Personal; CRMs, newsletters and Zapier on Professional.
• Agency features: linked client emails, teams, a rules engine and custom email domains.
• A submissions API, a CLI and a React library.

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 formspree.io/f/{form id} to the same /f/ path on SilentForms with your access key. The email, subject and _gotcha fields keep working, and so do older forms that use _replyto, _subject or _next.

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://formspree.io/f/YOUR_FORM_ID" method="POST">
  <input type="email" name="email" required>
  <textarea name="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="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

Step by step, with every field and option: the Formspree migration guide.

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