Formspree
Replaceable in one session with an AI coding agent.
A form endpoint for static sites: you point an HTML form at their URL and submissions arrive in your inbox, with spam filtering and a dashboard of what came in.
Build me a form endpoint for my static sites. STACK - One serverless function, SQLite or Postgres, and a small admin page THE ENDPOINT - POST /f/:formId accepts urlencoded or multipart, stores every field as JSON - Reject if the Origin is not on that form's allow list - Respond with a redirect for a plain HTML form and with JSON when the request asks for it SPAM, WITHOUT A CAPTCHA - A honeypot field that must stay empty - A signed timestamp in the form; reject a submission faster than 3 seconds or older than 2 hours - Rate limit per IP hash per form per hour - Only add a captcha if all three fail you NOTIFYING - Email the submission to the form owner with reply-to set to the sender - Retry on failure; never lose a submission because mail was down ADMIN - List submissions per form, search, export CSV, mark spam Include the schema, the function and a README on the allow list.
What you lose
- Spam filtering tuned against traffic from thousands of sites, which is most of the value once a form has been public for a month
- A submissions dashboard, exports and integrations you did not build
- An endpoint that works from a purely static host with no backend at all
If you would rather not build
- Netlify Forms, if you already deploy there
- A serverless function, which is about forty lines
The escape hatch
open source · no votes, no paid placement
Formbricks
$0Self-hosted forms and surveys with a submissions dashboard.
formbricks/formbricksfree · open source
Why this verdict
our own opinion · changed only by a person
89/100
Verdict yes at 89. A form endpoint is one insert and one email. The three-layer spam defence in the prompt handles almost everything without a captcha.
History
tracked since 10 Aug 2026 · nothing is ever overwritten
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Questions about Formspree
answered from the record above
Is Formspree free?
No — the plan we track is $10 a month. Personal at $10/month billed monthly, around $8 annually, for 1,000 submissions.
Can you replace Formspree by building your own?
YES. Replaceable in one session with an AI coding agent. Replacement score 89 out of 100, build time one session. Read what you lose before you decide.
How much does Formspree cost?
$10 a month on Personal — $120 a year. Recorded 9 Aug 2026.
What do you lose by replacing Formspree?
Spam filtering tuned against traffic from thousands of sites, which is most of the value once a form has been public for a month; A submissions dashboard, exports and integrations you did not build; An endpoint that works from a purely static host with no backend at all. If any of those carry weight for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Formspree?
Yes: Formbricks, OhMyForm. The prompt on this page is for when you want it your way instead.
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