A Formspree alternative: CatchForm vs Formspree

Both turn a plain HTML form into email without a server. The difference is mostly in how far the free plan and the first paid plan take you — and in a few things Formspree does that we do not.

The short version

Free plan: Formspree gives 50 submissions a month and keeps them for 30 days; CatchForm gives 100 and keeps them until you delete them.
First paid plan: Formspree Personal is 200 submissions for $15 a month; CatchForm Pro is 10,000 for $12/mo.
Where Formspree is ahead: machine-learning spam filtering and reCAPTCHA, unlimited forms even on free, autoresponses and many more integrations.

Side by side

	CatchForm	Formspree
Free submissions / month	100	50
Forms on the free plan	1	Unlimited
Submission history on free	Kept until you delete it	30 days
CSV export on free	Yes	No — paid plans
Custom thank-you page on free	Yes	No — paid plans
File uploads	Pro plan	Paid plans (none on free)
Cheapest paid plan	$12/mo ($10/mo yearly)	$15/mo ($10/mo yearly)
Submissions on that plan	10,000 / month	200 / month
Spam protection	Honeypot field	ML filter + reCAPTCHA
Autoresponse to the sender	No	Professional plan and up

Formspree figures were taken from their own published pages in September 2026. Prices and limits change — check there before deciding. If something here is out of date, write to hello@catchform.dev and we will fix it.

When Formspree is the better choice

Your form is a spam magnet and you want a CAPTCHA or a trained filter. We only use a hidden honeypot field — it stops most bots, but not all.
You need many small forms at no cost. Formspree's free plan has no form limit; ours has 1.
You want the visitor to get an automatic "thanks, we got it" email, or you rely on integrations beyond email, Slack-style chat and webhooks.

When CatchForm is the better choice

You have outgrown 50 submissions a month but do not want to pay yet.
You get a few hundred to a few thousand submissions a month. On Formspree that is the $30 Professional plan (2,000 submissions); on CatchForm it fits in Pro at $12/mo.
You want to keep every submission and export it to CSV without upgrading.
You want your data in the EU: CatchForm stores everything on servers in Germany.

Switching from Formspree

Formspree and CatchForm both accept a standard form POST, so the HTML stays the same apart from one attribute:

<!-- before -->
<form action="https://formspree.io/f/xxxxxxx" method="POST">

<!-- after -->
<form action="https://catchform.dev/f/your-token" method="POST">

Create a form in CatchForm and confirm the address notifications should go to.
Replace the action URL with your CatchForm endpoint.
If visitors land on a thank-you page after submitting, set its URL as the redirect in your form settings.
Send one test submission and check your inbox.

Submitting with fetch() instead of a page reload works too — see the docs and the HTML form to email guide.

Try CatchForm on your own form

100 submissions a month free, no credit card. Switching is one change: the action attribute of your form.