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SplitForms vs FormBold
A FormBold alternative built for shipping.
500 free submissions each month, a modern developer API, and pricing that stays simple as you grow.
- 500 free / mo
- $5/mo Pro
- 10 min to migrate
Get started in minutes
Ship your first form without the setup tax.
Drop one endpoint into the HTML you already have and submissions start flowing — no backend to host, no SDK to install, no lengthy onboarding. Point your form, hit submit, and watch the entries land.
- Works with any stack — plain HTML, React, Vue, or static sites
- 500 free submissions every month, no credit card
- Live in less time than it takes to read the FormBold pricing page
Feature-by-feature comparison
Where the actual differences live.
A side-by-side look at the details developers actually care about when comparing splitforms and FormBold.
| Feature | splitforms | FormBold |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 500 submissions/mo, unlimited forms | 100 submissions/month |
| Cheapest paid plan | $5/mo Pro (5,000 submissions) | $9/month (Plus) |
| Long-term plan | $59 every 3 years (15,000/mo, 36 months) | Not offered |
| Submission dashboard | Yes, with search & export | Yes |
| Webhook delivery | paid plans, signed; one 8-second attempt | Yes |
| File uploads | Storage-backed, 5 files at 5 MB each | Yes (often paid) |
| Spam protection | AI classifier + honeypot | Honeypot / CAPTCHA |
| Host requirement | None — works anywhere | None |
See everything
One dashboard for every submission.
Search, filter, and export every entry, watch your analytics update live, and let the built-in spam shield drop junk before it ever reaches your inbox — all in one clean control room.
- Real-time entries with search, filters, and CSV export
- Automatic spam filtering, on by default
- Included on the free plan — not a paid upgrade
Where your leads go
Route every lead to the tools you already use.
Forward submissions to email, Google Sheets, your CRM, or any webhook the moment they arrive. When you move off FormBold, your leads keep landing exactly where your team expects them — nothing to re-wire.
- Email, Sheets, CRM, and webhook delivery built in
- Connect the stack you have without extra middleware
- Same fields, same field names — migrate without a rewrite
Leave FormBold in ~10 minutes
Migrate without rewriting your forms.
Keep your HTML, field names, and styles. Only the POST endpoint changes — most teams finish a site in one short session.
Swap the form action
Point your form to https://splitforms.com/api/submit and include your access_key.
Test, then cut over
Submit a sample entry, confirm inbox + dashboard, then remove the old endpoint.
How SplitForms works
From form to workflow in 3 simple steps.
Connect your form, collect every submission, and send data where it needs to go — without building backend infrastructure.
Add your endpoint
Point your form to your unique SplitForms endpoint. That's it.
Receive submissions
We instantly capture and organize every submission in your inbox.
Route anywhere
Send data to email, spreadsheets, CRMs, webhooks, and 7,000+ apps.
No credit card required. Set up in under 60 seconds.
Connect & automate
Connect your favorite tools and automate everything
SplitForms works with the destinations you route to and the platforms you build on — from Slack and Sheets to WordPress, Shopify, and Next.js.
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Testimonials
Loved by developers shipping at every scale.
40 quotes on record — from indie hacks to agency migrations.
“I replaced a Lambda + DynamoDB + SES contact form with six lines of HTML. It took eleven minutes, and the dashboard is better than what I was going to build.”
“We migrated 14 client sites off Formspree in a single weekend. The price is a third of what we paid, the API is more honest, and the spam filter actually works.”
“The webhook payload is signed, idempotent, and well-shaped. It reads like code from a competent team, not a CRUD app held together with duct tape.”
“I stopped reaching for Typeform on small marketing sites. splitforms covers 90% of the use case at none of the bloat.”
“I onboarded our whole agency in an afternoon. The MCP integration meant Cursor literally dropped the form straight into our client repos for us.”
“The free plan gave me 500 submissions before I paid a cent, and Pro is five dollars a month. I've spent more on coffee deciding which backend to use.”
“Spam went from forty junk entries a day to zero, with no reCAPTCHA puzzle ruining the form. The honeypot and time-trap just quietly do their job.”
“Point the form action at one endpoint and you're done. No SDK, no client library, no build step. This is how a form backend should feel.”
“Leads land in Slack the second someone submits, and a copy goes to Google Sheets for the sales team. I wired both up in under ten minutes.”
“I run a static Hugo site on a five-dollar VPS. splitforms gave it a real contact form without me standing up a single server.”
Common questions
Frequently asked questions.
View all FAQsIs splitforms a real FormBold alternative?
Yes. splitforms handles the same core jobs as FormBold: a POST endpoint, email delivery, a submission dashboard, webhooks, and spam filtering. The Free plan covers 500 submissions/month with unlimited forms, versus FormBold's 100 submissions/month — so most developers get more headroom without paying more.
How long does it take to migrate from FormBold?
For an endpoint-based form service, migrate by creating a splitforms access key, changing the form action to https://splitforms.com/api/submit, deploying, and sending a test entry. Field names, validation, and styling can stay unchanged.
Does splitforms support the same features as FormBold?
splitforms includes email delivery, a searchable dashboard, HMAC-signed webhooks on paid plans (one attempt, 8-second timeout), storage-backed file uploads on eligible plans, custom redirects, spam filtering, and a documented REST API. FormBold-specific features like native one-click notion connector may need an integration.
What does splitforms cost compared to FormBold?
splitforms is free for 500 submissions/month; the current paid entry is $5/mo Pro (5,000 submissions), and the $59 3-Year plan includes 15,000 submissions/month across 36 months. FormBold starts at $9/month (Plus). Verify both pricing pages because allowances can change.
Will my existing FormBold forms break if I switch?
Your HTML can stay in place. Preserve field names, validation, and styling, change the action and access key, then test the production form before completing the switch.
Does splitforms have a long-term plan?
Yes — the 3-Year plan is one $59 payment covering 36 months at 15,000 submissions/month, with no monthly billing in between. Check FormBold's current pricing page before comparing billing terms.
Is splitforms a good fit for non-technical operators routing forms into notion or airtable?
splitforms is built for developers shipping production sites — static sites, SaaS landing pages, JAMstack apps, and agency client work. For non-technical operators routing forms into notion or airtable, the deciding factor is usually whether native one-click notion connector matters to you; if it does, keep FormBold in the mix. Otherwise splitforms is the endpoint-driven option.
Simple pricing
Start free. Scale when you need more.
Choose a plan that fits your workflow — from a free form endpoint to full automations, exports, and higher submission limits.
Free
$0
Free forever
For side projects and indie devs.
- 500 submissions / mo
- Unlimited forms
- Email notifications included
- Honeypot spam filtering
- Submissions dashboard
- MCP setup stays free
- No credit card required
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Pro
$5/ month
was $15 · save 67% · new-user price
For agencies and growing products.
- 5,000 submissions / mo
- Unlimited forms
- Every paid feature included
- Priority support (under 4hr)
- 10× free submission volume
- Cancel anytime
Pre-launch · founders pricing locked in
3-Year
$59/ 36 months
was $99 · save 40% · new-user price
Pay $59. 3 years sorted.
- 15,000 submissions / mo
- Unlimited forms
- Everything in Pro
- Renews every 3 years
- Long-term discount
- Priority support included
- Vote on the roadmap
No credit card required on Free • Cancel anytime
Deep dive
The full picture, no fluff.
Short, honest answers on pricing, migration, and when FormBold is still the better fit.
01Short answer: which one should you pick?
If you're a developer, splitforms is the better fit on every dimension that matters to a developer: 5x larger free tier, roughly half the cost-per-submission at the Pro tier, HMAC-SHA256 signed webhooks, an open API and MCP server on every plan, and a $59 3-Year plan that replaces monthly billing with a 3-year cycle. splitforms supports Notion, Airtable, and Telegram via webhook — one extra hop to configure, identical end result.
FormBold has a real niche with non-technical operators who want a native one-click Notion or Airtable connector and don't want to wire up a webhook. If that's you and the convenience is worth the price difference, FormBold's connector UI is genuinely easier than configuring a webhook. For developers, splitforms is the cleaner long-term architecture.
02Why developers switch from FormBold to splitforms
The most common trigger is the price-per-submission gap. FormBold charges $19/mo for 5,000 submissions; splitforms charges $5/mo for the same volume. Over three years, that's roughly $684 vs $180 on the recurring plan, or $59 every 3 years on the 3-Year plan — meaningful savings for a side project, dramatic savings for an agency running multiple sites.
The second trigger is webhook verifiability. splitforms signs every webhook payload with HMAC-SHA256 — an `sha256=`-prefixed signature header your receiver can verify — scopes each webhook to a single form, and ships a free webhook tester at splitforms.com/webhook-tester so you can inspect the exact payload before wiring production. Delivery is a single attempt with an 8-second timeout, so keep your receiver fast.
The third trigger is wanting transparent integrations. A native FormBold connector is a black box: you don't see the failure mode, you can't transform the payload, you can't debug a missed entry. A splitforms webhook into your own tiny serverless function is a transparent contract — you see the JSON, you control the transformation, you log everything. For engineering teams, that observability is worth the extra setup.
03FormBold vs splitforms: feature comparison
- Free tier
- splitforms 500 submissions/month; FormBold 100 submissions/month.
- 5,000-submission tier
- splitforms $5/mo; FormBold $19/mo. Roughly 2x cheaper for the same volume.
- Webhooks
- splitforms includes HMAC-SHA256 signed webhooks (single delivery attempt, 8-second timeout) on paid plans. FormBold's webhooks are functional but observability is thinner.
- Spam protection
- splitforms uses AI classification plus honeypot. FormBold uses honeypot plus basic CAPTCHA.
- Notion / Airtable / Telegram
- FormBold has native one-click connectors. splitforms drives these via webhook — one extra step to configure, identical end result.
- API
- splitforms ships an open REST API and MCP server on every plan. FormBold's API is more limited.
- Deliverability
- splitforms uses dedicated SMTP with SPF/DKIM. FormBold uses standard infrastructure.
- One-time payment
- splitforms has a $59 3-Year plan. FormBold has none.
04Common FormBold issues splitforms solves
“$19/mo for 5,000 submissions is more than I want to pay.”
splitforms is $5/mo for the same volume.
“I can't verify a webhook actually came from my form backend.”
splitforms signs every payload with HMAC-SHA256 (`sha256=` header prefix), and the free webhook tester at splitforms.com/webhook-tester shows the exact payload before you wire production.
“The Notion connector failed silently and I have no audit trail.”
A splitforms webhook into your own serverless function gives you full logs, transformations, and retry control.
“I'm getting AI-generated spam slipping past CAPTCHA.”
splitforms runs every submission through an AI classifier trained on modern form spam.
“I want to expose form data to a Claude or Cursor agent.”
splitforms ships an MCP server natively.
05Native connectors vs webhooks: the real tradeoff
FormBold's Notion and Airtable connectors are clearly easier to set up than a webhook. The honest engineering question is whether that initial convenience is worth the long-term opacity. A native connector is a black box: you don't see the JSON payload, you can't transform fields before they hit Notion, you can't add conditional logic, and when a row fails to appear you have no audit trail to debug from.
A webhook is a transparent contract. You see exactly what JSON splitforms sends, you control the transformation in your own code, you log every attempt, and you can add any logic you want — deduplication, enrichment, conditional routing, fallback destinations. For a marketing team that just wants 'submission lands in Notion,' the connector is fine. For an engineering team that wants observability and the ability to evolve the integration, the webhook architecture is more durable — and on splitforms, it's significantly cheaper too.
06splitforms advantages at a glance
Five things make the difference for developers. First, the free tier is 5x larger and includes the dashboard, while Pro adds signed webhooks, notifications, and retained Storage-backed uploads for $5/month. Second, the Pro tier is roughly half the cost-per-submission. Third, HMAC-SHA256 signed webhooks (single delivery attempt, 8-second timeout) ship on paid plans. Fourth, the API is open and includes an MCP server for AI agents. Fifth, the $59 3-Year plan replaces years of recurring billing with a 3-year billing cycle.
Notion, Airtable, and Telegram all work cleanly via webhook — paste the splitforms webhook URL into a tiny serverless function (Vercel, Cloudflare, AWS Lambda, anywhere) that creates the row or sends the message. One hour of one-time work and you save the recurring price difference forever.
07How to migrate from FormBold to splitforms
Step 1: sign up at splitforms.com for a free access key (no credit card). Step 2: swap your form's action from `https://formbold.com/s/YOUR_ID` to `https://splitforms.com/api/submit`. Step 3: test a submission and confirm it lands in the dashboard.
If you're using FormBold's Notion or Airtable connector, set up a splitforms webhook pointing at a small serverless function (or a Zapier/n8n webhook) that creates the Notion or Airtable row. It's an hour of one-time work and saves the recurring price difference forever, plus you get full observability into the integration. For Telegram, point the webhook at a Telegram bot's `sendMessage` endpoint — same end result, full control over the message format.
08Frequently asked questions
Is splitforms a viable FormBold alternative? Yes. Every core capability — POST endpoint, dashboard, webhooks, file uploads, spam filtering, custom redirects, CC recipients — is covered, with a larger free tier and cheaper paid tiers.
What about the Notion / Airtable / Telegram integrations? splitforms supports all of these via webhook — point a small serverless function at the splitforms webhook URL, and it forwards to Notion / Airtable / Telegram. Slightly more setup than FormBold's one-click connector, dramatically more observability and control.
Are the webhooks verifiable? Yes — every payload is HMAC-SHA256 signed with an `sha256=`-prefixed header so your receiver can authenticate it. Delivery is a single attempt with an 8-second timeout; validate the payload shape first with the free tester at splitforms.com/webhook-tester.
Does splitforms support file uploads? Yes, when Storage is connected.
Is there a per-form limit? No. Every plan — Free, Starter, Pro, and 3-Year — includes unlimited forms.
Does splitforms have a long-term plan? Yes — $59 for the 3-Year plan at 15,000 submissions/month for 36 months.
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