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Form template · Basic contact form
Free HTML Contact Form Template
A working HTML contact form, copy-paste, free forever. No PHP, no Node.js, no SMTP, no database. Just one POST endpoint and a hidden access-key input.
- 500 free / mo
- No PHP · no SDK
- One POST endpoint
Live template preview
Basic contact form
Full name *Jane Builder
Email *[email protected]
Phone *+1 415 555 0142
Message *How can we help?
Send
Pick your free html contact form — one click to use it
Every template is free and fully editable in the drag-drop builder — swap fields, colors, and the button label before you publish.
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Basic contact form
Full name *Jane Builder
Email *[email protected]
Phone *+1 415 555 0142
+ 1 more fields in the builder
Send
Minimal contact form
Your name *Jane Builder
Email *[email protected]
Message *What's on your mind?
Send
Detailed contact form
Full name *Jane Builder
Work email *[email protected]
Phone *+1 415 555 0142
+ 3 more fields in the builder
Send
No backend code
No server, API route, or SDK — your Free HTML Contact Form posts straight to one endpoint.
Straight to your inbox
Every submission is emailed to you and saved to a searchable dashboard — spam filtered before it reaches you.
Copy-paste ready
It's plain HTML you own — paste the Free HTML Contact Form snippet, swap in your access key, and ship.
Copy and ship
Your Free HTML Contact Form, ready to paste.
HTML by default — the same field set also renders as React, Next.js, PHP, and cURL in your dashboard. Every variant posts to the same /api/submit endpoint. Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard; that's the only edit.
<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New contact form submission">
<label for="name">Full name *</label>
<input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Jane Builder" required>
<label for="email">Email *</label>
<input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="[email protected]" required>
<label for="phone">Phone *</label>
<input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 415 555 0142" required>
<label for="message">Message *</label>
<textarea id="message" name="message" placeholder="How can we help?" required></textarea>
<!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
<input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</form><p class="splitforms-attribution" style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
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</p>How to add it
How to add a Free HTML Contact Form to your site.
To add a Free HTML Contact Form to your site you need three things: a free splitforms access key, the HTML snippet above, and your key pasted into it. No backend, database, or CAPTCHA library — the form posts to one URL and every submission lands in your inbox and dashboard.
Replace the access key
Get a free key in 30 seconds. Paste it into the hidden access_key input. That's the only personalisation needed.
Upload your page
Push to Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages, S3, your shared host — anywhere. The form posts to splitforms.com from any origin.
What's included
What's in this Free HTML Contact Form template?
The phrase 'PHP mail()' has been a tax on indie web developers for two decades. Every cheap shared host pretends to support it, none of them deliver reliably, and the spam vector is brutal. The modern answer is to skip server code entirely — point your form at an HTTPS endpoint that handles delivery, filters bots, and stores the submission. You're back to just HTML and CSS. If you've been pasting PHP into 2009 tutorials, this is the modern replacement.
- Basic contact form — 4 ready-made fields
- HTML, JS, React, PHP, and cURL outputs
- One POST endpoint, no SDK — honeypot and classifier, no CAPTCHA
Where submissions go
Where do your Free HTML Contact Form submissions go?
Reply-to is wired to the visitor's email, so one tap on Reply answers them directly — while the built-in honeypot and spam classifier filter out bots before they reach you. Every submission is emailed to your inbox and can forward to a webhook or Slack the moment a visitor hits send.
- Reply-to wired to the visitor's email — reply straight from your inbox
- Honeypot and spam classifier filter bots, no CAPTCHA friction
- Live dashboard, CSV export, and signed webhooks on paid plans
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
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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.”
Questions
Free HTML Contact Form questions.
View all FAQsWhy not just use PHP mail()?
PHP mail() routes through your server's IP. Most cheap shared hosts have IP reputations that send your form straight to spam, get blocked by Gmail's policy filters, or fail silently. splitforms uses dedicated authenticated infrastructure (SPF / DKIM / DMARC) so messages actually arrive.
Do I need any JavaScript?
No. The form is plain HTML — it submits via a normal POST. We add a hidden honeypot field for spam protection. JavaScript is optional if you want AJAX-style 'no page reload' behaviour.
How do I prevent spam without CAPTCHA?
Every form ships with a hidden honeypot input. Bots fill it; humans never see it. Triggered submissions are silently dropped. We also run a spam-classifier on every submission. No CAPTCHA, no friction for real visitors.
Can I customise the email subject?
Yes — add a hidden input named 'subject' with whatever value you want. Set 'replyto' to the user's email address so hitting reply in your inbox goes straight to them.
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, Stripe payments, and higher submission limits.
Free
$0
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
- Stripe payments on your forms
- Every paid feature included
- Priority support (under 4hr)
- 10× free submission volume
- Cancel anytime
Pre-launch · founders pricing locked in
3-Year
$59/ first 3 years
was $99 · save 40% · new-user price
Pay $59. 3 years sorted.
- 15,000 submissions / mo
- Unlimited forms
- Everything in Pro
- $59 for 3 years, then $59/year
- Long-term discount
- Priority support included
- Vote on the roadmap
No credit card required on Free • Cancel anytime