HTML form to email — no PHP, no SMTP, no backend.

Point your form's action attribute at a form-backend service like splitforms. The form POSTs the submission, splitforms stores it in your dashboard and sends the owner email notification on Free. No PHP, no Node.js, no SMTP setup. The HTML is the same <form action method=POST> you already wrote — only the URL changes.

Yes. Free includes 500 submissions per month, unlimited forms, spam filtering, owner email delivery, and a real dashboard — no credit card, no trial clock. Pro is $5/month when you want signed webhooks, exports, integrations, and an auto-responder. Pro is $5/mo for 5,000 submissions with CC/BCC and priority support; the $59 3-Year plan covers 15,000/mo for 36 months. Full breakdown on the pricing page.

Yes. Owner notification emails are included free on every plan and arrive with every field from the form — name, email, message, plus any custom fields you added. If your form has a field named email, splitforms automatically sets Reply-To to that address, so hitting Reply in your inbox goes straight to the visitor. Add a replyto hidden field to override it. The dashboard also stores the full submission with search and filter.

No. Every submission passes through a honeypot field (bots fill it, humans never see it) plus a time-trap that rejects instant, non-human submits, server-side content heuristics, and a rate limit of 6 submissions per minute per IP (20 per 15 minutes sustained) — abusive traffic gets HTTP 429. You can also lock a form to specific domains or add your own reCAPTCHA v2 key for an extra challenge. Flagged submissions don't reach your inbox.

Yes. splitforms delivers via dedicated SMTP with proper SPF/DKIM authentication, so emails land in the inbox across every major provider — no shared sending pool dragging down your deliverability.

Set up multiple recipient emails in your splitforms dashboard, or use the cc and bcc fields in the form (CC/BCC is a Pro feature). Every submission can fan out to a team channel, an archive inbox, and a primary recipient — all configured per form, no code changes.

PHP mail() and direct SMTP both require a server you operate, a sending reputation you have to maintain, and spam defenses you build yourself. splitforms handles all three: hosted endpoint, dedicated SMTP with managed reputation, honeypot and rate-limit spam filtering built in. Setup is one URL change instead of a server build.

Yes. POST JSON or FormData to https://splitforms.com/api/submit with fetch(), Axios, or any HTTP client — same access_key field, same spam filtering, same email delivery. Useful for React, Next.js, or any form you validate and submit with JavaScript instead of a native browser POST.

Yes. Submit the form once yourself after wiring it up — the submission and the resulting email both arrive within seconds, and you'll see it land in your dashboard. splitforms also runs a free spam test tool if you want to check your form's spam defenses specifically.