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FormKeep review: plans, form limits and data retention
- What it is
- A hosted form endpoint with a built-in form designer, founded in 2014.
- Free limit
- 50 submissions a month, unlimited forms and 1-month retention.
- Paid plans
- Essential is $4.99/mo for 1,000 submissions on one form; Professional is $19.50 for 10,000 on three forms and Premium is $59 for 100,000 on ten forms.
FormKeep is a hosted form endpoint with a form designer; its free plan takes 50 submissions a month and keeps them for 1 month. Essential costs $4.99 per month for 1,000 submissions on one form, and paid plans cap how many forms you can run. This review uses FormKeep's public pricing and documentation, not a hands-on reliability test.
splitforms makes a competing form backend. This review is based on FormKeep's public pricing, docs and policies, checked .
FormKeep at a glance
| Free plan | 50 submissions/month, unlimited forms, 1-month retention |
|---|---|
| Essential | $4.99/month for 1,000 submissions on 1 form |
| Professional | $19.50/month for 10,000 submissions on 3 forms |
| Premium | $59/month for 100,000 submissions on 10 forms |
| Founded | 2014 |
Who FormKeep is for
Best for
- Small sites that want a hosted form designer and are happy with daily email digests on the cheaper plans
- Buyers who want webhooks and file attachments at a low entry price
- Teams that need a 100,000-submission-a-month tier on one bill
Not for
- Sites running several forms, since paid plans include only 1, 3 or 10 forms
- Teams that need submission history kept longer than a few months
- Buyers who want an email for every submission on the cheaper plans
FormKeep pricing
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 submissions/month; unlimited forms; 1-month retention |
| Essential | $4.99/month | 1,000 submissions/month; 1 form; 3-month retention; webhooks and file attachments |
| Professional | $19.50/month | 10,000 submissions/month; 3 forms; realtime emails |
| Premium | $59/month | 100,000 submissions/month; 10 forms |
Source: formkeep.com/pricing, checked . Prices can change; check the vendor's page before you buy.
Full FormKeep pricing guide: every plan, limit and what happens when you go over
Pros and cons
Pros
- Low entry price: Essential is $4.99/month for 1,000 submissions with webhooks and file attachments
- Built-in form designer you can link to or embed
- A Premium tier for 100,000 submissions a month
- Unlimited forms on the free plan
Cons
- Form counts are capped on the paid plans: 1 on Essential, 3 on Professional, 10 on Premium
- Short history retention: 1 month on Free and 3 months on Essential
- Daily digest emails on Free and Essential instead of a notification per submission
- Each form has its own monthly submission limit
How FormKeep connects to an existing site
FormKeep is a hosted form endpoint with a built-in form designer, so you can either build a form in its interface or point your own form at its endpoint. The designer lets you link to or embed a form without writing the markup yourself, which suits small sites that want a working form quickly.
The service has been running since 2014, so it is a long-established option rather than a new experiment. Before switching, test a real submission from the deployed page and confirm the fields, notifications and stored record match what your team expects.
Sources: FormKeep pricing
How many forms and submissions does each plan include?
The free plan allows unlimited forms with 50 submissions a month. Essential is $4.99 a month for 1,000 submissions on 1 form, Professional is $19.50 for 10,000 submissions on 3 forms, and Premium is $59 for 100,000 submissions on 10 forms.
Each form has its own monthly submission limit, so the plan you need depends on whichever cap you reach first: form count or volume. A site with a contact form, a newsletter form and a quote form can hit the form cap on the entry plan before it hits the submission cap.
Sources: FormKeep pricing
How long does FormKeep keep submissions?
FormKeep keeps submissions for 1 month on the free plan and 3 months on Essential. That is short enough that an older lead may no longer be searchable in the dashboard when you need it, so export anything you must keep.
Retention is separate from the submission allowance: a plan can accept a high monthly volume and still discard older records on schedule. Check the current retention terms on the pricing page before relying on FormKeep as your long-term record store.
Sources: FormKeep pricing
How do FormKeep notifications and attachments work?
The free plan sends daily email digests rather than an email for every submission. Realtime emails are listed from Professional, so a team that needs an immediate alert for each lead should budget for that tier rather than the entry plan.
Paid plans include webhooks and file attachments, with attachments up to 10 MB each. Test a realistic file and confirm the receiving team can open it, and check how the notification timing fits your response process.
Sources: FormKeep pricing
When is SplitForms a better fit than FormKeep?
SplitForms is an HTML form backend that works on any host. Free includes 500 submissions total with no card and no time limit, and Pro is $5 per month for 5,000 submissions a month with signed webhooks.
Keep FormKeep when its hosted form designer, low entry price or 100,000-a-month Premium tier are the reason you are paying. Choose SplitForms when the form already lives on your site and you need storage, email, spam filtering and webhooks without a form-count cap.
Sources: SplitForms plans
Is FormKeep safe to use?
FormKeep is a long-running hosted form endpoint that lists webhooks and file attachments on its paid plans. Safety for your use case depends on the plan, the data collected, user access, account configuration and your organisation's policies. Review FormKeep's current terms, compliance documentation and account controls before collecting sensitive submissions. This review uses public product information and does not claim an independent security audit or hands-on testing.
FormKeep FAQ
Does FormKeep have a free plan?
Yes. The free plan includes 50 submissions a month, unlimited forms and 1-month retention. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Essential.
How many forms does FormKeep Essential include?
FormKeep Essential includes 1 form and 1,000 submissions a month. Professional includes 3 forms and Premium includes 10 forms.
How long does FormKeep keep submissions?
FormKeep keeps submissions for 1 month on the free plan and 3 months on Essential. Export anything you need to keep beyond that window.
FormKeep alternatives
Need a form backend that works on any host?
splitforms takes any HTML form, filters spam and stores every submission in a dashboard. Free for 500 submissions total with no card; Pro is $5 per month.
Sources
- FormKeep pricing formkeep.com/pricing
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