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Short answer: which one should you pick?
If you're shipping a real production site and want room to grow without an early paywall, splitforms is the fit. The free tier covers 500 submissions/month and the Pro plan is $5/mo for 5,000 — versus Forminit's 100/month free tier and a $19/mo entry plan. For an indie hacker, a SaaS landing page, or an agency client project, that 5x larger free tier and a 4x cheaper paid plan is the practical difference.
Forminit is the rebranded Getform.io — a mature engine with years of history, now marketed toward AI coding tools. It's a solid product. But it tops its free tier at 100 submissions/month and charges $19/mo to go further, and its 'works with AI tools' positioning is mostly documentation, not a native protocol. splitforms ships an actual MCP server so Claude, Cursor, and other agents can read submissions and drive forms directly.
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Why developers switch from Forminit to splitforms
The first trigger is the free-tier ceiling. Forminit's free plan is 100 submissions/month with a 30-day archive. That's a trial-sized allowance — a single contact form on a site getting modest traffic can burn through it in a couple of weeks. splitforms gives you 500/month free, which is enough to actually run a small business contact form or a side project that's getting real visitors.
The second trigger is price-to-value at the paid tier. Forminit's entry paid plan is $19/month. splitforms's Pro is $5/month for 5,000 submissions, and the $59 3-Year plan covers 15,000/month for 36 months. If you're paying for a form backend out of your own pocket, the gap compounds quickly.
The third trigger is the AI-agent story. Forminit's marketing leans on compatibility with Lovable, Bolt, v0, Cursor, and similar tools — but that compatibility is 'paste this endpoint into your prompt.' splitforms ships a real MCP server, so an AI agent can list forms, read submissions, and configure webhooks through a typed protocol rather than scraping a dashboard. If you're building with AI tooling, that's a categorical difference.
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Forminit vs splitforms: feature comparison
Free tier: splitforms 500 submissions/month with 2 forms; Forminit 100 submissions/month with a 30-day archive. The 5x volume gap is the headline for any growing site.
Paid entry price: splitforms Pro is $5/month for 5,000 submissions; Forminit Pro is $19/month for 3,000. splitforms is cheaper and higher-volume at the entry tier.
AI agents: splitforms ships an MCP server on every plan. Forminit documents how to paste its endpoint into AI builders, but there's no native agent protocol.
Spam protection: splitforms layers an AI classifier on top of honeypot to catch LLM-generated spam. Forminit relies on honeypot and standard spam rules.
Webhooks: splitforms includes signed webhooks with retries and a dead-letter view from Starter upward. Forminit includes webhooks on paid tiers.
Deliverability: splitforms uses dedicated SMTP with proper SPF/DKIM. Custom SMTP on Forminit is gated to the $49/month Business plan.
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Common Forminit issues splitforms solves
"I blew through the 100/month free cap." splitforms gives you 500/month free before you need to pay anything.
"$19/month is a lot for a contact form." splitforms Pro is $5/month for 5,000 submissions, and the 3-Year plan is $59 for 36 months.
"I want my AI agent to actually read submissions, not just POST to an endpoint." splitforms ships an MCP server so agents can query and manage forms natively.
"Custom SMTP is locked behind the $49 plan." splitforms uses dedicated SMTP with proper authentication out of the box.
"I'm getting AI-generated spam the honeypot misses." splitforms runs every submission through an AI classifier in addition to honeypot.
§ 05
splitforms advantages at a glance
splitforms is built for the developer who'd rather POST to an endpoint and wire webhooks than budget around a 100-submission trial. The free tier is real — 500 submissions/month, 2 forms, full dashboard, and AI spam filtering — so you can ship a live project and only upgrade when traffic or workflow needs justify it. Starter adds signed webhooks for $1/month.
Pricing is honest and cheap: $5/mo Pro for 5,000 submissions, $59 every 3 years for 15,000/month, clear caps, no surprise overages. The REST API is open on every tier including free, so you can build a custom dashboard, sync to your own database, or drive an AI agent without hitting a paywall.
And the MCP server is the differentiator Forminit can't match on positioning alone: your Claude or Cursor agent talks to splitforms through a typed protocol, reading submissions and configuring forms without a bespoke integration.
§ 06
How to migrate from Forminit to splitforms
Migration is a one-line change. Sign up at splitforms.com for a free access key (no credit card), then replace your Forminit endpoint in the form's action attribute with https://splitforms.com/api/submit and add a hidden access_key input. Your existing field names — name, email, message — carry over unchanged, because both services accept standard form-encoded POSTs.
If you were using Forminit's JavaScript SDK, swap it for a small fetch POST (about five lines). Webhooks, redirects, and CC/BCC recipients are all configurable in the splitforms dashboard. Run both endpoints in parallel for a day to confirm parity, then cut over and downgrade your Forminit plan.
Most teams finish in 10-15 minutes per site, and the splitforms free tier covers the validation window so you're never double-paying.
§ 07
When NOT to switch to splitforms (honest take)
If you're a long-time Getform/Forminit customer with workflows, integrations, and team habits built around its dashboard, and you're comfortably inside a paid plan that isn't binding you, the migration cost may outweigh a $14/month saving. Forminit's engine is mature and reliable — switching for its own sake isn't worth it.
If you specifically need file uploads above splitforms's limits or a feature that's unique to Forminit's Business plan and central to your workflow, validate that splitforms covers it before moving. The honest rule: switch when the free-tier ceiling, the entry price, or the AI-agent story is actually costing you something — not just to chase a spec sheet.
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Frequently asked questions
Is splitforms a true Forminit alternative? Yes. Every core capability — POST endpoint, email delivery, dashboard, signed webhooks, file uploads, spam filtering, custom redirects, CC/BCC — is covered, with a 5x larger free tier and a native MCP server.
Will my form break when I switch from Forminit? No. splitforms accepts standard form-encoded and multipart POSTs. Change the action URL (or fetch URL) and add your access key.
Is Forminit the same as Getform? Yes — Forminit is the 2026 rebrand of Getform.io. Accounts and data carried over.
Does splitforms really support AI agents natively? Yes. The MCP server lets Claude, Cursor, and other agents list forms, read submissions, and configure webhooks through a typed protocol.
Is there a long-term plan? Yes — $59 for the 3-Year plan at 15,000 submissions/month for 36 months.
