Comparison
A Slapform alternative with a flat quota and no overage
Slapform's plans add a per-submission charge once you exceed the included count. WebForms plans are a flat quota with no metered overage.
Slapform undercuts most of this category on headline price, with paid tiers starting at six dollars a month, or five billed yearly. Look past the sticker price, though, and each plan also lists a per-submission rate, one cent per extra submission on the lower tiers, that applies once you exceed the included monthly count. For a form with predictable, bursty traffic that is a cost that is hard to forecast in advance.
The tiers themselves are conventional: CSV export, custom redirects, webhooks and Zapier arrive as you move up, and storage retention extends from 30 days to 24 months by plan.
WebForms plans have a flat monthly quota with no per-submission metering. The dashboard shows usage all month, and a plan that reaches its limit stops accepting submissions until the next period instead of billing you for each extra one. Slack, Discord and Telegram come with the lowest paid plan rather than a mid tier.
When to stay with Slapform
Switching has a real cost. These are the cases where we would not bother.
- Your monthly submission count is small and predictable, low enough that the per-submission overage rate never actually triggers.
- You want the lowest possible entry price and are comfortable monitoring usage yourself to avoid the overage charge.
- You want NPM package access for programmatic submission handling, which they list on their higher tiers.
WebForms vs Slapform
Capability by capability, then their published prices. Anything we quote for Slapform was read off their own pricing page on the date shown, but prices change, so check their pricing directly before deciding.
| Capability | WebForms | Slapform |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat monthly quota with no per-submission overage charge. | Base monthly fee plus a per-submission rate once you exceed the included count. |
| Setup | Point form action at your endpoint. Works on fully static sites. | Same endpoint-per-form model. |
| Submission storage | Stored, searchable, exportable as CSV or JSON. | Stored with CSV export from the paid tiers. |
| Fan-out per submission | Email, Slack, Discord, Telegram and webhooks from one submission. | Webhooks and Zapier from the mid tier up. |
| Conditional routing | Route on field values to different destinations per rule. | Not a documented core feature. |
| Delivery log | Per-destination status, response and retry history. | No per-destination delivery log documented. |
| Spam filtering | Honeypot, Turnstile, rate limits and an AI classifier, all on the free plan too. | Spam protection included from the free plan up. |
| API access | Read-only Submissions API with scoped keys. | API and NPM access on the Sumo tier and above. |
Slapform pricing
Read from their pricing page on . Prices in USD.
| Plan | Price | Submissions |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0 2 forms, 30-day storage | 50 / month |
| Apprentice | $6 / month $60 billed yearly; plus $0.01 per submission over quota | 500 / month |
| Sumo | $16 / month $160 billed yearly; plus $0.01 per submission over quota | 2,000 / month |
| Grandmaster | $29 / month $290 billed yearly | 10,000 / month |
Moving from Slapform
Export your submissions
Download a CSV from Slapform before changing anything.
Create matching forms
Add one WebForms form per Slapform form and copy each endpoint URL.
Update the action attributes
Swap the endpoint URL in your markup. Field names carry over without modification.
Rebuild destinations, then add routing
Recreate the integrations you rely on, then add routing rules if a form needs different destinations depending on what was submitted.
Try it without deciding anything
The free plan includes 300 submissions a month, unlimited forms, email delivery, stored submissions and spam filtering, with no card required and no expiry. Point one form at it and keep Slapform running on the others until you are convinced.
Questions
The markup change is one line per form, since both use a plain endpoint URL. Recreating destinations in the dashboard is the bulk of the work.
Export them from Slapform as CSV. We do not import from other providers, but everything after the switch is stored and searchable here.
No. We do not meter per-submission overages. A plan at its limit stops accepting submissions until its quota resets, and the dashboard shows this period's usage so you can upgrade before then.
Yes, on paid plans, with size limits and a retention window per plan.
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