Formspark or Formspree: buy submissions once, or pay every month
For low or unpredictable traffic, Formspark's model is hard to argue with: a prepaid bundle of submissions that never expires, so a quiet year costs nothing extra. Formspree costs more per submission but brings an ecosystem Formspark does not have: CRM plugins, payments and form rules.
The difference that decides it
Formspark does not have a monthly plan. You get 250 submissions with a free account, not reset monthly, and when you need more you buy a bundle that stays on your account until it is spent. There is no subscription to remember and nothing to cancel. Team members are included on both tiers, and Notion is a direct integration.
Formspree is a conventional subscription, and its free tier is small, meant for testing. What the monthly price buys is breadth: native plugins for CRMs and helpdesks, a Stripe plugin for payments, form rules and a CLI. If your form is a lead source feeding a sales process, that breadth is the product. If it is a contact form that gets a few messages a week, you would be paying for machinery you never touch.
Side by side
| Capability | Formspark | Formspree |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Prepaid bundle that never expires | Monthly or yearly subscription |
| Free tier | 250 submissions in total, not monthly | A small monthly allowance for testing |
| Stored submissions | Stored with export | Stored, searchable, exportable |
| Destinations | Webhooks, Slack and Zapier on paid; Notion direct | Plugins per form plus a large catalogue |
| Routing rules | Not a documented feature | Form rules on their plans |
| Payments in the form | Not a documented feature | Stripe plugin |
| Spam filtering | Automatic filtering plus Botpoison, hCaptcha, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile | Honeypot, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Turnstile and their own filtering |
"Not a documented feature" means it is not in their published documentation as we read it, not that it can never be done. Check with them before ruling something out.
Which to choose
Choose Formspark if
Choose Formspark when traffic is low or lumpy, you hate subscriptions, or you want Notion as a native destination.
Choose Formspree if
Choose Formspree when submissions feed a CRM or helpdesk, you need payments in the form, or you want routing rules.
Pricing, as each lists it
Copied from each pricing page on the date shown. Prices change without notice, so check the current figure before deciding.
Formspark
As listed on , in USD. Current pricing
- Free: $0, 250 total (Included with every account, not a monthly reset)
- Upgrade: $25 one-time, 50,000 total (Prepaid bundle, does not expire; buy another when spent)
Formspree
As listed on , in USD. Current pricing
- Free: $0, 50 / month (Testing and development)
- Personal: $15 / month, 200 / month ($10 / month billed yearly)
- Professional: $30 / month, 2,000 / month ($20 / month billed yearly)
- Business: $90 / month, 20,000 / month ($60 / month billed yearly)
A third option, honestly assessed
If what draws you to Formspark is the price and what draws you to Formspree is routing, there is a middle option. WebForms has a monthly free plan of 300 submissions by email, and its paid plans add routing rules and delivery to several destinations at once. It is a subscription, so if never paying monthly is the point, Formspark is still the honest recommendation.