Formspree or EmailJS: a form backend, or an email sent from your code
Pick Formspree if you want a form backend: every submission stored and searchable, form rules, and native plugins for CRMs, helpdesks and Stripe. Pick EmailJS if what you need is an email sent from client-side code through your own Gmail, Outlook or transactional provider, using a template you control, with only a short send history kept.
The difference that decides it
These two come up together because both give a static site a working contact form without a server of its own, but they work in opposite directions. Formspree is where the form goes: the browser posts to its endpoint, and Formspree stores the submission and passes it on through plugins. EmailJS is a sending service your code calls: a submit handler calls send() or sendForm() with a template ID, and EmailJS sends the email through the Gmail, Outlook, SMTP or transactional account you connected.
That difference decides most of the rest. Formspree keeps every submission in a searchable dashboard, and its plugin catalogue reaches Salesforce, HubSpot, Zendesk, Gorgias and Stripe natively. EmailJS keeps no submissions inbox, only an Email History of each send, and email is its only destination. In return EmailJS sends mail from your own address or provider, sends any template your code triggers rather than only form notifications, and ships official SDKs for React Native and Flutter as well as the browser.
Side by side
| Capability | Formspree | EmailJS |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A form backend: the form posts to its endpoint | An email-sending SDK and API called from your code |
| Setup | Point the form action at an endpoint | Connect an email service, build a template, call send() or sendForm() |
| Stored submissions | Stored, searchable, exportable | No submissions inbox; a send history kept 7 days on Free, 30 on paid plans |
| Destinations | Plugins per form plus a large third-party catalogue | Email only, through the account you connect |
| Routing rules | Form rules on their plans | Not a documented feature |
| Spam filtering | Honeypot, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Turnstile and their own filtering | reCAPTCHA v2 per template, IP-based rate limits, an origin allowlist on paid plans |
| Official SDKs | A React library and a CLI | Browser JavaScript, Node.js, React Native and Flutter |
| What the quota counts | Submissions a month | Requests a month; an auto-reply is another request |
"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 Formspree if
Choose Formspree when you want a record of every submission, when submissions should reach a CRM or helpdesk without an automation tool in between, when form rules should decide where they go, or when the form takes a payment.
Choose EmailJS if
Choose EmailJS when the email itself is the point: it must leave from your own mailbox or provider, your code sends emails that are not form submissions, or you are in a React Native or Flutter app and want an official SDK.
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.
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)
EmailJS
As listed on , in USD. Current pricing
- Free: $0, 200 requests / month (2 templates; send history kept 7 days)
- Personal: $11 / month, 2,000 requests / month ($9 / month billed yearly)
- Professional: $19 / month, 5,000 requests / month ($15 / month billed yearly; larger request tiers available)
- Business: $50 / month, 25,000 requests / month ($40 / month billed yearly; tiers up to 200,000 requests)
A third option, honestly assessed
If you picked up EmailJS because you wanted a contact form without a backend, and now wish it kept the submissions, that is the gap WebForms is built for. The form posts to an endpoint with no SDK or template, every submission is stored and searchable, and the free plan covers 300 submissions a month by email. Paid plans send the same submission to Slack, Discord, Telegram and webhooks at once, routed by its answers, and every plan logs each delivery attempt. If the email has to leave from your own mailbox, EmailJS does that and we do not; if you need CRM plugins or payments, Formspree is the better answer.