Formspree and Basin side by side
| Formspree | Basin | Formgong (ours) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 50 submissions a month, 30-day archive | 1 form, 50 submissions a month, 30-day retention, 100MB uploads | 1,000 submissions a month free, unlimited forms, email and Telegram on Free, EU storage |
| Spam and the quota | reCAPTCHA, Formshield; spam counts within plan rules | Spam submissions do not count toward the monthly limit | Server-side filter and honeypot; spam lands in a reviewable folder |
| At the limit | Over-limit folder, reprocess after upgrading | Submissions past the cap are delivered and billed as overage | Delivery on credit until the 7th of next month, then held until you pay |
| Integrations on Free | Telegram, Discord, Slack | Zapier | Email, Telegram, Sheets, signed webhooks |
| Advanced spam tooling | Formshield on its plans | Pro: location, language and custom content filters; virus scanning for uploads | Optional Cloudflare Turnstile per form |
| Data location | May be processed in the United States and other countries | DigitalOcean in Canada, backups in Germany, files on AWS in the USA | EU (Cloudflare D1, EU jurisdiction) |
Where Formspree is stronger
- Integrations on the free plan. Telegram, Discord and Slack plugins at 50 submissions a month; Basin's Free carries Zapier.
- No surprise bills. Over-limit submissions wait in a folder; Basin delivers and bills them as overage, which is kinder to the data and harder on the budget.
- Team features on the higher tiers: seats and routing rules.
Where Basin is stronger
- Spam does not eat your quota. Filtered spam is excluded from the monthly count, which matters exactly on small plans.
- Serious filtering on Pro. Location, language and custom content filters, and virus scanning for uploaded files, rare in this category.
- Agency tier extras. Multi-step forms, saved incomplete submissions, enhanced deliverability.
Who should pick which
- Free Telegram or Slack delivery: Formspree.
- A spam-heavy niche (tickets, giveaways, adult-adjacent): Basin's filters earn their tier.
- Strict budget, no overage ever: Formspree; Basin bills past the cap.
- Agency running many client forms: compare Basin's Agency tier with Formspree's Business on the features you bill for.
A third option
We build Formgong, which is why it sits in the third column, and the honest version of its pitch is one sentence: a bigger free plan (1,000 submissions a month) with Telegram and an inbox included, EU storage, and reviews plus an AI help chat in the same account, at the cost of a shorter integration list than Formspree's. The full head-to-heads are Formgong vs Formspree and Formgong vs Basin, and each names where the other service wins.
Questions
Formspree or Basin for a small site?
Their free plans are the same size, 50 submissions a month. Pick by what you need around them: Formspree for Telegram, Discord and Slack on Free; Basin for spam filtering that does not consume the quota.
Does spam count against the limit on Formspree and Basin?
On Basin, no: its pricing page says spam submissions do not count toward the monthly limit. Formspree filters with reCAPTCHA and Formshield under its plan rules.
What happens over the monthly limit?
Formspree stores over-limit submissions in a folder, no emails, reprocess after upgrading. Basin keeps delivering and bills the extra as overage.
Which stores data in the EU?
Neither, strictly: Formspree may process data in the United States and other countries; Basin hosts on DigitalOcean in Canada with backups in Germany and files on AWS in the USA. For EU storage look at EU-hosted backends.
Sources
Checked on 23.10.2026 against these public pages: Formspree plans, Formspree: over-limit submissions, Formspree privacy policy, Basin pricing, Basin docs.