When another tool genuinely serves you better
- You want a form builder, not a backend. We receive forms you build; we do not host a drag-and-drop editor with logic jumps. Tally and Typeform are that product.
- You need plugins we do not have. Formspree's catalogue (CRMs, Stripe, newsletters) is wider than our webhooks, Sheets, email and Telegram.
- Your stack is the decider. On Netlify hosting, Netlify Forms needs no second service; deep in Shopify reviews, Judge.me's app is the incumbent for good reasons.
- You want zero accounts. FormSubmit relays email with no registration at all; we need an account to give you an inbox.
| Service | Free plan | Telegram |
|---|---|---|
| Formgong | 1,000 submissions a month, unlimited forms, email and Telegram on Free, CSV export | Every plan |
| Web3Forms | 250 submissions a month, unlimited forms, 1 recipient | Paid plans |
| Formspree | 50 submissions a month, 30-day archive | Every plan |
| Forminit | 1 form, 100 submissions a month | Not listed |
If you came for the reviews product
For product reviews the alternatives are different: Judge.me (Shopify; it sunset WooCommerce and other non-Shopify platforms on 31 October 2025), Customer Reviews for WooCommerce, which keeps reviews in your own WordPress database, Loox and Yotpo on the visual and enterprise ends. Our comparisons are honest about each: Judge.me, Yotpo, Loox. Formgong Reviews' own case: works on any site with one script tag, imports from Judge.me, Yotpo, Loox and Shopify exports, photo and video reviews on Free, and AI summaries with automatic translation on paid plans. One thing none of those alternatives offer: voice reviews, where a customer records up to two minutes, the speech is transcribed server-side (Whisper on Cloudflare Workers AI, language detected automatically), and a recorded review always waits for your approval before anything shows.
The case for staying, stated once
Most alternatives beat us somewhere, and the table above says where. What none of them bundles: a free plan with 1,000 submissions a month, Telegram and email delivery with a real inbox, EU-jurisdiction storage, and the same account covering product reviews and an AI help chat trained on your pages. Teams that switch away for one missing feature tell us the second subscription and second dashboard are what brings them back; that is the honest trade.
Leaving Formgong, without drama
Your data is yours: every form's submissions export to CSV from the dashboard, reviews export too, and deleting the account removes the stored data per the privacy policy. A form pointed at a new backend is a one-line action change. If something specific drove you off, support@formgong.com reads every message; missing features have shipped from exactly such emails.
1. Web3Forms
Best for: A generous free quota with one access key and no account dashboard work.
- Free plan: 250 submissions a month, unlimited forms, 1 recipient.
- Telegram: Starter, Pro and Agency, not Free.
- Data location: Infrastructure on AWS, Cloudflare and Hetzner; data may be processed in several regions.
Watch out: Stops accepting submissions at the monthly limit. Telegram and other integrations need a paid plan.
2. Formspree
Best for: Teams that need many plugins (CRM, Sheets, Stripe), team seats and a long track record.
- Free plan: 50 submissions a month, 30-day archive.
- Telegram: Telegram plugin on every plan.
- Data location: May be processed in the United States and other countries where Formspree operates.
Watch out: The free plan is meant for testing; prices per submission are high on the small paid plans.
3. Basin
Best for: Agencies that want spam filtering, signed webhooks and integrations on mid-size plans.
- Free plan: 1 form, 50 submissions a month, 30-day retention.
- Telegram: Not listed.
- Data location: Hosting on DigitalOcean in Canada, backups in Germany, file storage on AWS in the USA.
Watch out: Overage is billed (from $5.25 per 1,000). Sheets, Slack, API and webhooks start at Growth.
4. Forminit (formerly Getform)
Best for: Developers who want SDKs, form analytics and EU hosting on AWS.
- Free plan: 1 form, 100 submissions a month.
- Telegram: Not listed (Slack, Discord, Sheets, Zapier, webhooks).
- Data location: AWS in Ireland, with a DPA.
Watch out: Forms pause at the limit, and the free plan has a single form.
5. FormSubmit
Best for: A quick personal page where a free email relay without an account is enough.
- Free plan: Free, no account, no published quota.
- Telegram: No (email and a webhook).
- Data location: Not stated on the homepage.
Watch out: No published limits, no inbox and no support terms; reCAPTCHA is on by default.
6. Netlify Forms
Best for: Sites already hosted on Netlify.
- Free plan: Free and unlimited on Netlify's credit-based plans.
- Telegram: No (email, Slack, webhooks, Zapier, n8n).
- Data location: Netlify's hosting infrastructure.
Watch out: Works only on Netlify; forms are detected at build time and JavaScript forms need a hidden HTML copy.
Questions
What is the best Formgong alternative?
For like-for-like form handling, Web3Forms: one access key, 250 free submissions a month. For plugins and team features, Formspree. For EU hosting with SDKs, Forminit. For reviews, Judge.me on Shopify or Customer Reviews for WooCommerce on WordPress. Which is best depends on which single feature you need most.
Is there a free alternative to Formgong?
Yes: Web3Forms (250 a month), FormSubmit (no account at all), Netlify Forms on Netlify hosting, and Tally if you want a builder. Formgong's free plan remains the largest bundle: 1,000 submissions, Telegram, inbox, EU storage, reviews and help chat in one account.
Can I export my data if I leave Formgong?
Yes. Submissions export to CSV per form, reviews export as well, and account deletion removes stored data as described in the privacy policy. We would rather lose you cleanly than hold data hostage.
Why does Formgong publish an alternatives page about itself?
Because the comparison happens with or without us, and the facts age fast. This page keeps them current from each vendor's own pages, including the cases where another tool is the better pick.
Sources
Checked on 23.10.2026 against these public pages: Formgong pricing, Web3Forms pricing, Formspree plans, Basin pricing, Forminit pricing, FormSubmit, Netlify Forms usage and billing, Judge.me: Sunsetting on non-Shopify platforms.