FormKeep vs Formgong
| FormKeep | Formgong | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 50 submissions a month, unlimited forms | 300 submissions a month, unlimited forms |
| Notifications on Free | Daily | Email at once for every submission, plus Telegram |
| Realtime notifications | From Professional, $19.50/month | Every plan |
| Paid plans | Essential $4.99 (1,000, 1 form); Professional $19.50 (10,000, 3 forms) | Pro $9/month (5,000); Business $15/month (25,000) |
| Telegram | Not in their docs | Every plan, with Reply, Mark handled and Mark as spam buttons |
| Google Sheets | From Professional (all integrations) | Every plan, Free included |
| Retention on Free | 1 month | 30 days |
| Data location | Not stated in their privacy policy or DPA | Cloudflare D1 with EU jurisdiction |
Where FormKeep's docs say nothing about a feature, the cell says so instead of guessing.
Why people look for a FormKeep alternative
- Free notifications come once a day. A lead that arrives in the morning is seen the next day. Realtime starts at Professional.
- Forms are counted on paid plans. Essential includes 1 form and Professional 3; extra forms cost more each month.
- No stated data location. FormKeep's privacy policy and DPA mention hosting partners but not where data is stored.
Where FormKeep is the better choice
FormKeep has run since 2014 and scales further: Premium is $59 a month for 100,000 submissions, and Enterprise is unlimited. For a high-volume form with a budget, it is a reasonable choice. Free retention is the same on both: about a month.
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.
- Paid plans (as of Oct 2026): Starter $49/year by application (5,000); Pro $15/month or $149/year (10,000).
- 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.
- Paid plans (as of Oct 2026): Personal $15/month or $120/year (200); Professional $30/month or $240/year (2,000).
- 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.
- Paid plans (as of Oct 2026): Starter $15/month or $12.50/month yearly (250); Growth $29/month (1,000).
- 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.
Moving a form from FormKeep to Formgong
- Create a free Formgong account and copy the form's access key.
- Change the form's
actionfromhttps://formkeep.com/f/YOUR_FORM_IDtohttps://formgong.com/submitand keepmethod="POST". - Add
<input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="…">. Field names stay as they are. FormKeep's generated honeypot name is replaced by Formgong's emptybotcheckfield. - Send a test, then connect Telegram or Google Sheets in Form settings if you want them.
Every hidden field Formgong understands is in the HTML docs.
Questions
Is FormKeep free?
FormKeep has a free plan with 50 submissions a month, one-month retention and daily notifications. Formgong's free plan takes 300 a month and sends each submission by email at once and to Telegram.
Does FormKeep send notifications in real time?
From the Professional plan ($19.50 a month). Free and Essential get daily notifications, according to FormKeep's pricing page on 12.10.2026.
Where does FormKeep store data?
FormKeep's privacy policy and DPA do not state a location. Formgong stores submissions in Cloudflare D1 with EU jurisdiction.
Is it hard to move a form from FormKeep?
No. Change the action URL, add a hidden access_key and an empty botcheck field. If you used FormKeep's Force JSON setting with fetch, Formgong already answers JSON with a success flag.
Sources
Checked on 12.10.2026 against these public pages: FormKeep pricing, FormKeep integrations, FormKeep privacy policy, FormKeep DPA, FormKeep terms, Formgong pricing, Web3Forms pricing, Formspree plans, Basin pricing, Formgong data and location.