ShipMyForm vs Formgong
| ShipMyForm | Formgong | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 250 submissions a month, 5 forms | 250 a month, unlimited forms, refilled every month |
| When the free plan runs out | Submissions past the limit are rejected with a message | Delivery continues on credit until the 7th of next month (once a year, up to 5,000 extra), then submissions are saved until you upgrade |
| Where submissions go on Free | Email and webhooks; Slack, Google Sheets and other connectors are paid | Email, Telegram, Google Sheets, Notion, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Brevo, MailerLite and Kit lists, and up to 3 signed webhooks (Slack, Discord, Zapier, Make, n8n) |
| File uploads on Free | No | Up to 3 files, 100 MB each |
| Branding on Free | ShipMyForm badge; removal is paid | None in your own HTML form |
| Spam | Honeypot, rate limiting and heuristics; no captcha needed; optional Turnstile | Server-side filter and a honeypot; no captcha needed; spam does not count toward the limit |
| Data location | United States | Cloudflare D1 with EU jurisdiction |
Where ShipMyForm's docs say nothing about a feature, the cell says so instead of guessing.
Why people look for a ShipMyForm alternative
- At 250 the form turns people away. ShipMyForm's pricing page says free submissions past the monthly limit are rejected with a message.
- No Google Sheets or Slack on Free. Its free plan has email and webhooks; the other connectors start on the first paid plan.
- No files on Free. File uploads are marked not included on the free plan.
- Data in the US. Its privacy policy says it stores and processes data in the United States.
Where ShipMyForm is the better choice
ShipMyForm keeps free submissions for six months, where Formgong keeps them 30 days. A form also works before you sign up: post it to shipmyform.com/to/ plus your email and the first submission sends you an activation link. It also checks fields such as required, email and URL on every plan.
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. 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.
What Formgong's free plan includes
- Build the form or bring your own. The form builder takes the colours and fonts from your site's address, with no sign-up; ready form templates copy into your account; AI writes the fields from one sentence. Any hand-written HTML form works too.
- Websites with the form already connected. 28 free website templates post to Formgong out of the box.
- 250 submissions a month on unlimited forms. Spam does not count. Once a year, a busy month keeps delivering on credit until the 7th instead of stopping.
- Everywhere you work. Email to up to 3 people at once, Telegram with Reply and Handled buttons, Google Sheets, Notion, and 3 signed webhooks for Slack, Discord, Zapier, Make or n8n.
- Emails to your customers in your business's name. Formgong sends them under your business name and replies come back to you, with no email service of your own to set up: a review request to every lead, a reminder a visitor asked for, and review emails after an order with your logo and colours. People who agree can also go straight into your Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Brevo, MailerLite or Kit list. An automatic reply to each visitor is on Pro.
- No captcha needed. A server-side spam filter, a honeypot, allowed domains and a block list; add your own Turnstile key if you want one.
- Files and voice. Visitors can attach files, or record a voice message that arrives transcribed.
- Made for AI-built sites. A hosted form page and a contact button; step-by-step guides for sites built with Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit and Base44; an MCP server lets Cursor or Claude wire the form for you.
- See what the form does. Analytics for views, starts, conversion and where each lead came from, and an alert when a form goes quiet.
- One account for the rest. Customer reviews and an AI help chat that answers visitors from your own pages, with every message in one inbox. Data is stored in the EU.
Moving a form from ShipMyForm to Formgong
- Create a free Formgong account and copy the form's access key.
- Change the form's
actionfromhttps://shipmyform.com/f/YOUR_FORM_IDtohttps://formgong.com/submitand keepmethod="POST". - Add
<input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="…">. Field names stay as they are. Rename ShipMyForm's_gotchafield tobotcheck, the name Formgong checks, and keep it empty. - 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 ShipMyForm free?
ShipMyForm's free plan takes 250 submissions a month across 5 forms, with email and webhooks, 6 months of retention and a ShipMyForm badge (checked 31.10.2026).
What happens when ShipMyForm's free limit is reached?
Its pricing page says submissions past the monthly limit are rejected with a clear message on the free plan; paid plans keep accepting and flag the overage.
Where does ShipMyForm store data?
In the United States, per its privacy policy, with no EU option stated. Formgong stores submissions in Cloudflare D1 with EU jurisdiction.
Is it hard to move a form from ShipMyForm?
No. Change the action from shipmyform.com/f/ to Formgong's /submit, add a hidden access_key field, and rename _gotcha to botcheck. Other field names stay the same.
Sources
Checked on 31.10.2026 against these public pages: ShipMyForm pricing, ShipMyForm llms.txt, ShipMyForm home and FAQ, ShipMyForm privacy, Formgong docs, Web3Forms pricing, Formspree plans, Forminit pricing, Formgong data and location.