Airform vs Formspree (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Airform and Formspree share a 2.4 GPA, both have a free plan, and Airform has no paid plan to buy, against $10 a month for Formspree.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Airform grades higher on the free plan. Formspree grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Formspree
Form backend that handles submissions for any website
Which one is for you
Pick Airform if
- Fits if you want a free contact form for a hobby site
- Works for front-end developers using React, Vue or Angular
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: the free offer is 'for now', so terms could change
- Skip it if you want spam filtering, as none is described
- Skip it if you want a dashboard or uploads, as the pages describe neither
- Watch out: the footer is 2018 and one maintainer is named, with support by sponsorship and GitHub
Pick Formspree if
- Fits if you can paste an HTML form and want submissions emailed to you
- Works for small sites that get a few dozen messages a month
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to build forms with drag and drop, as there is no visual builder
- Tight if you stay free, with 50 submissions a month and a 30-day archive
- Watch out: file uploads, export and search are not on Free, and API access needs Professional
- Pricey if you grow, as submissions are capped at 200, 2,000 and 20,000 across Personal, Professional and Business
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAAirformFair | 2.4GPAFormspreeFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BFree, but it is a bare service: no dashboard, spam filter or uploads on the pages we read, and the site asks for sponsors. | BPersonal is $10 a month billed yearly, inside the cheapest quarter of $14. It allows 200 submissions. |
| Free plan and trial | AFree outright with unlimited submissions, though the site says 'for now'. | CFree gives unlimited forms but 50 submissions a month, one team member and a 30-day archive, without uploads, export or search. |
| Features | DOne narrow function, form to email. No dashboard, spam filter or uploads are described. | CSpam protection, storage, plugins, routing rules and an API cover the backend job. There is no visual form builder, and API access needs Professional. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and it is a web app where the work is writing the form and the server-less setup, so it sits at C. | CNo store rating on record. You write the form in HTML or code and point it at Formspree. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with framework packages for Angular, React and Vue and no integrations. | BWeb only, with Google Sheets, Trello, Klaviyo, HubSpot and Zendesk, plus an API on Professional. |
| Best for | turning an HTML form into an email | form handling for any website you code yourself |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Airform and Formspree. How we grade
Price against what you get
Airform has no paid plan and scores 1.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Formspree starts at $10 a month and scores 2.3.
Formspree scores higher, and starts $10 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other form and survey tools on the chart, none scores higher than Airform for less, and 8 score higher than Formspree for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Airform is open source, according to its own site.
- Formspree also covers workflow automation and transactional email.
At a glance
| Airform | Formspree | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free plan |
| Starts at | Free | $10 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Unlimited form submissions, free "for now" according to the site. | Unlimited forms, 50 submissions a month, 1 team member, 2 linked emails and a 30-day submission archive. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | CJ Patoilo | Formspree |
| Price read from | airform.io | formspree.io |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Airform
- The free offer is worded as 'for now', so terms could change.
- The pages read describe no dashboard, spam filter or file uploads.
- The footer carries a 2018 copyright and a single named maintainer.
- Support is by sponsorship and GitHub, with no paid plan listed.
Formspree
- There is no visual form builder; forms are written in HTML or code.
- Plans are capped by submissions: 50 on Free, 200 on Personal, 2,000 on Professional and 20,000 on Business.
- File uploads, export and search are not on the Free plan, and API access needs Professional.
- Free plan submissions older than 30 days drop out of the dashboard view.
Key features
Airform
- Email forms
- Set the form action to the Airform URL plus your email address and entries are mailed to you.
- Framework packages
- Wrappers are published for Angular, AngularJS, Aurelia, React and Vue.
- No server needed
- The service runs the receiving side so nothing is installed on your own server.
- Open source
- The code is open source under the MIT license and maintained on GitHub.
Formspree
- Bring your own form
- Any HTML markup, styles or scripts can post to a Formspree endpoint, including AJAX submission that works cross-origin.
- Spam protection
- Formshield filters spam with machine learning. Higher plans add adjustable sensitivity, custom honeypots and custom spam rules.
- Submission storage and export
- Submissions are stored in a dashboard with search, and paid plans can export all of them as CSV or JSON.
- Plugins and integrations
- Basic plugins send submissions to apps such as Google Sheets and Trello; premium plugins cover Klaviyo, HubSpot and Zendesk.
- Rules engine and routing
- On Business, rules route submissions to different emails, flag spam or change the redirect based on field values.
- API access
- Professional and above can fetch submissions from a JSON HTTP endpoint without logging in.
Plans
Airform
Free$0
Unlimited form submissions for now; the project asks for sponsorship.
Formspree
Free$0
Unlimited forms, 50 submissions a month, 30-day archive, basic spam filtering and no file uploads.
Personal$10
per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)
200 submissions a month, 1 GB file uploads, unlimited archive, CSV and JSON export, basic plugins.
Professional$20
per month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)
2,000 submissions a month, 2 team members, 5 GB uploads, API access, autoresponses and premium plugins.
Business$60
per month, billed annually ($90 billed monthly)
20,000 submissions a month, unlimited team members, rules engine, custom email domains and priority support.
CustomCustom
Unlimited submissions for high-volume campaigns, with SLA, onboarding and phone support. Sold through sales.
Ways to pay less
Airform
No public discounts listed.
Formspree
- Annual discount
Yearly billing lowers the monthly rate
Yearly plans cost $120 (Personal), $240 (Professional) or $720 (Business), against $15, $30 and $90 a month when billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Airform or Formspree?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Airform is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $10 a month for Formspree. Airform is free, and Formspree starts at $10 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Airform or Formspree?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Airform and Formspree have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.