Formbricks vs Formspree (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Formbricks and Formspree share a 2.4 GPA, both have a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on whether you care more about the free plan and features, where Formbricks grades higher, or value for money and ease of use, where Formspree does.
Checked Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Formbricks
Open-source survey platform for links, websites and apps
Formspree
Form backend that handles submissions for any website
Which one is for you
Pick Formbricks if
- Fits if you're a product team asking questions inside your own website or app and can run a server
- Works for organizations that must keep feedback data on their own infrastructure
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you don't want to run a server: there's no cloud plan right now, and hosting by Formbricks is only listed as coming soon
- Not for you if you want a price up front, as the Experience Suite license is quoted after a call
- Watch out: SSO, roles, audit logs and an SLA need the paid license, and the free edition gets community support only
- Skip it if you want a quick contact form, since there's a whole instance to set up first
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
| 2.4GPAFormbricksFair | 2.4GPAFormspreeFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CThe Community Edition is free under AGPLv3, but only if you host it yourself, which means paying for and running a server, so it isn't free in the way a download is. The paid Experience Suite license has no published price; it's quoted on yearly responses and workspaces after a call. | BPersonal is $10 a month billed yearly, inside the cheapest quarter of $14. It allows 200 submissions. |
| Free plan and trial | BThe self-hosted Community Edition is free with surveys on every channel, the API and webhooks, and a 15-day trial license switches on the paid features in your own instance. The catch is that you pay for and run the server yourself, and support is community only. | CFree gives unlimited forms but 50 submissions a month, one team member and a 30-day archive, without uploads, export or search. |
| Features | BIt covers the survey job end to end: by link, on a website, in an email or triggered inside a web or mobile app, with an API, webhooks and an MCP server. AI analysis, dashboards and workflows need the paid license. | 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 | DNo store rating on record, and it has to be self-hosted for now: you run it on your own servers and database before the first survey goes out. Hosting by Formbricks is only listed as coming soon. | CNo store rating on record. You write the form in HTML or code and point it at Formspree. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with an API, webhooks and an MCP server, plus Slack, Zapier, Notion, n8n, Make, Google Sheets and Airtable. No app of its own, though. | BWeb only, with Google Sheets, Trello, Klaviyo, HubSpot and Zendesk, plus an API on Professional. |
| Best for | self-hosted open-source surveys | 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: Formbricks and Formspree. How we grade
Where they differ
- Formbricks is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Formbricks also covers templates and surveys.
- Formspree also covers forms and transactional email.
At a glance
| Formbricks | Formspree | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | Not published | $10 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | The self-hosted Community Edition is free under the AGPLv3 license, with surveys on every channel, the API and webhooks, and community support. | Unlimited forms, 50 submissions a month, 1 team member, 2 linked emails and a 30-day submission archive. |
| Free trial | 15-day trial license that switches on Experience Suite features in your own instance | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Formbricks GmbH | Formspree |
| Price read from | formbricks.com | formspree.io |
| Checked | Nov 9, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Formbricks
- There is no public price list: the Experience Suite license is quoted after a call, based on yearly responses, workspaces and term.
- It must be self-hosted for now; dedicated cloud and Formbricks-managed hosting in the EU or Saudi Arabia are listed as coming soon.
- The free Community Edition comes with community support only; SSO, roles, audit logs and an SLA need the paid license.
- Going over the licensed response volume does not stop a self-hosted instance; the FAQ says it is settled at renewal.
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
Formbricks
- Link, website and in-app surveys
- Share a survey by link, show it to chosen visitors on a website, embed it in an email or trigger it inside a web app or a native mobile app.
- Self-hosting
- The Community Edition runs on your own servers and database and is free to use under AGPLv3. A license key adds Experience Suite features to the same instance.
- API, SDKs and integrations
- An API, webhooks and an MCP server let answers flow into other tools and AI agents, with integrations such as Slack, Zapier, Notion and n8n.
- Experience Suite license
- An annual license adds unified feedback with AI analysis and dashboards, workflows and owner alerts, single sign-on, roles, audit logs and support with an SLA.
- Priced by responses, not seats
- The license is quoted on the responses collected each year and the number of workspaces, for 1 to 3 years, with unlimited seats.
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
Formbricks
Community Edition$0
Self-hosted and open source under AGPLv3: surveys on every channel, runs on your own servers and database, API and webhooks, community support.
Experience SuiteCustom
Annual self-hosting license quoted by responses and workspaces, with unlimited seats, AI analysis, dashboards, workflows, SSO, roles, audit logs and an SLA.
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
Formbricks
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, Formbricks or Formspree?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Formbricks publishes no starting price, and Formspree starts at $10 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Formbricks or Formspree?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Formbricks and Formspree have a free plan.
More comparisons
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.