# Formcake review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Form backend for developers with webhooks, files and an API

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Formcake is a hosted endpoint for HTML forms aimed at developers working on static or API-driven sites. Submissions are stored and can trigger webhooks, emails and Zapier workflows. Plans are sold by the year and differ in forms, monthly submissions, actions per form and file storage.

- **Category:** Forms & Surveys
- **Made by:** Formcake
- **Website:** https://www.formcake.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free, as 10 submissions a month is a thin cap.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, Formcake has a free plan, and paid plans start at $25 per year, billed annually ($2.99 per month billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free plan with 10 submissions a month.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 10 submissions a month. |
| Personal | $25 per year, billed annually ($2.99 per month billed monthly) | 5 forms, 100 submissions a month, 1 action per form and 90-day submission retention. |
| Developer | $59 per year, billed annually ($9.99 per month billed monthly) | Unlimited forms, 1,000 submissions a month, 15 actions per form, 500 MiB file storage. |
| Business | $119 per year, billed annually ($19.99 per month billed monthly) | Unlimited forms, 10,000 submissions a month, 50 actions per form, 5 GiB file storage. |

Read from https://www.formcake.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Formcake before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Yearly billing saves $10 to $120** (Annual discount): The pricing page states the saving from annual billing as $10 on Personal, $60 on Developer and $120 on Business. Source: https://www.formcake.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Form endpoint:** A form posts to a Formcake URL with no library or script to include.
- **Actions:** Trigger webhooks, templated emails and Zapier workflows from a submission, up to 1, 15 or 50 actions per form by plan.
- **File uploads:** Files are stored with an anti-virus scan and exposed through the API; the Developer plan allows 5 MiB per file and Business 50 MiB.
- **API access:** Forms and submissions can be read and managed through an API as well as the portal.
- **Spam protection:** Basic spam protection and native reCAPTCHA v3 are listed on every paid plan.

## Good for

- Developers who want a minimal endpoint with webhooks
- Static and Jamstack sites with low submission volumes

## Worth knowing

- Plans are sold by the year; monthly prices appear after switching billing on the page.
- File uploads are not available on the Personal plan.
- Submission retention is 90 days on Personal and unlimited on the higher plans.
- The pricing page footer is dated 2024.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Formcake is a form backend for developers with webhooks, file storage and an API. It is cheap, but the free plan is 10 submissions a month, Personal has no file uploads, and its pricing page footer is dated 2024.

- **Value for money: A.** Personal is $25 a year ($2.99 monthly) and Developer $59 a year, both under 60% of the $8.25 where the cheaper quarter starts.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Free is 10 submissions a month, so you hit the cap quickly.
- **Features: C.** Endpoint, actions, file uploads, an API and spam protection. File uploads are missing from Personal, which keeps 5 forms and 100 submissions.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and it is a web app where the work is writing the form and setting up actions, so it sits at C.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with an API but one listed integration.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Formcake's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among form and survey tools

- Formcake's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 88 of the 148 other form and survey tools we grade, and level with 27.
- It stands best on value for money (A, above 131 of 148) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $2.08 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 0 of the 114 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/forms

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Formcake you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $25 a year.

- You could make: Forms: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Zapier

**Tags:** Forms, Public API, Workflow automation

## Alternatives

- [Formspree](https://toolgpa.com/tools/formspree): Form backend that handles submissions for any website. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formcake-vs-formspree)
- [Basin](https://toolgpa.com/tools/basin): Form backend and builder that collects submissions without code. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/basin-vs-formcake)
- [Formcarry](https://toolgpa.com/tools/formcarry): Form backend that emails HTML form submissions and stores them. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formcake-vs-formcarry)
- [FormBackend](https://toolgpa.com/tools/formbackend): Form endpoint service that emails and routes HTML form entries. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formbackend-vs-formcake)
- [Formspark](https://toolgpa.com/tools/formspark): Form backend that emails or forwards submissions from your own HTML. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formcake-vs-formspark)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://www.formcake.com/
- https://www.formcake.com/pricing

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/formcake
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