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

> Form backend for static sites with spam filtering and webhooks

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

Static Forms gives a website a single endpoint that screens submissions for spam and delivers them by email and to a dashboard inbox. Paid plans add webhooks, chat alerts, file uploads, form rules and connections to spreadsheet and database tools. Data can be stored in Frankfurt by choosing the EU at signup.

- **Category:** Forms & Surveys
- **Made by:** Static Forms
- **Website:** https://www.staticforms.dev
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free, as 1 form and 250 submissions every 30 days is the cap.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, StaticForms has a free plan, and paid plans start at $4 per month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** 250 submissions every 30 days, 1 form, 1 year of storage, spam filtering and email notifications.
- **Free trial:** 7-day free trial on Pro and Agency, no credit card, limited to 500 submissions.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 250 submissions every 30 days, reCAPTCHA v2, email notifications, 30 days in the inbox. |
| Starter | $4 per month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly) | 3,000 submissions a month, unlimited forms, 1 GB file storage, autoresponder and webhooks. |
| Pro | $7.50 per month, billed annually ($9 billed monthly) | 25,000 submissions a month, form rules, Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable and Mailchimp sync, up to 3 team members. |
| Agency | $16 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) | 30,000 submissions a month, unlimited team members, 10 GB file storage and 25 form rules per form. |

Read from https://www.staticforms.dev/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with StaticForms before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save up to 33% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows yearly billing saving $24 on Starter, $18 on Pro and $36 on Agency a year. Source: https://www.staticforms.dev/pricing
- **30-day money-back guarantee** (Other savings): Starter, Pro and Agency carry a 30-day money-back guarantee, according to the pricing page. Source: https://www.staticforms.dev/pricing

## Key features

- **Single endpoint:** Post a form to api.staticforms.dev/submit with an API key; no backend code is needed.
- **Spam filtering:** Automatic filtering on all plans, with reCAPTCHA v2 on free and Turnstile, hCaptcha and Altcha on paid plans.
- **Alerts and webhooks:** Starter adds Slack, Telegram and Discord alerts and custom HTTP webhooks.
- **Form rules:** Pro and Agency route submissions and trigger actions based on what a visitor enters.
- **AI Reply and MCP:** Paid plans can send an AI reply drawn from a knowledge base and let Claude or ChatGPT manage forms over MCP.
- **EU data storage:** Form data can be stored in Frankfurt; account, billing and request logs stay US-processed, per the vendor.

## Good for

- Static and Jamstack sites that need a contact form
- Freelancers who want webhooks or Slack alerts on a small budget
- Agencies running forms for several clients

## Worth knowing

- Past the quota, Free and Starter hold new submissions in the inbox rather than rejecting them.
- Pro and Agency overage is optional at $1.00 per 1,000 extra submissions.
- File uploads are limited to 4.5 MB per submission and need a paid plan.
- AI Reply uses separate usage credits on paid plans.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Static Forms is a form backend for static sites with spam filtering, webhooks and form rules. Past the quota the Free and Starter plans hold submissions in the inbox, and uploads are capped at 4.5 MB.

- **Value for money: A.** Starter is $4 a month billed annually ($6 monthly) for 3,000 submissions, under 60% of the $8.25 where the cheaper quarter starts.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Free is 250 submissions every 30 days and 1 form. There is also a 7-day trial of Pro and Agency with no card, capped at 500 submissions.
- **Features: C.** Endpoint, spam filtering, webhooks, rules, AI Reply and EU storage. File uploads are limited to 4.5 MB and need a paid plan.
- **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 rules, so it sits at C.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with an API, an MCP server and eight listed integrations.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Static Forms'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

- StaticForms's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 116 of the 148 other form and survey tools we grade, and level with 15.
- It stands best on value for money (A, above 131 of 148) and worst on features (C, above 5).
- Its paid plans start at $4 a month, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 3 of the 114 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 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 StaticForms 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 is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 116 of the 148 other form and survey tools we grade. It costs $48 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.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

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

## Works with

Slack, Telegram, Discord, Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Mailchimp, Zapier

**Tags:** Forms, AI features, Workflow automation

## Alternatives

- [Formspree](https://toolgpa.com/tools/formspree): Form backend that handles submissions for any website. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formspree-vs-staticforms)
- [Web3Forms](https://toolgpa.com/tools/web3forms): Form-to-email backend for static websites using an access key. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/staticforms-vs-web3forms)
- [Formspark](https://toolgpa.com/tools/formspark): Form backend that emails or forwards submissions from your own HTML. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formspark-vs-staticforms)
- [Basin](https://toolgpa.com/tools/basin): Form backend and builder that collects submissions without code. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/basin-vs-staticforms)
- [FormBackend](https://toolgpa.com/tools/formbackend): Form endpoint service that emails and routes HTML form entries. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formbackend-vs-staticforms)

## Sources

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

- https://www.staticforms.dev/
- https://www.staticforms.dev/pricing

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