FormHeron vs Formspree
Formspree is one of the longest-running form backends, with a large native plugin catalogue and support tiers that go up to a formal SLA. The gap is volume per dollar and how early webhooks unlock.
Side by side
Formspree figures were read from their own pricing page on 15 August 2026. Pricing changes — check theirs before deciding.
| Feature | FormHeron | Formspree |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan submissions | 250 / month | 50 / month |
| Cheapest paid plan | $7 / mo — 5,000 submissions | $10 / mo — 200 submissions |
| Webhooks unlock at | $7 / mo (Indie) | $20 / mo (Professional) |
| Slack unlocks at | $7 / mo (Indie) | Free plan |
| Highest volume plan | 20,000 / mo ($15 Pro) | 20,000 / mo ($60 Business) |
| File uploads | Not supported | 1 GB from $10, up to 10 GB |
| Autoresponder | Not supported | Included from $20 |
| Lead pipeline | Status on every plan; tags and notes from $7 | Not stated on their pricing page |
| Data residency | EU (Amsterdam), published | Not stated on their pricing page |
| DPA availability | Every plan, free included | Not stated on their pricing page |
Where Formspree is the better choice
If any of these matter to your project, Formspree is the right call and we would rather you knew now.
Slack on the free plan
Formspree includes Slack, Discord and Telegram notifications on every plan including free. FormHeron requires Indie at $7/mo for Slack. If free Slack alerts are the whole requirement, Formspree wins outright.
File uploads and autoresponders
Formspree accepts file attachments from $10/mo and sends autoresponse emails to submitters from $20/mo. FormHeron supports neither, at any price.
A much larger native plugin catalogue
Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion, Trello, Linear, Asana, GitHub, Stripe and HubSpot all connect natively. FormHeron reaches those through a webhook into Zapier, Make or n8n rather than directly.
Years of production history and a support ladder
Formspree has run at scale for years and offers priority support, phone support and an SLA on higher tiers. FormHeron launched in 2026, is run by one person, and publishes no SLA.
Where FormHeron is the better choice
Twenty-five times the submissions for less money
Formspree's cheapest paid plan is $10/mo for 200 submissions. FormHeron's is $7/mo for 5,000. If your forms actually get traffic, this is the difference between the entry plan working and the entry plan being a trial.
Five times the free tier
250 submissions a month against 50. Enough to run a real client site on free rather than a demo.
Webhooks at $7 instead of $20
Formspree's Webhooks plugin requires Professional at $20/mo. FormHeron includes HMAC-signed webhooks on Indie at $7/mo, with automatic retries at 1m / 5m / 25m and a delivery log showing every attempt and status code.
A lead pipeline, not a submission archive
Every lead moves New → Contacted → Won → Lost, with tags and notes on Indie and Pro. Most form backends give you a reverse-chronological list and leave the follow-up to your inbox.
EU storage and a signable DPA on every plan
Leads are stored in Amsterdam, the service is operated from India, and both are published in our sub-processor list. A processor DPA is available on every plan including free.
No raw IP addresses, ever
Rate limiting uses a salted HMAC of the visitor's IP rather than the address itself. A database breach exposes no visitor IPs.
Moving from Formspree
- 1Create a FormHeron form and copy its endpoint URL.
- 2Replace the Formspree URL in your form's action attribute. Standard urlencoded and JSON bodies both work, so your existing field names keep working unchanged.
- 3If you relied on Formspree's AJAX mode, keep sending Accept: application/json — FormHeron returns a JSON body with a stable machine-readable code on every error.
- 4Add the off-screen _hp honeypot field from the docs.
- 5Submit once to confirm the lead lands, then leave the Formspree form live until you have verified a full cycle.