Formigo: a developer-first Formspree alternative

Formspree is a popular, capable form backend, and a solid choice for many projects. But "popular" doesn't always mean "the right fit for you." Maybe you want a free form backend you can ship today without reaching for a card. Maybe you're building an API-driven frontend and you want first-class JSON support. Or maybe you just like tools that get out of your way.

Formigo is a developer-first form backend built around one idea: point your form at an endpoint, and we handle the rest. No SDK, no dashboard gymnastics, no credit card. It's free forever, JSON-native, and CORS-enabled out of the box, so it plays nicely with vanilla HTML, React, Vue, or whatever you reach for next.

This page is an honest comparison. We'll tell you what Formigo does today (and only what it actually does), where Formspree is a great fit, and how to switch in about thirty seconds if Formigo is the better match.

Before you pick any form backend, here's the short checklist we'd run as developers ourselves:

Here's a side-by-side. We list concrete specifics for Formigo because those are facts we can verify. For Formspree, the notes below reflect their public docs and pricing page at the time of writing; plans and limits change over time, so always confirm against their current pricing page.

Formspree details reflect their public docs and pricing at the time of writing. Plans, limits, and features can change, so always confirm against their official pricing page.

Switching is about as easy as it gets. There's no SDK to install and no markup to rewrite. You just point your form's action at your Formigo endpoint instead of your Formspree one. Sign up, create a form, copy your slug, and update one URL.

Before (Formspree)

<form action="https://formspree.io/f/your-form" method="POST">
  <input type="text" name="name" required>
  <input type="email" name="email" required>
  <textarea name="message" required></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

After (Formigo)

Change one line, the action URL, and you're live:

<form action="https://formigo.io/f/your-form" method="POST">
  <input type="text" name="name" required>
  <input type="email" name="email" required>
  <textarea name="message" required></textarea>

  <!-- Optional: silent spam protection -->
  <input type="text" name="_formigo_hp" value=""
         style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
  <input type="hidden" name="_formigo_t" value="">

  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

That's it. Formigo accepts the same url-encoded form posts you already send, plus JSON if you'd rather submit with fetch. Want the full picture? Browse the code examples for React, Vue, jQuery, WordPress, and more.