Formcarry vs Forminit

Formcarry is a cloud form API that receives submissions from HTML, React, Vue, and other frameworks without requiring backend code for form processing. It can email users when a form receives a submission, with configurable autoresponses and email templates. The dashboard supports backend field-validation rules, and Google reCAPTCHA is available alongside default spam detection, which Formcarry says detects 99.8% of spam submissions. The API uses an API key to manage forms, submissions, webhooks, and related resources. Formcarry advertises more than 3,000 integrations, including Twilio, Discord, Slack, Notion, Mailchimp, Airtable, and Google Sheets. Paid plans support file uploads, with a documented 10MB limit per file. The free Baby plan costs nothing and allows one form, 50 submissions per month, and one team member. Paid plans start at $5/mo when billed annually; Starter is listed at $60 a year and includes 500 submissions per month. If a monthly submission limit is exceeded, submissions are held until the next month and become viewable after upgrading. Formcarry says personal data is stored in Frankfurt, Germany, with encryption at rest and in transit.

Forminit is a headless form backend API for developers who want to build their own form interface and send submissions to a service for processing. It handles server-side validation, storage, notifications, file uploads, webhooks, spam controls, and integrations. Validation covers typed fields such as email, phone, URL, date, rating, and country code formats. Individual uploads can be up to 25 MB, while the Free plan includes 100 MB of file storage. The JavaScript SDK captures marketing attribution details, and listed integrations include Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, Slack, Discord, and custom webhooks. Forminit lists support for web frameworks, site builders, WordPress, and mobile submissions through its plain HTTP API. The Free plan costs nothing and allows one form, 100 submissions per month, and an unlimited submission archive. Pro is $16 a month, billed $190 billed yearly; Business is $50 a month, billed $594 billed yearly. Yearly plans cost $190 a year and $594 a year, respectively. Forminit states that data is hosted in AWS Ireland, encrypted at rest and in transit, and that it complies with GDPR and UK GDPR.