Web3Forms has gained popularity as a lightweight, free form backend that requires no account registration to get started. You simply request an access key via email, add it to your HTML form as a hidden field, and submissions are forwarded to your email address. This frictionless onboarding has made it a favorite among developers building quick landing pages, portfolio sites, and small projects that just need a basic contact form.
The simplicity of Web3Forms is both its greatest strength and its most significant limitation. Because it operates primarily through email forwarding, there is no web dashboard to browse submissions, no analytics to track form performance, and no way to search or export historical data. Integrations are limited to what you can build yourself using the webhook feature. For a single contact form on a personal site, this minimalism is appealing. For anything beyond that, it becomes a constraint.
FormsList bridges the gap between Web3Forms' simplicity and the full-featured experience that growing projects need. You get an equally easy setup process (create an endpoint, paste the URL into your form) but with a complete dashboard for managing submissions, built-in integrations with Slack, Google Sheets, and Discord, and AI spam filtering that works without any configuration. When your project grows beyond a basic contact form, FormsList scales with you without requiring a migration to a different platform.
By Vaibhav Jain · Last updated March 22, 2026
| Feature | FormsList | Web3Forms |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 5 forms, 200 submissions/mo | Unlimited forms, 250 submissions/mo |
| Submissions/month (paid) | 5,000 (Pro) / 50,000 (Business) | 2,500 (Pro) / Unlimited (Business) |
| Integrations | Slack, Google Sheets, Discord, Zapier, Webhooks | Webhooks only |
| Spam protection | AI scoring + honeypot + reCAPTCHA | hCaptcha + honeypot |
| API access | REST API on all plans | No dashboard API |
| File uploads | All plans | Pro plan and above |
| Custom redirects | All plans | All plans |
| Team support | Business plan | Not available |
| Starting price | $9/mo (Pro) | $8/mo (Pro) |
| Submission dashboard | Full dashboard with search and export | Email-based only |
Full submission dashboard with search, filtering, and export
Native integrations without relying on webhooks alone
AI spam scoring analyzes submission content intelligently
REST API for programmatic access to submissions
Team workspaces for collaborative form management
Geo tracking and analytics built in
No account registration needed to start
Unlimited forms on the free plan
Extremely lightweight and simple
Good choice for single-use contact forms
Web3Forms and FormsList serve different needs. Web3Forms is excellent for developers who need a quick, no-fuss contact form on a personal site or landing page and do not care about dashboards, analytics, or integrations. Its zero-registration setup is genuinely convenient for throwaway projects and prototypes.
FormsList is the better choice the moment you need to do anything beyond basic email forwarding. A real dashboard, native integrations, AI spam filtering, analytics, and team support make FormsList a platform you can grow with. If you start with Web3Forms and your project takes off, you will eventually need to migrate to something like FormsList anyway, so starting with FormsList saves you that future migration.
Yes, FormsList requires a free account signup. This takes about 30 seconds and gives you access to a full submission dashboard, integrations, and analytics that Web3Forms cannot provide without an account system.
You can set up email notifications and never log into the dashboard if you prefer. But the dashboard is there when you need it: for searching submissions, viewing analytics, or setting up integrations.
Both work well for a basic contact form. Web3Forms is slightly faster to set up since there is no registration, but FormsList gives you spam protection and a submission history you can search later. If you are building a professional portfolio, FormsList is worth the extra 30 seconds of setup.
200 free submissions a month and a live endpoint in 30 seconds. No server, no credit card, just point your form at it.