Form backend with a serious spam and validation stack
Free + from $12.50/mo
Tool review - Form backends · Updated
Forminit Review (2026)
Getform, renamed - form backend with tight retention controls
Free + from $19/mo
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What is Forminit?
Forminit is the form backend formerly known as Getform, rebranded in January 2026; existing getform.io endpoints continue to work. It does the standard job - your HTML posts to its endpoint, it filters spam, stores the submission and emails you - and puts unusual weight on data retention, letting you set an automatic deletion window of 30, 90 or 365 days, or a custom period, from the Pro tier upward. That is a privacy-compliance feature more than a convenience one: it means you can promise a form's data disappears on a schedule and have the platform enforce it. File uploads are included even on the free plan. The plan limits are stricter than most rivals on form count rather than volume, and hitting a submission cap pauses your forms until you upgrade rather than silently dropping data.
Key features
- Accepts posts from your own HTML form, with file uploads on every tier including free
- Automatic deletion windows of 30, 90 or 365 days, or a custom period, from Pro
- Google Sheets, Slack, Discord, Zapier, webhooks and a REST API from the Pro tier
- Form analytics and CSV export on paid plans
- Existing getform.io endpoints still work after the January 2026 rename
Where it saves to
Email inbox and dashboard · Google Sheets (Pro+) · Slack and Discord (Pro+) · Webhooks and REST API (Pro+) · Zapier (Pro+) · CSV export
Pricing
Free covers 100 submissions a month, one form and 100MB of file storage, with email notifications, uploads, redirects, validation and spam protection. Billed yearly, Pro is $19/mo for 5,000 submissions across 5 forms plus every integration; Business is $49/mo for 10,000 submissions across 15 forms, adding autoresponders, team workspaces, a custom email sender and white-labelling; Volume is $99/mo for 50,000 submissions and unlimited forms. Forms pause when a plan's limit is reached.
Best for
Teams with a privacy or retention requirement to satisfy - the scheduled-deletion controls do work a compliance policy otherwise has to do by hand. Also a straightforward Getform migration, since the old endpoints keep working.
Pros
- Configurable automatic deletion, which most form backends do not offer at all
- File uploads included on the free plan, not just paid tiers
- Old getform.io endpoints still resolve after the rebrand
- Volume plan is competitive at $99/mo for 50,000 submissions
Cons
- Form counts are tight - 1 on free, 5 on Pro, 15 on Business
- Every integration, including Google Sheets, needs the $19/mo Pro tier
- Forms pause outright when you hit a submission limit
Alternatives to Forminit
FAQ
Is Forminit the same as Getform?
Yes. Getform rebranded to Forminit in January 2026. Existing getform.io endpoints still work, so an old integration does not break, but new documentation and billing live under the Forminit name.
Can Forminit delete submissions automatically?
Yes, from the Pro tier. You set a retention window of 30, 90 or 365 days or a custom period, and submissions are deleted automatically when it expires - useful when a privacy policy promises data is not kept indefinitely.
What happens when I hit the submission limit?
Forminit pauses your forms until you upgrade. That is more visible than silently discarding submissions, but it does mean a traffic spike can take a contact form offline, so watch the allowance on the lower tiers.
Does the free plan include file uploads?
Yes - 100MB of file storage alongside 100 submissions a month and one form. Most competitors reserve uploads for paid tiers, so this is the most generous free plan here for forms that accept attachments.
Where Forminit fits
- Filed under: Best Form Backends (2026)
- Also in: Best Free Save-to Tools (2026)
- If it ever shuts down: Save tool graveyard
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