Question 1

What is Formbold?

Accepted Answer

Formbold is a free form backend service. It receives your website form submissions and delivers them to your email, Slack, Telegram, Notion, Google Sheets, Discord, and more. No server setup or backend code required.

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Question 2

How does Formbold work?

Accepted Answer

Create a free account, get your unique endpoint URL, and paste it into your form's action attribute. Formbold handles everything else. Start receiving submissions instantly.

Question 3

Is Formbold really free?

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Yes. The Free plan includes 10 forms and 250 submissions each month. You can use it for commercial projects as long as you stay within the fair usage limits. When you need more, the Starter plan is $6 a month.

Question 4

Do I need coding skills to use Formbold?

Accepted Answer

No. If you can copy and paste a URL, you can use Formbold. It works with any website, HTML page, or framework without writing a single line of backend code.

Question 5

Which platforms and frameworks does Formbold support?

Accepted Answer

Any site that can send an HTML form or a fetch request. We have step-by-step guides for HTML, React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt, Angular, Svelte, Astro, Gatsby, Alpine.js, Hugo, Jekyll and Webflow, and for AI app builders like Lovable, Bolt.new, v0 and Replit. AI agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex can manage your forms through the Formbold MCP server.

Question 6

What happens if I exceed my monthly submission limit?

Accepted Answer

On the free plan, submissions stop after you hit the monthly limit. Upgrading to a paid plan takes less than two minutes and gives you higher limits instantly.

Question 7

How is Formbold different from other Form API providers?

Accepted Answer

Formbold gives you a submission dashboard, team workspaces with invited members, a REST API and MCP server for AI editors, file uploads on paid plans, multiple email addresses per form, auto responders, custom redirects, and workflow integrations with Zapier, Make, HubSpot, and more.

Question 8

Does Formbold protect my forms from spam?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Formbold uses server-side spam filtering on every submission. You can also enable reCAPTCHA or Custom reCAPTCHA from your form settings in one click.

Question 9

Is Formbold GDPR compliant?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Formbold acts as your data processor under the GDPR, UK GDPR and CCPA, and every account is covered by our Data Processing Agreement with EU Standard Contractual Clauses. You can download it from Billing in your dashboard. Submissions are encrypted in transit and at rest, never sold or used to train AI, and you can set a retention period to delete old submissions automatically.

Question 10

Can I receive submissions on Slack, Telegram, or Notion?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Formbold connects directly to Slack, Telegram, Notion, Discord, Google Sheets, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Zendesk, Zapier, and Make. Set up any integration in minutes from your dashboard.

Question 11

Can I use Formbold for client projects?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Link several email addresses to each form and send each form's submissions to a different inbox. The Premium and Business plans remove Formbold branding, so your clients only see your brand.

Question 12

Can users upload files through my form?

Accepted Answer

Yes, on Starter and higher plans. Starter allows 5 files of up to 10 MB each, Premium 10 files of up to 25 MB, and Business 10 files of up to 50 MB. You get a secure download link with each submission.

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