Choosing a form backend is one of those decisions that seems trivial until you're locked into a platform that charges $25/month for features you assumed were included.
This guide compares the three most popular developer-focused form backends FormGuard, Formspree, and Getform across every dimension that matters: pricing, limits, spam protection, integrations, developer experience, and scalability.
No spin. No bias. Just a clear breakdown to help you make the right call.
Every website owner knows the pain: you launch a beautiful contact form, and within hours it's drowning in spam. Fake pharmaceutical ads, SEO link dumps, phishing attempts the flood is relentless.
The instinctive response? Slap on a CAPTCHA and call it a day.
But CAPTCHAs are broken. They frustrate real users, slash conversion rates by 3 12%, and modern bots solve them with over 95% accuracy. There's a better way actually, there are seven better ways.
This guide covers every proven method to stop form spam without ever showing your users a puzzle.
