The FormBackend alternative with a dashboard

FormBackend is a form-to-email service with integrations — it forwards submissions to an inbox, a Slack channel, or a tool you connect, and it's GDPR-minded. What it doesn't give a developer is a JSON webhook you can consume or a submission history you can search and export. This page is for developers evaluating a FormBackend alternative: you want the form data in your own systems as data, not routed to third parties. Formy is built for that — one POST endpoint, JSON webhooks, a dashboard — and switching is a one-line change.

Formy vs FormBackend

Feature	Formy
Webhooks (JSON payload)	Yes	No
Submission dashboard	Yes — search + export	No
Own form builder you don't need	No (by design)	No
Raw JSON POST	Yes	No
Free tier	Yes	No
Setup for a developer	Copy a slug	Create form in dashboard

Feature comparisons reflect the public capabilities of each service as of 1 August 2026.

Where FormBackend falls short for developers

No raw JSON webhook

FormBackend routes submissions to email and partner integrations. You can't point a webhook at your own server and consume the payload as structured JSON. Formy forwards the full submission to any URL you control.

No submission dashboard

There's no place to search, filter, or export your submissions. Your history lives in inboxes and integration feeds. Formy keeps every submission in a dashboard you can export to CSV or JSON.

No free tier

FormBackend charges from the start. Formy has a free tier, so you can build on the endpoint before you pay for volume.

Migrate from FormBackend

<form action="https://formbackend.com/some-form-id" method="POST">

<form action="https://formy.io/api/submit/your-slug" method="POST">

Create a form on Formy, copy your slug, swap the action URL. Your fields stay the same — and you gain a dashboard and JSON webhooks immediately.

Frequently asked questions

What does Formy have that FormBackend doesn't?

A JSON webhook to your own URL, a searchable submission dashboard with CSV/JSON export, and a free tier. FormBackend is email-and-integrations forwarding; Formy treats each submission as data.

I need GDPR-friendly form handling. Does Formy qualify?

Formy stores submissions you can view, export, and delete — the same data handling expectations as the category. You keep full access to your data, which is the practical requirement.

Does migration take long?

No. The action URL is the only change. Your HTML form and field names carry over, and your next submission lands in the Formy dashboard.