The FormSubmit alternative that also does webhooks

FormSubmit is the zero-config form-to-email service that many developers reach for first — and it still works if all you need is an email in your inbox. This page is for the developer who has outgrown it: you want webhooks, a submission history you can search and export, and JSON in and out. Formy is the alternative built for that — one POST endpoint per form, no field builder, no SDK — and the migration is a one-line change.

Formy vs FormSubmit

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	Yes
Setup for a developer	Copy a slug	Point at email

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

Where FormSubmit runs out for a developer

Email-only — there's no submission history

FormSubmit forwards submissions to an inbox and stores nothing you can go back to. You can't search, filter, or export a request from last month; if the email is gone, the submission is gone.

No webhooks

You can't push a submission into your own pipeline — a CRM, a queue, a Slack channel — without polling an inbox. Formy fires a structured JSON webhook on every submission.

Form-encoded only

FormSubmit accepts form-encoded data and is built around your email address in the URL. If you POST JSON with your own field names, you're outside what it expects. Formy accepts any JSON, any field names.

Migrate from FormSubmit

<form action="https://formsubmit.co/ajax/you@example.com" method="POST">

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

That's the whole migration. Create the form on Formy, copy your slug, swap the action URL. Your existing HTML and fields stay untouched.

Frequently asked questions

Is Formy really a drop-in FormSubmit alternative?

For the basic flow, yes — a plain HTML form POST. On top of that Formy adds what FormSubmit doesn't have: webhooks, a submission dashboard, CSV/JSON export, and raw JSON POST.

I'm on FormSubmit's free tier. What does switching cost?

Formy also has a free tier, so you can move without paying anything. The endpoint is the only thing that changes in your form.

Can I keep my existing form HTML?

Yes. Only the action URL changes. Your inputs, field names, and styling stay exactly as they are.