Email & forms

11 tools

Basin

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Collect form submissions and automate follow-up without backend code

FreemiumNo card

Free plan: 1 endpoint, 50 submissions/month, 30-day retention, AJAX and Zapier, no credit card required. Paid plans include a 14-day trial; Starter costs $12.50/month.

Brevo

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Transactional email, campaigns and contact management in one platform.

FreemiumNo card

Free: 300 emails/day, up to 100,000 stored contacts, transactional email, campaigns and one user. No time limit.

Buttondown

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A focused newsletter platform for writers, creators, and small teams

FreemiumNo card

Free for the first 100 active subscribers, no credit card required. Above 100, pricing is subscriber-based and add-ons start at $9/month.

Formspark

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Connect any form to email without managing a backend

FreemiumNo card

Free plan: 250 submissions, 10 forms, spam filtering, Slack and Zapier, no credit card required. One-time upgrade: $25 (was $50) for 50,000 submissions and 100 forms.

Formspree

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Add a reliable form backend to any site without writing server code.

FreemiumNo card

50 form submissions/month, unlimited forms and projects, spam filtering and email notifications.

Loops

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Send product, marketing, and transactional email from one platform

FreemiumNo card

Free plan: 1,000 subscribed contacts, 4,000 sends/month, 10 emails/sec, all features, no credit card required. Paid plans are based on subscribed contacts.

Mailjet

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Send transactional and marketing email with APIs, SMTP and templates.

FreemiumNo card

Free: 6,000 emails/month, 200/day, up to 1,000 contacts, APIs, SMTP, webhooks and one user. Starter is $9/month for 8,000 emails.

Mailtrap

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Test email safely in sandboxes and send transactional messages in production.

FreemiumNo card

Email API Free: 4,000 emails/month with a 150/day limit, one domain and 3-day log retention.

Resend

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A modern transactional email API with excellent React and developer tooling.

FreemiumNo card

Free: 3,000 emails/month, 100/day, 3 domains, 1 webhook endpoint and 30-day data retention.

Tally

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Create flexible forms and surveys with a generous free plan.

FreemiumNo card

Unlimited forms and submissions with most input types, payments, logic and integrations included.

Web3Forms

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Receive static-site form submissions directly in your inbox through an API.

FreemiumNo card

Free forever: 250 submissions/month, unlimited forms and domains, advanced spam protection, hCaptcha, custom redirect and 2 linked emails. No card.

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