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@sh_tomer
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SEP 2026 · for spite
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🔥 6/10
free alternative to
Typeform

“Most online form builders claim to be free, but their free tier is usually very limited - with unremovable branding, response limits, and many other restrictions.”

sh_tomer, on news.ycombinator.com ↗
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Form81

Typeform charges $29 a month and still caps your free responses at ten; Form81 charges nothing and forgot to add a cap.

replacesTypeform Basic · $29/mo
webforms
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replacesFormspree · $15/mo

GitForms

A contact form that files submissions as GitHub Issues. No database, no server, no monthly bill.

“Why pay €300/year for this?”
webformsopen-source
by Luigi Greco🔥 8/10
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replacesTally Pro · $24/mo

Probe

Tally wants $24 a month before your survey stops wearing its logo. Probe is the whole form builder in one Docker container, and the only thing it asks is your questions.

“A self hosted form because tally is too expensive and google forms lacks style”
webself-hostedformsopen-source
by amschel🔥 8/10
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replacesFormspree Personal · $10/mo

SiSH Form Mailer

Formspree's free plan taps out at 50 submissions a month. SiSH Form Mailer takes every one of them on your own server, and its builder learned Go on the way.

“I had been using Formspree, but I was really running into issues keeping it free.”
webself-hostedformsopen-source
by Kellen Wiltshire🔥 8/10

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