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A Web3Forms alternative, compared honestly

Web3Forms is built around one job: deliver each submission straight to your inbox, with almost no setup. embedio is built around keeping submissions in a dashboard you can search, export and route elsewhere. Which one fits depends on where you want your submissions to live.

The short version

  • Pick embedio if: you want submissions stored somewhere you can search and export, need validation or spam rules per form, or want webhooks and integrations without moving up to a paid tier on another product.
  • Stay on Web3Forms if: an email per submission is all you need and you'd rather not have a dashboard at all. embedio's Free plan also emails you every submission, but it's built around the dashboard, so it may be more than you need.

Side by side

Web3Formsembedio
Where submissions goYour email inboxA dashboard and your inbox on every plan; Slack, Zapier and more on paid plans
How a form is identifiedHidden access_key input in your HTMLForm key in the action URL
Redirect after submitHidden redirect field; cross-domain redirects are paidEvery plan: dashboard setting (any URL) or _redirect (same site)
Spam protectionbotcheck honeypot; reCAPTCHA v3 / Turnstile on paid plansHoneypot (_gotcha), duplicate dropping, per-form trust levels
File uploadsAttachments on paid plansUploads module ($7/mo), 10MB per file
Webhooks / API access to submissionsPaid plansWebhook connection from $9/mo; REST API on every plan
Beyond formsForms-focusedSurveys, newsletter, bookings, live chat, AI chat

Web3Forms' pricing page couldn't be checked automatically, so this page doesn't quote its paid prices; see web3forms.com/pricing for current numbers. The feature facts above come from Web3Forms' own documentation, checked in November 2026.

What embedio is

embedio is a hosted backend for websites: point an HTML form at it and submissions land in a dashboard, with spam filtering, validation and notifications handled for you. The same account also covers surveys, newsletter signups, file uploads, bookings, live chat and an AI assistant, so a site that outgrows a contact form doesn't need a second vendor.

  • Free plan: 500 submissions a month on plain forms, a dashboard to read them, CSV export, field validation, a custom thank-you message or redirect, and an email notification for every submission. Slack, Discord, Zapier and other connections need a paid plan.
  • Modular: Forms is $9/mo with 10,000 submissions included, then +5,000 for $5/mo at a time. Buying any module turns on Connections: email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Zapier, webhooks, Google Sheets, Notion and more.
  • Ultimate: $59/mo for every module and unlimited submissions.
  • File uploads: the Uploads module ($7/mo) adds 50GB of storage and accepts files up to 10MB each.

Moving a form from Web3Forms

  • Swap the action: replace https://api.web3forms.com/submit with your embedio endpoint.
  • Delete the access key: remove the hidden access_key input. The form key in the URL does that job, and nothing secret sits in your HTML.
  • Replace `botcheck`: with a hidden _gotcha text input.
  • Rename `redirect`: to _redirect for same-site pages, or set any URL as the form's redirect in the dashboard.
  • Turn on email: if you want the inbox delivery you had before, add an Email connection to the form (any paid plan).
contact.html
<form action="https://api.tryembedio.com/f/frm_your_form_key" method="POST">
  <label>Email <input type="email" name="email" required></label>
  <label>Message <textarea name="message" required></textarea></label>
  <!-- Honeypot: real visitors never see or fill it -->
  <input type="text" name="_gotcha" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off" style="display:none">
  <!-- Optional: send people to your own page afterwards (same site only) -->
  <input type="hidden" name="_redirect" value="/thanks">
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

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