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Frontmail vs. EmailJS, Formspree, Basin and Forminit

What you pay at your volume and what each service includes. Prices and features come from each vendor’s own pricing page, with the date we checked them.

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What you save at your volume

The cheapest plan that covers the monthly volume, billed monthly on both sides. Yearly billing at Frontmail saves another 20%.

Monthly volumeFrontmailEmailJSFormspreeBasinForminit (Getform)
300 emails$0 / monthFree$11 / monthPersonalYou save $132 a year$30 / monthProfessionalYou save $360 a year$29 / monthGrowthYou save $348 a year$19 / monthProYou save $228 a year
1,000 emails$9 / monthStarter$11 / monthPersonalYou save $24 a year$30 / monthProfessionalYou save $252 a year$29 / monthGrowthYou save $240 a year$19 / monthProYou save $120 a year
3,000 emails$9 / monthStarter$19 / monthProfessionalYou save $120 a year$90 / monthBusinessYou save $972 a year$49 / monthProYou save $480 a year$19 / monthProYou save $120 a year
5,000 emails$19 / monthPro$19 / monthProfessionalNo saving at this volume$90 / monthBusinessYou save $852 a year$49 / monthProYou save $360 a year$19 / monthProNo saving at this volume
10,000 emails$19 / monthPro$38 / monthProfessional 10KYou save $228 a year$90 / monthBusinessYou save $852 a year$130 / monthAgencyYou save $1,332 a year$49 / monthBusinessYou save $360 a year
50,000 emails$49 / monthBusiness 50k$100 / monthBusiness 50KYou save $612 a yearNo listed planNo listed plan$99 / monthVolumeYou save $600 a year

List prices in USD excluding VAT, without coupons or add-ons. Form backends count form submissions, Frontmail and EmailJS count emails. Frontmail Free adds a “Sent via Frontmail” footer. Basin bills submissions over the plan as overage instead.

What’s included

A check mark means the vendor’s pricing or documentation page lists the feature on at least one plan. Numbered notes explain the limits.

FeatureFrontmailEmailJSFormspreeBasinForminit (Getform)
Your own email providerSend through Gmail, Outlook, SMTP, SES, Postmark, Resend …123
No email lost at the limitWhat happens when the monthly quota runs out4567
Bot protectionCAPTCHA on public forms89
Domain allowlistOnly your sites may use the public key10
HTML email templatesYour own template with parameters1112
Delivery trackingDelivered, bounce and spam events from the provider13
AttachmentsFiles sent with the email1415161718
Auto-replyA confirmation to the person who sent the form19202122
Template languagesOne template, a variant per language
Fallback providerSwitches to a second service when the first one fails
Native mobile SDKsiOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin), Flutter, React Native23

IncludedLimited – see noteNot offeredNot stated by the vendor

  1. Formspree sends the notifications itself; the Business plan adds a custom email domain.
  2. A custom SMTP server on the Pro and Agency plans.
  3. A custom sender address on your domain from the Business plan up.
  4. Requests are held for up to 14 days (3 days on Free) and sent automatically after a top-up.
  5. Requests above the monthly limit are dropped.
  6. Submissions over the plan are delivered and billed as overage ($2–5.25 per 1,000).
  7. Forms are paused at the monthly limit until you upgrade.
  8. reCAPTCHA v2 only.
  9. Built-in spam filters; the CAPTCHA type isn’t stated.
  10. From the Personal plan up.
  11. Custom email templates on the Business plan.
  12. Custom HTML email templates from the Pro plan up.
  13. With API providers (SES, Postmark, Resend, Mailgun, Brevo, Mailjet); SMTP, Gmail and Outlook report only “sent”.
  14. On paid plans, 1–25 MB per request.
  15. Paid plans only.
  16. File uploads are stored and sent as links.
  17. File uploads stored by Basin.
  18. File uploads stored by Forminit.
  19. Each auto-reply counts as one more request against the quota.
  20. Professional plan and up.
  21. Growth plan and up.
  22. Business plan and up.
  23. React Native and Flutter SDKs; no native iOS or Android SDK mentioned.

What Frontmail adds

Included with Frontmail – while the other service’s pricing page doesn’t offer it or only in a narrower form (see the notes above).

  • Compared with EmailJS

    • No email lost at the limit
    • Bot protection
    • Domain allowlist
    • Attachments
    • Auto-reply
    • Native mobile SDKs

  • Compared with Formspree

    • Your own email provider
    • HTML email templates
    • Attachments
    • Auto-reply

  • Compared with Basin

    • Your own email provider
    • No email lost at the limit
    • HTML email templates
    • Attachments
    • Auto-reply

  • Compared with Forminit (Getform)

    • Your own email provider
    • No email lost at the limit
    • Bot protection
    • Attachments
    • Auto-reply

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The Free plan includes 300 emails a month, no card needed. Planning a seasonal peak? The calculator finds the cheapest plan and packs.

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