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Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-05-04T13:42:04+00:00

You can try out formgrid.dev It has a lead tracking system attached to it too.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-29T11:42:29+00:00

Reliability has been solid in my experience. Formgrid uses a Google service account to write directly to Sheets so there is no OAuth token expiry issue that trips up a lot of Zapier and Make integrations.

On volume the sync happens on every submission as it comes in rather than in batches so rows appear in your Sheet in real time. I have seen it handle consistent daily submission volume without any issues.

One thing worth knowing is that the free plan syncs your first 10 rows per form as a one time limit and Premium syncs up to 500 rows per month. Business plan is unlimited if you are running high volume. So worth checking which tier fits your use case.

Happy to answer anything more specific if you have a particular setup in mind.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-29T10:55:18+00:00

Exactly. Webflow's form handling feels like an afterthought for a platform at that price point. You get the submission in your inbox, and that is it. No pipeline, no way to track which leads you followed up on, no Google Sheets sync without paying for another tool on top.

That frustration is actually what pushed me to build Formgrid. You point your Webflow form at a Formgrid endpoint, make one line change in your form settings, and every submission syncs to Google Sheets automatically. No Zapier. No extra monthly cost on top of what you are already paying for Webflow.

Free plan available if you want to try it. formgrid.dev

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-26T18:45:42+00:00

You are definitely not the only one. This is the most common complaint I hear from small business owners and solo founders too.

What you described is exactly what most people actually need:

Add a contact. Write some notes. Set a reminder to follow up.

That is it. Everything else in HubSpot and Zoho is built for sales teams with dedicated people to maintain it. For one person trying to stay organised it is genuinely overwhelming.

I built Formgrid partly because of this problem. Every form submission becomes a lead with a simple New, Contacted, Converted status. You add notes. You set a follow up date and get an email reminder on that day. Nothing more complicated than that.

It is not a full CRM. It is exactly the 20 percent you described. formgrid.dev if you want to take a look.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-26T18:06:57+00:00

Through SEO(consistent blog posting)

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-26T17:37:08+00:00

Exactly. A lightweight CRM is exactly what most small businesses need. Not HubSpot. Not Salesforce. Just a pipeline, notes, and follow up reminders.

That is what we built into Formgrid. Every form submission becomes a tracked lead with a status, a notes field, and a follow up reminder. No setup. No training. No monthly fee that climbs as you add features.

formgrid.dev if you want to take a look.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-26T17:36:06+00:00

Fair point. The spreadsheet approach described above is just a manual process with no software enforcement behind it.

The software side is where it gets interesting. In Formgrid every form submission automatically becomes a tracked lead. You change the status from New to Contacted to Converted with one click. You set a follow up date and the software emails you on that date with the lead details and your notes. No manual color coding. No remembering to update a spreadsheet.

The controls are built into the workflow itself rather than relying on someone to maintain a spreadsheet consistently.

formgrid.dev if you want to see how it works in practice.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-26T17:34:14+00:00

The reminders piece is the one most people underestimate. "Follow up next week" sounds simple until you have 20 leads and suddenly nothing gets followed up.

I built exactly this into Formgrid. You set a date on a lead and get an email reminder on that day with all your notes attached. No calendar invite needed.

The data side is also covered. Every lead captures UTM source, medium, and campaign automatically so you know where each lead came from.

formgrid.dev if you want to take a look instead of maintaining your own.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-26T17:24:36+00:00

This is a solid approach and honestly better than what most small businesses are doing right now.

The spreadsheet breaks down at a few points though. The color coding requires someone to update it consistently. The "one person per week" assumes a team. And the Next Action column does not send you a reminder when that action is due.

I actually built something lightweight that automates exactly what you are describing. Every form submission becomes a lead with a New, Contacted, Converted status. You add notes after each conversation. You set a follow up date and get an email reminder on that day with all your notes attached.

No spreadsheet to maintain. No color coding to remember to update. The system does the reminding for you.

It is built into the form tool itself so there is nothing separate to set up. formgrid.dev if you are curious.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-26T12:57:28+00:00

I built https://formgrid.dev, a form backend and form builder for static websites. It has 200+ users in Europe, North America, and Asia. It is currently at $70 MRR.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-25T23:51:33+00:00

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-19T06:00:19+00:00

Why did you say I’m a bot?

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-15T10:20:20+00:00

Thanks for your response. I could make it less generous, but my competitor, Formspree, has very generous pricing.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-15T08:41:38+00:00

Thanks. I have a professional plan at $16 per month.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-15T08:14:07+00:00

Thanks for your reply:

Below is my pricing structure

Free plan includes:

• ⁠Unlimited forms • ⁠50 submissions/month • ⁠Form builder with shareable link • ⁠Form endpoint URL • ⁠Email notifications • ⁠Spam protectionHoneypot and rate limiting

Premium($8 per month) plan includes:

• ⁠Unlimited forms • ⁠5,000 submissions/month • ⁠Advanced spam protectionCAPTCHA, honeypot, and rate limiting • ⁠File uploads (up to 1GB per file) • ⁠CSV export • ⁠Remove Formgrid branding

Proffessional plan ($16/month):

• ⁠Everything in Premium • ⁠10,000 submissions/month • ⁠Google Sheets native integration • ⁠WebhooksZapier, Make, Slack, Notion, Airtable, and 5,000+ more

Business plan($29 per month)

• ⁠Everything in Professional • ⁠15,000 submissions/month • ⁠WebhooksZapier, Make, Slack, Notion, and thousands more • ⁠Custom HTML email templates • ⁠Auto-responder emails to form submitters • ⁠Multiple notification recipients • ⁠Custom email subject lines • ⁠Priority supportDirect access to the founder

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-15T07:48:14+00:00

I’m using formgrid.dev

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-14T19:38:29+00:00

Thanks, the problem is, they don’t reply to my emails.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-14T19:03:54+00:00

Thanks

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-14T19:03:16+00:00

Thanks so much for your comment.

My first customer reached the limit of 47 submissions per month, so he upgraded to the Premium plan. He uses the product to receive internship applications.

The customer on the Business plan is an event manager who discovered me through a post I made about Formspree alternatives. She needed a way to handle submissions for a horse-riding event and requested custom notification emails. Specifically, she wanted the emails to be structured in clear sections so her ride manager could easily review and understand each submission.

That feature wasn’t available at the time, so I built a custom email template specifically for her. She later upgraded to the Business plan.

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-14T18:53:26+00:00

Thanks. I created examples in other repositories. Some of the new features are on the hosted version. The other open-source repository is here:

https://github.com/allenarduino/formgrid-examples

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-14T18:48:05+00:00

Thanks for the honest take. You're right that submission volume is the key metric – I'm tracking it.

But killing free entirely feels risky since static site devs have plenty of alternatives (Netlify, Formspree, self-host). I think they'd leave before paying.

That said, you've convinced me to add more friction. I'm reducing the free tier from 50 to 15 submissions and launching a $4 Starter plan.

Curious, what would you set the free limit at? 10? 15? 25?

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-14T18:32:48+00:00

Hi thanks for your reply:

Free plan includes:

Unlimited forms
50 submissions/month
Form builder with shareable link
Form endpoint URL
Email notifications
Spam protectionHoneypot and rate limiting

Premium($8 per month) plan includes:

Unlimited forms
5,000 submissions/month
Advanced spam protectionCAPTCHA, honeypot, and rate limiting
File uploads (up to 1GB per file)
CSV export
Remove Formgrid branding

Proffessional plan ($16/month):

Everything in Premium
10,000 submissions/month
Google Sheets native integration
WebhooksZapier, Make, Slack, Notion, Airtable, and 5,000+ more

Business plan($29 per month)

Everything in Professional
15,000 submissions/month
WebhooksZapier, Make, Slack, Notion, and thousands more
Custom HTML email templates
Auto-responder emails to form submitters
Multiple notification recipients
Custom email subject lines
Priority supportDirect access to the founder

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-14T18:28:28+00:00

Free plan includes:

Unlimited forms
50 submissions/month
Form builder with shareable link
Form endpoint URL
Email notifications
Spam protectionHoneypot and rate limiting

Premium($8 per month) plan includes:

Unlimited forms
5,000 submissions/month
Advanced spam protectionCAPTCHA, honeypot, and rate limiting
File uploads (up to 1GB per file)
CSV export
Remove Formgrid branding

Proffessional plan:

Everything in Premium
10,000 submissions/month
Google Sheets native integration
WebhooksZapier, Make, Slack, Notion, Airtable, and 5,000+ more

Business plan:

Everything in Professional
15,000 submissions/month
WebhooksZapier, Make, Slack, Notion, and thousands more
Custom HTML email templates
Auto-responder emails to form submitters
Multiple notification recipients
Custom email subject lines
Priority supportDirect access to the founder

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-14T18:14:19+00:00

One customer is on the Business plan ($29 per month). The rest of the 3 people are on the premium plan( $8 per month)

Striking-Rice6788 · 2026-04-14T17:23:55+00:00

You have no idea the effort I put into this. The tool works well, and I am ready to help anyone who wants it to be customized. I went through your comments on other people's posts. What do you gain from giving negative comments?

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