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Scroll Theory Forms vs Web3Forms
This one is less a feature race and more a difference in philosophy. Web3Forms is built around not storing your submissions. We are built around storing every single one. Which model you want decides this comparison.
Two opposite models
Web3Forms forwards each submission to your email and, by design, does not keep it on their servers. That is their privacy pitch, and for some projects it is exactly right. The trade is that your inbox becomes the only copy. If an email is lost, filtered, or deleted, so is the lead, and there is no dashboard to check.
We take the opposite position. Every submission is stored, clean or flagged, and the email notification is a copy, not the record. If a notification goes missing, the submission is still sitting in your dashboard.
Side by side
| Feature | Them | Scroll Theory Forms |
|---|---|---|
| Submission storage | None by design, email only | Every submission stored |
| Dashboard inbox | No server-side inbox, as of this writing | Yes, with search and spam quarantine |
| Flagged spam | Blocked before it reaches you | Quarantined and reviewable, never deleted |
| Free plan | Around 250 submissions / month, as of this writing | 100 submissions / month, stored and searchable |
| Paid plans | Low-cost pro tier, see their pricing page | $39 / month, flat |
| Conditional routing | Check their feature list | Pro, $39 / month |
| File uploads | Check their feature list | Pro, 10MB per file, 50GB storage |
| Webhooks | Check their feature list | Pro, HMAC-signed |
Competitor numbers are from their public pricing as of this writing and can change. Check their site for current figures. Our numbers come from the same config the product enforces.
Where Web3Forms is a fair pick
If your requirement is that no third party ever holds submission data, Web3Forms is honest about being that tool, and its free tier is generous. We are not that tool and will not pretend to be. We think a stored, auditable record is worth more to a business than a forwarding service, because leads are money and email is lossy. But that is a choice you get to make with clear eyes.
If you want the record
Point your form at an endpoint like https://forms.scrolltheory.media/f/YOUR_FORM_ID and every submission is captured, spam is quarantined instead of vanishing, and clean messages still email you with reply-to set to the sender.
What we do differently
- Spam is quarantined, never deleted. A flagged submission is stored and shown in a separate view. You can review it and release it in one click. A false positive never costs you a real lead.
- Spam never touches your quota. Only real submissions count against the monthly cap. A bot flood cannot burn through your plan.
- Routing rules on the $39 plan. Send sales one place and support another based on what is in the message. Rules can also change the redirect or tag a submission as spam.
- File uploads on paid plans. Up to 10MB per file and five files per submission, with 50GB of storage on Pro. Files are served back only through your logged-in dashboard.
- Nothing is lost over the cap. If you go over your monthly limit, email notifications pause but every submission is still stored and waiting in the dashboard.
- Built on Cloudflare's edge. The endpoint answers from Cloudflare's network, close to your visitor, with no third-party spam service in the middle.
Try it on the free plan
Create a form, point your HTML at the endpoint, and watch submissions land in the dashboard. 100 submissions a month free, no card required.