Comparing Valine to Formspree
Compare Valine with Formspree for adding forms to your static site.
Valine
A fast, simple and efficient comment system without back-end
Overview
LeanCloud free tier is limited; requires configuration; Chinese-developed
+ Pros
- No backend required
- fast
- lightweight
- Markdown support
- emoji support
- visitor count feature
− Cons
- Relies on third-party services (LeanCloud) for storage
- privacy concerns with data stored externally
- development paused
Formspree
The form solution for any developer
Partial free
Overview
Public endpoints mean anyone can submit to your form; 500K+ users including Fortune 500
+ Pros
- Simple HTML form submission
- no backend
- integrations (Airtable, Notion, Slack)
- email notifications
- spam filtering
- FormShield ML
− Cons
- Open endpoints (no API key auth)
- limited storage on free plan
- pricing can add up