Comparing Waline to FormBackend

Compare Waline with FormBackend for adding forms to your static site.

Waline

A simple and cute comment system with backend

Partial free

Overview

Fork of Valine with significant improvements; GDPR-compliant storage options

+ Pros

  • Open source
  • multiple deployment options
  • email notifications
  • spam protection
  • Markdown support
  • reactions
  • page views

− Cons

  • Moderate setup complexity
  • requires Node.js knowledge for self-hosting
  • free tier relies on Vercel

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FormBackend

Stop building form backends. Start shipping.

Partial free

Overview

6M+ submissions processed; 7,600+ forms created

+ Pros

  • Works with any HTML form
  • email notifications
  • file uploads
  • Zapier integration
  • CSV export
  • conditional emails
  • teams

− Cons

  • Limited free tier
  • email only on free plan
  • no autoresponder on free plan
  • less integrations than competitors

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