SheetLink Forms vs Getform
Getform rebranded to Forminit in January 2026 - same team, same endpoints. It is a capable headless form backend; the split with SheetLink Forms comes down to where submissions end up and how spam and ad attribution are handled.
SheetLink Forms
SheetLink Forms is a form endpoint whose destination is a spreadsheet: a Google Sheet you pick through a one-click OAuth flow (limited drive.file scope - only the sheets you select, never the rest of Drive) or an Excel Online table whose columns define the row shape. Each form gets a permanent URL accepting HTML posts, JSON, and platform webhooks, with email-in currently in setup. Delivery is direct to the Google Sheets API or Microsoft Graph with retries and a delivery log; field names matching column headers map automatically. Screening quarantines suspicious submissions for one-click review rather than dropping them, and the embed script attaches UTMs and ad click IDs to every row. Free during beta (invite required), and no per-submission fees, ever. Details in the developer docs and how it works.
Getform
Getform, founded in 2015, rebranded to Forminit in January 2026 - their announcement notes that all accounts, endpoints, and data carried over with no migration required, and getform.io now redirects to forminit.com. It is a headless form backend API: you build the front end, it handles submissions, validation, file uploads, notifications, and webhooks. Per their pricing page, the free plan includes 100 submissions/month with file uploads (10 MB storage) and Zapier; Pro at $19/month adds 5,000 submissions, webhooks, a REST API, Slack and Discord notifications, and form analytics with UTM tracking; Business ($49) and Volume ($99) scale further and add confirmation emails to submitters and team workspaces. The rebrand also introduced authentication modes, workspaces, and form blocks.
Side by side
| SheetLink Forms | Getform | |
|---|---|---|
| Spreadsheet delivery | Built in as the primary destination: rows append directly into your chosen Google Sheet or Excel Online table via the official APIs, with automatic header mapping and header seeding on empty sheets. No connector service in the path. | No native Google Sheets destination is listed on their pricing page; Zapier is available on every tier, so spreadsheet delivery typically runs through a Zapier zap. |
| Spam handling | Layered screening - honeypot, per-form/per-IP rate limits, origin allowlist, content heuristics with a strictness dial, timing signal, optional Turnstile - with quarantine-and-review as the default outcome. Nothing suspicious is silently discarded. | Built-in spam filters are included on all plans per their pricing page, and the new form blocks add built-in validation. Their public pages do not detail a review queue for filtered items. |
| Ad attribution and click IDs | Captured into the row itself: utm_* plus gclid, wbraid, gbraid, fbclid, msclkid, persisted across pages by sl.js, so each lead in your sheet carries its ad click. | Pro plans and above include form analytics with UTM tracking and device detection, per their pricing page - aggregate analytics rather than click IDs attached to individual submissions. |
| Pricing model | Free during beta (invite required); planned post-beta free tier ~50 submissions/month and an unmetered paid plan ~$15-19/month. No per-submission fees, ever. | Free: 100 submissions/month. Pro $19/month (5,000), Business $49/month (10,000), Volume $99/month (50,000), per their pricing page. Clear tiers, metered by monthly cap. |
| File uploads | Not supported yet - multipart posts are accepted but file parts are dropped. If your form collects attachments, this row goes to them without argument. | Forminit wins here. File uploads are included on every plan, from 10 MB of storage on free to 10 GB on Volume. |
| Platform webhooks | Dedicated inbound endpoints for Webflow and Framer - one webhook covers every form on the site and the form name is recorded per row. | Outbound webhooks and a REST API from the Pro plan up; inbound, any platform that can POST to a URL works with a Forminit endpoint. |
| Email notifications | None currently - the sheet plus the dashboard quarantine queue are the surfaces. If you need an email per submission, Forminit covers it and we do not. | Forminit wins here. Email notifications are standard, with Slack and Discord on Pro+ and automatic confirmation emails to submitters on Business+. |
| Delivery and reliability | Asynchronous worker writing straight to the Sheets API / Microsoft Graph; retries at 5 min / 30 min / 2 h; per-submission delivery log; formula-injection guard on cell values. | Submissions live in the Forminit inbox/dashboard with CSV export on Pro+; onward delivery to other tools goes through Zapier, webhooks, or the API. |
Choose Getform when...
Pick Getform/Forminit if you need file uploads today (every plan includes them; we drop file parts), if you want submission notifications by email, Slack, or Discord, or if you want a general-purpose headless form API with a REST API, CSV export, and team workspaces. A decade of operating history and a smooth rebrand with zero forced migration are real signals of a team that takes continuity seriously.
Choose SheetLink Forms when...
Pick SheetLink Forms if the end state you actually want is "a row in my spreadsheet". We write directly into the Google Sheet or Excel table you already use - no Zapier hop, no export step - with ad click IDs on each row for attribution, quarantine instead of silent spam deletion, and a pricing model with no per-submission metering. Watch a submission become a row in the live demo, then request an invite.
FAQ
Can I migrate from Getform (Forminit) to SheetLink Forms?
Yes, and it is usually a one-line change. Point your form at your SheetLink endpoint:
<form action="https://sheetlinkforms.com/f/your-token" method="POST"> <input name="_slhp" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off" style="position:absolute;left:-9999px"></form>
Keep your existing inputs exactly as they are. Field names that match your sheet's column headers map automatically - the matching is case and punctuation insensitive, so "Email", "email", and "E-mail" all land in the same column - and explicit per-field mapping is available for anything that does not line up. If you submit with fetch or XHR, change the URL in your request the same way. Full request and response details are in the developer docs.
Is Getform the same thing as Forminit?
Yes. Getform.io rebranded to Forminit in January 2026 - same team since 2015, and per their announcement all features, accounts, endpoints, and data carried over with no migration required. This page compares against the current Forminit product; everything cited comes from forminit.com.
Forminit tracks UTMs too - why does the attribution row favor SheetLink?
Because of where the data ends up. Forminit's Pro analytics show UTM tracking and device detection as aggregate form analytics, per their pricing page. SheetLink's embed writes the UTMs and the actual ad click IDs (gclid, fbclid, msclkid, and the consent-mode variants wbraid/gbraid) onto each individual row, persisted across the visitor's pages - so you can join a specific lead in your sheet back to a specific ad click.
I need file uploads and a spreadsheet. What then?
Honest answer: use Forminit (uploads on every tier) or split the flow - post text fields to your SheetLink endpoint for the sheet and attribution, and collect files through a dedicated uploader. SheetLink Forms currently drops file parts from multipart posts, and we would rather tell you that here than after you switch.
Comparison facts reference Getform's public documentation and pricing pages and were checked at publish time; tell us if something is out of date.