Table of Contents
- From blank page to live form in three steps
- What makes a contact form worth building
- Stop spam without punishing real visitors
- Send submissions where your team already works
- Templates for every kind of contact form
- Pricing
- When a contact form is the start of something bigger
- Frequently asked questions
- How do I add a contact form to my website?
- What fields should a contact form include?
- Is there a free contact form builder?
- How do I stop spam on my contact form?
- Do I need to know how to code to build a contact form?
- Can I route contact form submissions to different people?
- What if my contact form needs to become a full app?
- Build your contact form in the next 10 minutes
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Our contact form builder gets you from a blank page to a live form in minutes, embedded on any website, with every submission routed to where your team already works. Drag and drop the fields you need, block the spam you don't, and start free with unlimited forms.
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From blank page to live form in three steps
Most contact forms take 10 to 15 minutes to build here, compared to hours of coding them by hand. Three steps:
- Start from a template or a blank form. Pick a ready-made contact form and adjust it, or describe what you need and let AI draft it.
- Customize the fields and look. Add the questions you want, apply your brand colors and logo, and set up conditional logic so the form adapts to each answer.
- Embed it anywhere. Copy one snippet into WordPress, Webflow, Squarespace, Wix, or a hand-coded site. Or share a direct link and skip the embed entirely.
What makes a contact form worth building
A good contact form routes each message to the right place and keeps spam out. These are the parts that decide whether it saves your team time:
- The right fields: Name, email, and message cover most cases. Add an inquiry type or company field when your team needs it to reply properly.
- Conditional logic: Show or hide questions based on earlier answers, so a sales inquiry and a support request don't see the same form.
- Spam protection: CAPTCHA on paid plans, with email or SMS verification for forms that need a second layer, so real messages don't get buried under automated ones.
- Flexible embedding: Inline on a page, a pop-up, a slide-in panel, or a floating button, depending on where you want it.
- Your branding: Custom colors, fonts, and logo, so the form looks like your site rather than a third-party widget.
- Mobile-ready by default: Forms adapt to phones without a separate mobile version.
If you're weighing options, our guide to Jotform alternatives compares the main options.
Stop spam without punishing real visitors
Contact forms are the most spam-targeted part of most websites, and the usual fix of a harder CAPTCHA costs you real submissions too.
Fillout handles it with a CAPTCHA field on paid plans, which can run invisibly so most visitors never see a challenge, and stops automated submissions before they reach your inbox.
For forms that attract heavier junk, email or SMS verification adds a second check: the visitor confirms a one-time code, and only verified submissions are processed. Both take one setting to switch on, and neither adds friction for someone who just wants to reach you.
The result is fewer junk messages in your inbox and no extra hoops for the customer trying to reach you.
Send submissions where your team already works
A contact form is only useful if the message reaches the right person quickly. Fillout connects to 50-plus tools, so submissions land in the systems you already use:
- Notify the right people: Email or Slack alerts the moment a form comes in, with different recipients per inquiry type.
- Push to your CRM: Send contacts straight to HubSpot, Salesforce, or your pipeline instead of retyping them.
- Sync to your database: Route responses to Airtable, Notion, or Google Sheets automatically, or connect Supabase and other tools through Zapier.
- Conditional integrations: Only send a submission to a tool when it meets your rules, like adding someone to a newsletter list only if they opted in.
- Confirmation emails: Send an automated reply so the visitor knows their message has been received.
Templates for every kind of contact form
Start from a working form instead of a blank canvas. The template gallery covers general contact pages, support requests, sales inquiries, feedback collection, and partnership outreach, and every one is fully editable once you clone it.
If you want a starting point with reasoning behind it, our contact form examples walk through real use cases and what to include in each.
Pricing
Simple, monthly, and unlimited seats on every plan:
- Free: $0 a month. Unlimited forms and seats, 1,000 responses a month, and the full builder.
- Starter: $19 a month. 2,000 responses, all question types, custom themes, and spam protection.
- Pro: $49 a month. 5,000 responses, all Fillout branding removed, custom fonts, and custom CSS.
- Business: $89 a month. Unlimited responses, your own custom domain, form analytics, and priority support.
All plans include unlimited seats and unlimited forms. Prices shown are monthly, and annual billing costs less.
When a contact form is the start of something bigger
Some contact forms stay simple. Others become the front door to a larger process: an inquiry that requires an approval queue, a request that should show the customer its status, or an intake form that feeds into a client portal.
When a form grows into that kind of process, you need more than a form; you need the database, logins, and logic behind it. That is where Fillout connects to Zite, the app builder from the same team.
Zite turns what your forms collect into a working app with its own database, role-based access, and visual workflows, so the person who filled out the form can log in and check their request status.
Frequently asked questions
How do I add a contact form to my website?
To add a contact form to your website, build the form in a contact form builder, then paste its embed code into your site's HTML. It works the same on WordPress, Webflow, Squarespace, Wix, and hand-coded sites, or you can share the direct link instead.
What fields should a contact form include?
A contact form should include three to five fields, meaning name, email, and message as the baseline, plus one or two qualifying fields like company or inquiry type if your team needs them to respond. Every extra field costs you submissions, so only ask for what you'll use.
Is there a free contact form builder?
Yes, there is a free contact form builder. Fillout's free plan includes unlimited forms, unlimited seats, and 1,000 responses a month, which covers most small websites. Paid plans start at $19 per month for more responses, spam protection, or your own branding.
How do I stop spam on my contact form?
To stop spam on your contact form, turn on CAPTCHA in your form builder's settings (available from the Starter plan and up), which blocks the vast majority of automated submissions. For forms that attract heavier junk, email or SMS verification adds a second layer, confirming a one-time code before a submission is counted.
Do I need to know how to code to build a contact form?
No, you don't need to code to build a contact form. A contact form builder handles the form and the code behind it. You drag fields into place and paste one embed snippet, whereas writing one from scratch means HTML, styling, validation, and a server.
Can I route contact form submissions to different people?
Yes, you can route contact form submissions to different people based on what the visitor selects, so sales inquiries reach sales and support reaches support. Fillout uses conditional logic and per-condition notifications, and can push the same submission to your CRM at once.
What if my contact form needs to become a full app?
If your contact form needs to become a full app, that's a job for an app builder, not a form. Fillout connects to Zite, the app builder from the same team, which turns your form data into a working app with its own database and workflows.
Build your contact form in the next 10 minutes
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Mikhaela Presillas is the Marketing Manager at Fillout. She lives in Manila where you can often find her trying out new restaurants and cafes in the city or exploring new destinations.