Sutrena vs Formspree

Both are for developers. Different scope.

Formspree is a form endpoint. You build the form in HTML, point it at a Formspree URL, submissions land in your inbox. It has been reliable for years. Hard to argue with that track record.

Sutrena is the web runtime for AI agents. It creates the forms for you via API, hosts them, stores submissions, and lets you build dashboards. AI agents can handle the whole flow through 44 MCP tools. More features, higher price. Whether that trade-off works depends on what you are building.

For AI agents, Sutrena has 44 MCP tools and a full REST API. Formspree was built for humans clicking buttons — it has a REST API you could use from an agent, but no MCP tools, no llms.txt, no dashboard creation.

How they compare

FeatureSutrenaFormspree
ApproachYou send JSON. You deploy pages, collect data, and visualize results.You build the form, it receives the data
Page deploymentDeploy HTML pages to your subdomain via APINot available
AI agent support44 MCP tools, REST API, llms.txtREST API, but not built for agents
Dashboards7 widget types, created via APINone
WebhooksHMAC-signed, Slack/Discord templatesWebhook forwarding
Templates14 API-accessible templatesHTML form examples
Pricing modelFrom $9/month (Builder). Pro: $29/month flatPer-submission pricing
Embedding2-line snippet or custom HTML POSTHTML form action attribute
NotificationsWebhooks + Slack/DiscordEmail notifications

What does each one cost?

Sutrena Pro

Starting from $9/mo (Builder)

$29/month

  • ✓200 projects (forms, pages, dashboards)
  • ✓Unlimited submissions
  • ✓5 webhooks with HMAC signing
  • ✓44 MCP tools for AI agents
  • ✓CSV export
  • ✓Dashboard DSL (7 widget types)
  • ✓Builder plan: $9/mo for 50 projects
  • ✓Free trial, no signup

Formspree

Per-submission pricing

  • —Unlimited forms
  • —50 submissions/month (free tier)
  • —No webhook signing
  • —No AI agent or MCP support
  • —No dashboards
  • —Email notifications
  • —Free tier with limits
View full Sutrena pricing

Choose Sutrena if...

  • ✓You want the API to create the forms, not just receive data
  • ✓You need dashboards on your submissions
  • ✓AI agents should handle everything end to end (works with Claude Code, CrewAI, n8n)
  • ✓You want signed webhooks, not email notifications
  • ✓Flat pricing works better than per-submission
  • ✓You want Slack and Discord webhooks built in

Choose Formspree if...

  • —You already have HTML forms and just need somewhere to send them
  • —Email notifications are all you need
  • —Per-submission pricing works at your volume
  • —You want something that has been around and proven for years
  • —The free tier is enough for what you are doing
  • —You do not need dashboards or AI agent tools

What is Sutrena?

Sutrena is the web runtime for AI agents. Three primitives — pages, forms, and dashboards — accessible through one API. Your agent creates web artifacts, humans interact with them, and your agent gets the data back. Framework-agnostic. Works from any MCP client or HTTP client.

Get started in two API calls

1. Get a trial key (no auth, no signup)

curl -X POST https://sutrena.com/api/trial

2. Create a form + dashboard from a template

curl -X POST https://sutrena.com/api/forms \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer st_trial_xxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"templateId": "waitlist", "createDashboard": true}'
/llms.txt/api/schema/llms-full.txt/.well-known/mcp.json

Curious?

Get a trial API key. No signup, no credit card. One API call and you have a form. See if it fits.

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