A Typeform or Tally alternative for developers who want their own HTML

For developers who want to keep their own HTML, a Typeform or Tally alternative often means the opposite of a hosted form UI: keep your own styling and UX, and send submissions to an endpoint you can export from. You trade the polished builder for full control over markup and data — and no vendor-styled form embedded in your page.

What this replaces well

• Their own components and design system, not an iframe.
• A predictable POST with fields they choose.
• Anti-abuse without wiring it themselves.
• Export, so the data is not trapped in a builder.

The whole integration

Write the form once, post to your campaign endpoint, and style it however you like.

<form action="https://simple-signups.com/api/subscribe" method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" name="campaignId" value="pub_your_campaign_id" />
  <input type="email" name="email" required placeholder="you@example.com" />
  <input type="text" name="hp" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off"
    style="position:absolute;left:-9999px" aria-hidden="true" />
  <button type="submit">Subscribe</button>
</form>

What this does not replace

This is not a drop-in replacement for branching surveys, complex multi-step questionnaires, or a hosted builder that non-developers edit daily. For those jobs, a builder like Typeform or Tally is still the right tool. For a signup, contact, or waitlist form in your own codebase, a backend is simpler. See the developer docs.

Related

• The easiest backend for HTML forms.
• Contact forms use case.