You built your site on GitHub Pages, Netlify, Vercel, or a plain HTML file. It looks great. But there is one problem.
Your contact form has nowhere to go.
Static sites have no server. No server means no backend. No backend means no way to process form submissions natively. You need a form backend to handle what your static site cannot.
This post covers every realistic option in 2026, what each one actually costs, and which one makes the most sense depending on your use case.
Why Static Sites Need a Form Backend
