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A side-by-side editorial comparison of SendPortal and Youform — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
SendPortal resurfaces with a v4 patch release, its first tag since 2020.
SendPortal's last tagged release before this month was v1.0.3 in July 2020. On October 22 it published v4.0.0.1, which fixes sp:install skipping migrations on fresh installs and a route-caching failure from a duplicate logout route. The changelog link implies a v4.0.0 release just before it, which isn't in the tracked entries.
Youform pairs conversational form-building with a steady stream of integrations and embed options.
Youform is a form-builder competing on price and AI-assisted authoring. Its two defining moves are the AI form assistant — build, update, and redesign forms by chat — and a rebuilt v2 builder with a faster logic engine. Around that core it ships a regular cadence of integrations (Notion, Facebook pixel) and distribution options (email embed, mobile full-screen embed).
SendPortal's last tagged release before this month was v1.0.3 in July 2020. On October 22 it published v4.0.0.1, which fixes sp:install skipping migrations on fresh installs and a route-caching failure from a duplicate logout route. The changelog link implies a v4.0.0 release just before it, which isn't in the tracked entries.
A major version followed by fixes to the installer suggests the project is active again and new installs are being tested. With two tagged releases six years apart, there's no cadence to read yet.
If v4 is a real revival, more point releases should follow within weeks; another long silence would mean v4 was a one-off.
Youform is a form-builder competing on price and AI-assisted authoring. Its two defining moves are the AI form assistant — build, update, and redesign forms by chat — and a rebuilt v2 builder with a faster logic engine. Around that core it ships a regular cadence of integrations (Notion, Facebook pixel) and distribution options (email embed, mobile full-screen embed).
The direction is lowering the effort to both create and collect: the AI assistant is getting smarter (multi-model routing that picks high-reasoning models for complex forms), while embed and integration work widens where forms live and where responses land. Youform is building a Typeform-style experience with AI authoring as the wedge and a broadening integration surface as the retention play.
Expect the AI assistant to keep expanding — more form types, deeper logic generation — and the integration list to grow toward the connectors incumbents offer. Continued embed and response-routing options (email, CRM, databases) are the likely near-term additions.
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Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. SendPortal is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 2.5 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. SendPortal is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 2.5 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Mkt Auto products to evaluate alongside.
Top SendPortal alternatives in Mkt Auto are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SendPortal alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/sendportal for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
Top Youform alternatives in Mkt Auto are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Youform alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/youform for the full list with editorial commentary on each.