Form.io
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The Self-Hosted Developer Productivity Platform for Building Forms and APIs Within Your Applications
How to Replace Form.ioOverview
Features
44 features across 21 categories
AI(1)
Open-source Agentic AI development tool providing dynamic context, guardrails, and data access for AI agents
Accessibility(1)
Accessible forms out-of-the-box with Accessibility Compliance Module
Automation(1)
Send email notifications, update role assignments, trigger webhooks, and more conditionally
Collaboration(1)
Evade costly data loss when collaborating on forms with collision control
Core Functionality(5)
Automatically generate APIs from forms in one step
Primary interface for developers to manage projects, sub-projects, teams, resources, forms, PDFs, and submission data
Build and manage complex forms using a simple drag and drop interface without writing code
JavaScript rendering engine compatible with all major frameworks that renders forms on page
Direct JSON schema integration for forms into applications, creating code automatically
Customization(1)
Fully customizable forms with CSS using your framework, CDN, and cloud provider
Data Collection(3)
Allow users to save unfinished forms securely to complete later
Receive form file uploads configured to preferred storage providers
Collect data offline and sync when back online
Data Management(2)
Export form data without limits
Separate submission data by tenant or other criteria for multi-tenant deployments
Deployment(3)
Launch completed forms in single-page apps, manage users, view and export submission data
Create single-page apps with forms and URLs in one click
Deploy the entire platform in your environment on-premise or in the cloud
Enterprise(2)
Customize form building interface on per-tenant basis without code with component customization
Build your own SaaS with white-labeled, multi-tenanted platform as a service
Form Components(1)
Ready-made, premium, and custom form components to save development time
Form Features(4)
Auto populate forms with previously captured data to reduce re-entry
Collect electronic signatures on forms
Supports frontend and backend validation, complex conditional logic, and workflows
Create multi-page forms and wizards easily
Form Management(1)
Make form changes dynamically and instantly publish to all instances
Integrations(2)
Integrate email notifications and transactional emails with forms
Connect to any databases and microservices through 3rd party and legacy integrations
Localization(1)
Forms translate dynamically without maintaining multiple versions
Mobile(1)
Mobile responsive forms out-of-the-box that work on any device
PDF Management(2)
Output submissions to PDF or turn them into embeddable, dynamic PDF forms automatically
Build customized receipts, mailers, reports, and confirmations with PDF templates
Real-time(1)
Form submission real time data integrations and webhooks with NoSQL JSON based storage
Reporting(2)
Advanced aggregation of API form submission data with reporting capabilities
Advanced aggregation and reporting interface with sort, filter, and export capabilities
Security & Authentication(7)
Comprehensive audit logging of all form and submission activities
Per project CORS configurations for cross-domain requests
Use Form.io's user-auth or integrate existing providers using SAML, OAuth, and custom JWT tokens
Encrypt sensitive form fields at the field level
Multiple authentication realms for group-based access control
Advanced audit logging, action logs, form revisions, submission revision logs, submission collections, and container security scanning
Configure teams, advanced roles, and permissions for form and data access control
Version Control(2)
Track any change to any field on any form with PDF audit log output
Record form revisions with user, changes, and notes for audit tracking
Pricing
Form.io SaaS - Enterprise Project
- ✓One (1) Enterprise Level Project
- ✓Unlimited Developers / Form Builders
- ✓Unlimited Forms
- ✓Unlimited Resources
- ✓1M Form Submissions per month
- ✓25 PDF-First Forms
- ✓1,000 PDF Submission Downloads
- ✓Some Security Compliance Features
- ✓No PII / Sensitive data collection allowed
- ✓Project downgrades to read-only after trial
One (1) Enterprise Level Project
- ✓Minimum of one (1) required
- ✓Multiple stages to support SDLC
- ✓Unlimited submissions
- ✓Unlimited developers and form builders
- ✓Unlimited forms and resources
- ✓Self-hosted Developer Portal
One (1) API Server Environment
- ✓Either API Server OR API Plus Server at minimum required
- ✓Supports production and non-production SDLC processes
- ✓Unlimited API calls
- ✓Unlimited submissions
One (1) API Plus Server Environment
- ✓Either API Server OR API Plus Server at minimum required
- ✓Supports production and non-production SDLC processes
- ✓Unlimited API calls
- ✓Unlimited submissions
- ✓Advanced audit logging
- ✓Submission data separation
- ✓Field level encryption
- ✓Container security scanning
- ✓SSL between containers
- ✓Developer Portal application internationalization
One (1) PDF Server Environment
- ✓Unlimited PDF Submission Downloads
One (1) PDF Plus Server Environment
- ✓Unlimited PDF Submission Downloads
- ✓Unlimited PDF Uploads
- ✓Enable pixel-perfect form backgrounds
- ✓Enable digital webform overlays
- ✓PDF Template Designer with custom receipts, mailers, reports, and confirmations
Multi-Tenanted Platform Environments
- ✓Pricing reflects one (1) bucket of 10 tenants
- ✓Deliver a platform as a service (PaaS) to customers
- ✓Separate forms, data, and form building on per-tenant basis
- ✓Fully white-labeled forms and environments
- ✓10 child projects for the price of one parent project
Reporting UI Module
- ✓Pricing per project (must be enabled for all projects)
- ✓Advanced aggregation and reporting interface
- ✓Sort, filter, and export on all data across all forms and resources
Accessibility Compliance Module
- ✓Ensures all forms are accessibility compliant
Enterprise Form Builder Module (Embedded)
- ✓For single projects, multiple projects, and/or multi-tenanted projects
- ✓Pricing reflects one (1) bucket of 10 tenants
- ✓Customize form building interface on per-tenant basis without code
- ✓Limit available form field components or add new ones
- ✓Rename components to match user expectations
- ✓Enable components to be pre-populated with relevant project data
Developer Licenses (5 per year)
- ✓Restricted to localhost
- ✓For when environment configuration is prod-only or dev-and-prod-only
- ✓Ability to spin up environment on 1 local machine per seat
- ✓5 licenses per year
Developer Licenses (10 per year)
- ✓Restricted to localhost
- ✓For when environment configuration is prod-only or dev-and-prod-only
- ✓Ability to spin up environment on 1 local machine per seat
- ✓10 licenses per year
Developer Licenses (20 per year)
- ✓Restricted to localhost
- ✓For when environment configuration is prod-only or dev-and-prod-only
- ✓Ability to spin up environment on 1 local machine per seat
- ✓20 licenses per year
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Integrations
10 known integrations