StaticForm vs StaticForms.dev

StaticForm starts from a different premise: forms should be the primary object, not a side effect of creating accounts. Sign up once with your email. Then create as many forms as your project needs (contact form, newsletter signup, job applications, feedback survey), all under the same login, all completely separate.

Field validation is configured on the server. You define which fields are required, what type they should be, and any length or pattern constraints. StaticForm rejects invalid submissions before they ever reach your inbox or fire any notifications. No front-end validation dependency required.

When you create a form, you are automatically taken to the integration tab. It generates a ready-to-paste HTML snippet, a JavaScript helper script example, and an AI prompt you can hand directly to Claude or ChatGPT. The helper script handles AJAX submission, inline field error rendering from server responses, loading state, and CAPTCHA token injection automatically. It handles the same pile of submit glue code you'd otherwise write from scratch on every project.

Each form gets its own endpoint URL, its own submissions inbox, and its own set of submit actions. There's no one-notification limit. You can stack as many actions as you need on a single submission: an email to the client, a second email to the internal team, a Slack message to the sales channel, a row appended to a Google Sheet. Each action is configured independently.

The email body builder shows a live preview of exactly what the email will look like before you save. You can insert any submitted field, a formatted submission timestamp in the timezone of your choice, or a block that lists all fields automatically. The same variable system works in the Slack and Discord message builders, with a visual composer that previews the formatted message as you build it, so you know the payload is correct before it goes anywhere near a webhook endpoint.

For webhooks, you define the full request: endpoint, headers, and body. Variables from the submission slot into the body template, so Discord's embeds format, Slack's block kit, or any custom API schema works exactly as you configure it. Webhooks are included on every paid plan. No Pro upgrade required.

The submissions inbox lets you filter by date, mark items read or unread, bulk delete, and export in CSV or JSON. When the spam filter catches something, the inbox shows exactly which filters fired and why. You can see the reason before deciding what to do with it. If you recover a submission from spam, you choose whether to trigger your submit actions or just restore the data quietly. For more advanced use cases, StaticForm also provides a documented REST API so you can query submission data directly for custom reporting or external data analysis.

There is no data retention limit. Your submissions stay until you remove them: individually, in bulk, or all at once. You can export everything at any time in a GDPR-compliant format, or delete your entire dataset in a single action if you need to. StaticForms.dev automatically purges data after five years, which means long-running forms will silently lose history unless you've already exported it. And if you simply want to remove a form entirely, StaticForm has a delete button. StaticForms.dev has no visible option to delete an account.

Spam is caught before it reaches your inbox or fires any actions. StaticForm publishes exactly which checks it runs, so there are no hidden thresholds or mystery rejections. You know upfront what the filter looks at and why a submission might be flagged. The checks include bot patterns, disposable email addresses, language scoring, honeypots, and more. None of them rely on the Origin header or where the request claims to come from. StaticForm does not restrict by domain at all. Spam protection is based on submission content and behaviour, so it works whether a submission arrives from a browser, a script, or a headless tool. IP signals are one input, but StaticForm only acts on IPs with genuinely suspicious patterns, not on volume alone. A family submitting a job application from the same home network, or a team filling in a feedback form from a shared office IP, won't get caught. Field length limits are ones you set yourself: minimum and maximum per field, defined in your form configuration, so the filter only rejects what you've decided is invalid.

Spam never counts against your quota on either service. What makes StaticForm different is that there isn't really a quota to count against at all. Submissions are never metered. The monthly fee covers the infrastructure; what lands on your forms doesn't change what you pay. A traffic spike, a bot sweep, a post going viral: none of it shows up on your bill.

Every notification attempt is logged: what ran, what it targeted, the HTTP status code, and the full error message if something went wrong, plus a button to retry it directly from the dashboard. If a Slack webhook rotates or a Google Sheet gets deleted, you find out immediately with the exact error, not via a confused client three days later. That kind of visibility is what makes integrations trustworthy rather than fingers-crossed.