What AI Is Saying

The Prompt: "I am building a form-based, business process application and I need a forms provider tool for my company to be able to build and manage the forms. What can I use to build these forms and the associated APIs? It has to be self hosted."

Form Builder Response From ChatGPT #1
"Form.io: Form.io is a powerful form builder that allows you to create complex forms with ease, integrate APIs, and manage workflows. It also provides an option for self-hosting."
—ChatGPT
Form Builder Response From Claude #1
"Form.io: Open-source JavaScript form builder with a complete API. Creates both the form and the API endpoints simultaneously. Includes workflow capabilities for business processes. Can be self-hosted on your own servers. Enterprise version available with additional features."
—Claude
Form Builder Response From Google Gemini #1
"Form.io: A powerful, open-source form and API platform. Allows you to create complex forms with drag-and-drop functionality. Generates JSON schema-based forms. Automatically creates APIs for data submission and retrieval."
—Gemini
Form Builder Response From Grok #1
"Form.io: Form.io is a powerful, self-hosted platform designed for developers and businesses to create and manage forms and APIs simultaneously. It’s particularly well-suited for business process applications due to its flexibility and data management capabilities."
—Grok
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Form.io Developer Productivity Target

For When Data Collection Through Forms Is Mission Critical In The Application You’re Building

And You Need Them To Meet Complex And Demanding Requirements

Form Field Components
Common Requirements
  • A wide variety of form field components
  • Complex multi-page forms
  • Mobile-friendly forms out of the box
  • To customize and brand with CSS
  • PDF form intake & document exports at scale
  • Layout, data, and microservice components
OR
Without Developer Productivity Tools

Building And Maintaining Forms Yourself Is An Intricate And Exacting Process

Which Present A Number of Non-Obvious Challenges

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Time-Consuming & Costly

Inflexible & Ineffiecient

Difficult To Maintain

Lack Standardization

Drag And Drop Form Builder In Developer Productivity Tools

Build Complex Forms Using Drag And Drop And Embed Them In Your Application Once

And Leverage JSON Standardization In Forms, APIs, and DBs

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Forms & JSON Definitions Created In 1 Step

Renders HTML And Are CSS Accessible

Changes Publish Instantly

Maintained Outside SDLC

"Speed to market using Form.io worked fantastically well. We didn't have to spend 80% of our time building our own solution and instead could focus our dev time on things proprietary to us."
—Edify.ai
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Developer Productivity Tools For Integrations

For When Data Integrations And Routing Are Mission Critical In The Form-Based Application You’re Building

So Your Data Is Always Where It Needs To Be

Integrations
Common Requirements
  • Conditional workflows that route data through forms
  • Integrated 3rd-party microservices
  • Integrated user authentication
  • Integrations with legacy systems and databases
  • File storage integrations
  • Transactional email integrations
OR
Without Form.io Developer Productivity Tools

Third-Party SaaS Solutions Don't Sufficiently Address What Happens After Data Is Submitted

Which Adds More Development Time And Cost To Build Them Yourself

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Integration Limitations & Complexities

Siloed Data Sources

Security & Compliance Challenges

Scaling Ceilings With No Future Proofing

Get The Complete Solution That Manages The Full Lifecycle Of Data

By Connecting Everything With One Developer Productivity Tool And One Form Builder

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Connect to internal systems, modern or legacy

Connect to on-premise or in the cloud systems

Standardize the interfaces across your enterprise

JSON-powered forms, APIs, and databases

The Full Lifecycle Of Data
"We estimate that the workload associated with data processing has been cut by 50 percent."
—TauRes
Data Control In Developer Productivity Tools

For When Data Governance Is Mission Critical In The Form-Based Application You’re Building

Because Some Requirements Are Non-Negotiable

Data Governance
Common Requirements
  • Strict ownership and control of your data
  • Required usage of JSON format
  • Frontend and backend validations
  • Hierarchical roles and permissions for users building and managing forms
  • Accessibility compliance requirements
  • Avoidance of data duplication or managing additional databases
  • Automated approval workflows
  • Data encryption
  • Form revision history and historical submission data integrity
OR
Without Data Control In Developer Productivity Tools

Policies & Procedures Only Go So Far In Ensuring Your Data Governance Requirements

Which Require Manual Approvals And Error-Prone Methods

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Email threads get lost or outdated

Traditional file stores lack versioning

Manual processes are abondoned at the first sign of resistance

Difficult to maintain data continuity

Fully Embedded Developer Productivity Tools

The Zero-Trust, Enterprise-Wide Data Governance Platform For Forms, Applications & Data Management

That's Fully Embedded In Your Environment

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Data is standardized through technology workflows

JSON-powered APIs enable cross platform integrations

External data compliance approval is not required

Open-source core adopted by thousands

"Unmatched capability in its product class, particularly for complex use cases where complete ownership of your data is a must."
—Midnight Health
Open Source Based Developer Producitvity Tools

For When Form & Platform Flexibility Is Mission Critical In The Application You're Building

Because You Need A Future-Proof Developer Productivity Solution That Won't Handcuff You Down The Road

Form & Platform Flexibility
Common Requirements
  • Compatibility with industry standard technology
  • Extensible and customizeable forms & rendering engine
  • Fully white-labeled & comprehensive branding via CSS
  • Avoidance of vendor lock-in
  • Doesn't cost more as you scale
  • Data models can adapt as things change
  • Immediate out-of-the-box functionality
OR
High Cost Without Developer Productivity Tools

Opinionated Solutions Force Technology Commitments

That Limit Extensibility And Slows Going To Market

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Inability to fully customize forms and rendering

Costs scale as users, api calls, submissions, etc. scale

Traps you in an ecosystem that may not be ideal in the future

May be impossible to use with strict data requirements

Go to market fast with developer productivity tools

Go To Market In Half The Time With Your Whole Scope

With Your Branding, Your Tech Stack, And Your Sanity

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Built with an open source core so you can customize and extend

Scale freely without being billed on anything usage-based

Compatible with all major industry standard tech

Fully deployed developer productivity platform in your IT environment

"Of all the systems we use to deliver our end products, Form.io has been probably the most straightforward and issue free to use, with excellent support."
—Dept. of Justice, Ireland
Form Manager In Developer Productivity Platform

For When Form Management Is Mission Critical To Your Business

Because Building Forms Also Means Having The Developer Productivity Tools To Manage Them

Form Management
Common Requirements
  • Build, manage, and track banks of forms and data resources
  • Support multiple groups or agencies building their forms
  • Support your PaaS or SaaS with multi-tenancy
  • Hierarchical roles and permissions for users building and managing forms
  • Provide an enclosed, customized, and branded drag and drop form building experience to your customers
  • Provide unique, custom components to specific customers
OR
Without Form Management in developer productivity tools

Building Forms Yourself Means Building The Supporting Tools To Manage Them

Which Takes Away Development Resources From Your Primary Objective

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Build your own tool to manage your bank of forms, APIs, and integrations

Build the logic to manage users, roles & permissions

Architect how the drag and drop builder can be exposed to customers and customized individually

Built in form management in developer productivity tools

Out Of The Box Tools To Manage Forms, APIs, Submissions, Permissions, And Integrations

So You Can Focus On The Application You're Building

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Enable non-developers to build and manage forms

Configure workflows, form actions, and webhooks without code

Set up roles and permissions integrated with your existing authentication

Enable form building in your customer-facing application

The Reason Enterprises In , In The Most Demanding Business Verticals Such As Government, Healthcare, Insurance, And Financial Services, Have Adopted The Form.io Technology Platform Is Because:

It's The Only Third-Party Developer Productivity Solution For Forms And APIs That Stands Independently From Other Parts Of Their Technology Stack And Gives Them Total Flexibility And Control.

  • They're not building their own authentication schemas
  • They're not building their own email systems
  • They're not building their own databases
  • They're not building their own cloud environments

And neither are they building their own forms or APIs for them either because the entire platform is fully deployed in their application environment.

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White label Form.io for your users or customers

Run Your Own SaaS By White-Labeling Form.io

Provide your customers with developer productivity tools for form, API, and data management, fully white-labeled under your brand or your customers' brands, in a multi-tenanted deployment operating as child-projects under your enterprise project.

Many of our customers support hundreds of their customers with thousands of forms in a white-labeled environment.

Form.io unlimited plans

Unlimited Everything

In Each Project, API Server, PDF Server, And PDF+ Server.

“How many of [X] do I get under the pricing plans?”

Form.io Enterprise Project

With One Enterprise Project

Min. 1 required.
  • Multiple stages to support SDLC
  • Unlimited forms & resources
  • Unlimited developers & form builders
  • Unlimited submissions
  • No additional charges for load balancing
Form.io API Server Plus

Each API Plus Server

Min. 1 API or 1 API Plus required.
  • Supports production and non-production SDLC processes
  • Unlimited API Calls
  • Unlimited submissions
  • Security Compliance features (See pricing page)
Form.io PDF Server Plus

Each PDF Plus Server

PDF Servers are optional.
  • Unlimited PDF submission downloads
  • Unlimited PDF Uploads
  • Enable pixel-perfect form backgrounds
  • Enable digital webform overlays
  • Security Compliance features (See pricing page)
Multi-Tenancy

Multi-Tenancy

10 child projects per bucket.
  • Deliver a platform as a service (PaaS) to your customers
  • Separate forms, data, and form building on a per-tenant basis
  • The embedded Enterprise Form Builder Module is sold in buckets of 10. It must be turned on or off for all children.

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