Build forms in Strapi.
Render them anywhere.

FormFlow turns Strapi into a complete form backend — visual building, validated submissions, spam protection, email, webhooks, and exports — served over one clean REST API. Every submission lands in your own database; your frontend renders it with your own markup.

Install free Explore the SDKs

MIT-licensed core — free forever, not a trial
Submissions keep landing, even if a license lapses
No CSS shipped — your markup, your design system

A live form, rendered straight from its Strapi schema.

Plays with

Strapi 5
REST API
React
Vue
Next.js
Nuxt
Astro
Vite

01The lifecycle

Every submission travels the same five stages — and FormFlow owns all of them.

From a schema in Strapi to a delivered, governed submission, one plugin handles the whole path. No glue code, no stitched-together services — just the pipeline below.

Build

Design the form in Strapi

A visual builder with 20+ field types, layout blocks, conditional visibility, and multi-step wizards. Live preview, duplicate, reorder — no code.

drag & drop
conditional logic
multi-step

Validate

Catch bad input, both ends

Per-field rules with custom messages. The SDKs validate client-side against the same schema the server enforces, so nothing lands half-checked.

per-field rules
client + server parity

Protect

Stop spam without punishing people

Honeypot, rate limiting, and reCAPTCHA v2 ship free. Pro adds reCAPTCHA v3, Turnstile, hCaptcha, and IP blocklists.

honeypot
rate limit
reCAPTCHA / Turnstile / hCaptcha

Deliver

Route every submission where it belongs

Email notifications and autoresponders, HMAC-signed webhooks with retries, and pre-built integrations — fired the moment a row is saved.

email
webhooks
Slack · Sheets · HubSpot · Notion

Govern

Own the data after it arrives

A submission inbox with statuses and bulk actions, exports to CSV/JSON/Excel/PDF, analytics, plus GDPR retention, audit logs, and approvals.

inbox
exports
GDPR + audit

02Inside the admin

Everything happens in the Strapi panel.

Design forms, dial in spam and delivery, and triage submissions — all without leaving your CMS. These are real captures from a live FormFlow install.

FormFlow form builder in the Strapi admin panel — **Drag-and-drop builder**20+ field types, multi-step wizards, and conditional logic — without writing code.

FormFlow submission inbox with status badges — **Submission inbox**Statuses, bulk actions, and exports to CSV, JSON, Excel, and PDF.

FormFlow integration picker showing connected services — **Native integrations**Slack, Google Sheets, Mailchimp, HubSpot, Notion, Zapier, and Make.

FormFlow forms list in the Strapi admin — **All forms in one place**Live submission counts and active status across every form.

03Field registry

Twenty-plus field types, from text to signature.

Free covers the inputs every form needs. Advanced fields unlock on any paid plan — the builder shows exactly which is which.

Text & contact

text
textarea
email
number
phone
url
password

Choice & dates

select
radio
checkbox
boolean
date
time
datetime

Files & layout

file
hidden
heading
paragraph
divider

Advanced

signature
rating / NPS
address + map
rich text
calculated
payment

FreePro

04Frontend SDKs

Headless by design. Your markup stays yours.

The SDKs fetch the schema, render the fields, validate, and submit — and ship no CSS. Hand them a slug; style every element yourself with Tailwind, shadcn, MUI, or plain CSS.

contact-form.tsxReact

import {
  FormFlowProvider, FormFlowField, useFormFlow,
} from '@formflowjs/react';

function Fields() {
  const f = useFormFlow();
  return (
    <form {...f.getFormProps()}>
      {f.fields.map((field) => (
        <FormFlowField key={field.name} name={field.name}
          render={(api) => (
            <label {...api.getLabelProps()}>
              {api.field.label}
              <input {...api.getInputProps()} />
              {api.invalid && <span>{api.error}</span>}
            </label>
          )} />
      ))}
      <button disabled={f.isSubmitting}>
        {f.schema.settings.submitButtonText}
      </button>
    </form>
  );
}

Renderless fields hand you value, errors, and ARIA-complete prop getters. Full guides for Next.js, Astro, Nuxt, and Vite live in the SDK repo.

05Quick start

From npm install to a live endpoint in three steps.

Install & enable

Add the plugin and switch it on. FormFlow creates its own content types on startup.

Terminal

npm install @formflowjs/strapi-plugin-formflow

config/plugins.tsts

// config/plugins.ts
export default {
  formflow: {
    enabled: true,
  },
};

Build & fetch

Design a form in the admin, note its slug, then read the sanitized public schema.

Terminal

curl https://cms.example.com/api/formflow/forms/contact

Secrets such as the reCAPTCHA secret key are stripped server-side — the public schema is safe to ship to the browser.

Submit values

Post a flat map of field names to values. Validation failures return a per-field error map.

Terminal

curl -X POST \
  https://cms.example.com/api/formflow/forms/contact/submit \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{ "name": "Ada Lovelace",
        "email": "ada@example.com",
        "message": "Hello from FormFlow!" }'

MethodPathWhat it does

GET/api/formflow/forms/:slugSanitized public schema

POST/api/formflow/forms/:slug/submitSubmit field values

POST/api/formflow/forms/:slug/partialSave partial → resume token

GET/api/formflow/forms/:slug/partial/:tokenResume a saved draft

06Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when your workflows grow.

The free core is genuinely production-ready — not a trial. Paid plans are gated at runtime by a license key; remove it and FormFlow keeps capturing submissions as the free tier. Pro and Business cover one and three projects; Agency covers as many as you run.

Free

A production-ready form builder. Not a trial.

$0free forever · MIT

Unlimited forms & submissions
Every standard field type, incl. file upload
All validation rules
Submission inbox + CSV / JSON export
Honeypot, rate limit & reCAPTCHA v2
One admin email notification
Public REST API (single-step forms)

Install free

Pro

Everything to ship serious forms.

$1491 project · billed yearly

Everything in Free, plus —
Advanced fields & conditional logic
Multi-step / wizard forms
Autoresponders & branded email
HMAC webhooks + integrations
reCAPTCHA v3, Turnstile, hCaptcha
Analytics, Excel/PDF export, save & resume

Buy Pro

Business

For compliance-bound teams.

$4493 projects · billed yearly

Everything in Pro, plus —
GDPR retention & anonymization
Consent fields, per-subject export/delete
Audit log & approval workflows
Multi-language forms
Priority email support

Buy Business

Agency

Every client site, one licence.

$999unlimited · billed yearly

Everything in Business, plus —
Unlimited project activations
One key across every client build
Add or retire sites without re-buying
Staging & preview deploys included

Buy Agency

How licensing works

What counts as a “project”?: One activation covers one FormFlow installation. Pro includes one, Business three, and Agency as many as you need. Restarts, redeploys, and plugin updates reuse the same activation — they never consume another one.
My premium features stopped working. Why?: Almost always an activation still held by an installation you no longer use. Resetting your database, changing your license key, or moving to a new server registers a fresh installation while the old one keeps its slot. Deactivate the old site from your account dashboard and restart Strapi.
What if my server can’t reach the license service?: Premium features keep working for 14 days from the last successful check, so an outage on our side never interrupts you.
What happens when a license expires?: Premium features switch off, but your forms, submissions, and data are never touched — FormFlow keeps capturing submissions as the free tier.
I rebuild environments often (CI, preview deploys).: Each rebuilt environment registers as a new installation. Contact us and we’ll raise your activation quota.

07The open-core line

A clear boundary between free and premium.

Capability	Free	Pro	Business	Agency
Unlimited forms & submissions
Core field types, validation, inbox
File upload field
CSV / JSON export
Spam basics (honeypot, rate limit, v2)
One admin email notification
Conditional logic, multi-step, advanced fields	—
Advanced email, webhooks, integrations	—
Advanced spam (v3, Turnstile, hCaptcha, blocklist)	—
Analytics, Excel/PDF export, save & resume, white-label	—
GDPR toolkit, audit log, approvals, multi-language	—	—
Priority email support	—	—
Projects per licence	Unlimited	1	3	Unlimited

08Ship it

Add FormFlow to Strapi, then wire any frontend.

Requires Strapi v5. The plugin creates its own content types automatically — no migration. A paid license key is read server-side from one env var and degrades safely to Free with zero data loss.

View on npm Read the docs

Terminal

npm install @formflowjs/strapi-plugin-formflow

config/plugins.tsts

// config/plugins.ts
export default {
  formflow: {
    enabled: true,
  },
};

.env

# .env  —  optional, unlocks Pro / Business
FORMFLOW_LICENSE_KEY=your_key_here

Build forms in Strapi.
Render them anywhere.

Every submission travels the same five stages — and FormFlow owns all of them.

Design the form in Strapi

Catch bad input, both ends

Stop spam without punishing people

Route every submission where it belongs

Own the data after it arrives

Everything happens in the Strapi panel.

Twenty-plus field types, from text to signature.

Text & contact

Choice & dates

Files & layout

Advanced

Headless by design. Your markup stays yours.

@formflowjs/core

@formflowjs/react

@formflowjs/vue

From npm install to a live endpoint in three steps.

Install & enable

Build & fetch

Submit values

Start free. Upgrade when your workflows grow.

Free

Pro

Business

Agency

How licensing works

A clear boundary between free and premium.

Add FormFlow to Strapi, then wire any frontend.

Build forms in Strapi.Render them anywhere.

Every submission travels the same five stages — and FormFlow owns all of them.

Design the form in Strapi

Catch bad input, both ends

Stop spam without punishing people

Route every submission where it belongs

Own the data after it arrives

Everything happens in the Strapi panel.

Twenty-plus field types, from text to signature.

Text & contact

Choice & dates

Files & layout

Advanced

Headless by design. Your markup stays yours.

@formflowjs/core

@formflowjs/react

@formflowjs/vue

From npm install to a live endpoint in three steps.

Start free. Upgrade when your workflows grow.

Free

Pro

Business

Agency

How licensing works

A clear boundary between free and premium.

Add FormFlow to Strapi, then wire any frontend.

Build forms in Strapi.
Render them anywhere.