Introducing Formboost
We built Formboost because handling form submissions shouldn't require a backend. Here's the story behind it and what we're launching today.
Introducing Formboost
Every developer has been there. You're building a landing page or portfolio site and just need a contact form. Simple enough — until you realize you need a server to receive the submissions, a database to store them, email infrastructure to send notifications, spam filtering, and on and on.
We built Formboost to make this problem disappear.
The Problem with Forms
Forms are one of the most common elements on the web, yet they're surprisingly painful to implement properly:
- Static sites have no backend, so you need a third-party service or your own server
- Email delivery is non-trivial — setting up SMTP, dealing with deliverability, formatting notifications
- Spam is relentless. Without filtering, your inbox fills with bot submissions within hours
- Data storage means thinking about databases, backups, and compliance
Most developers end up using a combination of hacks: serverless functions, third-party email services, and home-grown spam filters. It works, but it's a lot of glue code.
What We Built
Formboost gives you a single endpoint URL. Point your form at it — that's the integration.
1<form action="https://formboost.app/f/YOUR_ENDPOINT_ID" method="POST">
2 <input type="email" name="email" required />
3 <textarea name="message"></textarea>
4 <button type="submit">Send</button>
5</form>Behind that URL, we handle:
- Receiving submissions — from HTML forms, fetch, or any HTTP client
- Email notifications — instant, reliable delivery with customizable templates
- AI spam filtering — trained to catch bots while letting real users through
- A dashboard — search, filter, and export all your submissions
- Webhooks — real-time events to trigger your own automations
- A REST API — read and manage submissions programmatically
Designed for Developers
We wanted the happy path to be a single <form> tag change, but we also wanted Formboost to be powerful enough for complex use cases.
The REST API uses standard JSON, returns predictable responses, and has complete documentation. Webhooks are signed with HMAC-SHA256 so you can verify authenticity. The dashboard is fast and keyboard-navigable.
Public Beta
Formboost is launching today in public beta. The free tier gets you 50 submissions per month on one form — enough to validate a project or use it indefinitely for a personal site.
Get started for free — no credit card required, your first endpoint is ready in under a minute.
We're excited to hear what you build with it.