Express Forms is a reliable form building plugin for Craft CMS. It contains every feature available to the native Craft Contact Form plugin and more. It's simple and intuitive to use, and doesn't get in your way if you're wanting to build simple forms or handle your own templating and custom features. It was developed with a "developer first" mentality, so it’s highly extendable. It also contains several built-in popular API integrations. Stop wasting valuable development hours wrestling with alternative form plugins. Express Forms makes form building smooth.

Key Features

Compare the key features for Express Forms between Lite and Pro editions. The Lite edition includes all the essentials for creating and managing forms for most websites. Upgrade to Pro edition if you need additional functionality for your forms.

For a full feature comparison to Freeform and the native Craft Contact Form plugin, check out the Compare page!

Feature	Description	Lite	Pro
Unlimited forms	Create and manage as many forms as you need	✓	✓
Unlimited email notifications and template choices	Almost every conceivable option for sending HTML email(s), all customizable	✓	✓
Email notifications saved as HTML files	Save email notification templates as HTML files, but also manage from directly inside control panel	✓	✓
Beautiful and simplified Form Builder	Simple yet powerful, and easy to use	✓	✓
All basic browser field types	Choose between a variety of regular field types	✓	✓
Upload/attach files to submissions	Allow users to upload files which are validated and stored as Assets	✓	✓
Manage submissions	View, edit, delete or export form submissions	✓	✓
Save submissions to database, or not	Choose to store submission data, or never keep it on your site	✓	✓
GDPR compliant	All the tools you need to make your forms GDPR compliant	✓	✓
CSV Exporting	Export all submissions for a form as a CSV file	✓	✓
XML, JSON and Excel Exporting	Export all submissions for a form as a XML, JSON or Excel file		✓
Built-in Honeypot spam protection	Powerful and effective advanced spam control built right in	✓	✓
reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox	Fight spam with reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox	✓	✓
Clean and simplified templating and available automation	Full control with regular Twig/HTML templates to customize layouts	✓	✓
Inline errors	Display error messages and validation per field upon submit	✓	✓
Demo templates	Just 1 click and you have an example form and a real-world set of working templates	✓	✓
Basic permission controls	Basic user group and user permission controls for each section of plugin	✓	✓
Developer-friendly	Extensive developer events for all your needs	✓	✓
Translatable	Translate fields for front end with translation files	✓	✓
Popular CRM API integrations	Currently includes Salesforce Lead, Salesforce Opportunity and HubSpot		✓
Popular Mailing List API integrations	Currently includes MailChimp, Campaign Monitor, and Constant Contact		✓
Dashboard Widgets	Includes a dashboard widget that displays stats for your form submissions		✓
Rename plugin	Rename the plugin name (throughout CP) to whatever you like		✓