Deftform: A Simple Laravel-Powered Form Builder That Stays Out of Your Way
If you have ever reached for Typeform or Jotform and felt like you were paying a monthly subscription for a wall of features you would never touch, Deftform was built as the direct answer to that frustration. It is a focused form builder created by ivy.mayhem GmbH, a bootstrapped agency based in Hamburg, Germany — and it runs on a stack that Laravel developers will immediately recognise.
What Powers It Under the Hood
Deftform is a Laravel application end to end. The front end is built with Livewire and Flux UI, while Laravel Horizon manages background queues. When a form submission arrives, the response is persisted immediately and then side effects fan out as queued jobs:
- Webhook deliveries (retried on failure)
- Integration syncs — Airtable, HubSpot, Google Sheets, MailerLite
- PDF generation
- Email notifications
This architecture means the respondent gets an instant confirmation while the heavier work happens asynchronously — a pattern any Laravel developer will find familiar and sensible.
AI-Assisted Form Generation
The fastest path to a finished form is to describe what you need in plain English. The built-in AI Assistant takes a prompt like "a job application form for a junior developer" and generates a full draft — correct field types, sensible order, ready to drag-and-drop and tweak. It removes the blank-page problem without locking you into a rigid template.
Feature Set for Real Work
Behind the clean interface, the feature set covers the scenarios that actually come up in production:
- Multi-page forms with conditional logic
- File uploads, custom styles, custom domains
- Unlimited responses and unlimited team members
- Stripe payments with discount codes and invoice generation
- Password protection, response limits, and closing dates
- Export to PDF or CSV
Developer Integration
For developers wiring Deftform into an existing stack, every form exposes:
POST https://your-endpoint.example.com/webhook
Authorization: Bearer <workspace-token>
Submissions are pushed via webhooks or pulled through a REST API secured with workspace tokens. First-class integrations cover Slack, Discord, HubSpot, MailerLite, Google Sheets, and Airtable — so a submission can land in your CRM or spreadsheet without any glue code.
Pricing Without Surprises
Deftform offers three straightforward options:
| Plan | Price | Notes | |---|---|---| | Prepaid per form | $5 / form | No expiry, no recurring bill | | Monthly subscription | $28 / month | All features unlocked | | Lifetime deal | $215 once | Pay once, use forever |
Prepaid and lifetime plans support optional add-ons such as backlink removal and extended features, so you only pay for what you actually use.
Key Takeaways
- Built on Laravel + Livewire + Flux UI, with Horizon handling async jobs
- AI Assistant generates complete form drafts from a plain-English prompt
- Webhooks and REST API make it easy to integrate with any existing Laravel workflow
- Covers payments (Stripe), conditional logic, file uploads, and team collaboration
- Three pricing tiers including a $5 prepaid-per-form option and a $215 lifetime deal
- Developed and maintained by a small bootstrapped team (ivy.mayhem GmbH, Germany)
If you are looking for a form builder that is quick to set up, easy to wire into a Laravel project via webhooks or API, and priced without a mandatory subscription, Deftform is worth a look.
