Lead pipeline
Every submission becomes a tracked lead
New, Contacted, and Converted stages in one dashboard. See active enquiries and conversion rate without counting manually or adding a separate CRM.
Why Express is overkill for a contact form
Express is great for APIs. A marketing contact form rarely needs a full app with routes, middleware, and deploy pipelines.
- You still have to host and patch an Express process for one POST route.
- Body parsing, validation, spam checks, and email add real surface area.
- Static sites and CDNs do not want to run Express just for enquiries.
- Teams end up maintaining glue code that a form backend already provides.
How Formgrid replaces an Express contact route
Formgrid is the hosted POST endpoint. Keep your frontend, delete the Express form route, and manage leads in the dashboard.
No Express route
Stop writing app.post("/contact") handlers for brochure-site forms.
No mail middleware
Formgrid sends structured email notifications without Nodemailer setup.
Storage included
Submissions are saved as leads with statuses, notes, and reminders.
Works with static deploys
Publish HTML anywhere and keep the same Formgrid action URL.
Replace an Express contact route in four steps
Create a Formgrid form, point the HTML action at it, remove the Express handler, and manage leads.
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Create a form
Create a Formgrid form and copy the endpoint URL.
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Point the action
Update your HTML form to post to Formgrid.
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Remove Express glue
Delete the contact route and mail code you no longer need.
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Manage leads
Use the pipeline, reminders, and optional Sheets sync.
Features for static site forms
Formgrid goes beyond inbox forwarding so marketing sites and developer portfolios can manage real enquiries.
Email notifications
Google Sheets sync
Lead pipeline
Follow-up reminders
Spam protection
File uploads
UTM tracking
Example integration
Point a standard HTML form at your Formgrid endpoint. Field names map directly to the submission dashboard.
contact.html
<form action="https://formgrid.dev/api/f/your-form-id" method="POST">
<label>
Name
<input type="text" name="name" required />
</label>
<label>
Email
<input type="email" name="email" required />
</label>
<label>
Message
<textarea name="message" required></textarea>
</label>
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>Replace your-form-id with your form ID from the Formgrid dashboard.
