Jotform’s 10,000-plus premade forms let you do everything from create a mini math quiz to set up an order page for a product. All of a template’s text and fields are editable, and you can insert various other elements, such as CAPTCHAs, date pickers, star ratings, tables, and more. Jotform also gives you full control over a form’s appearance with color, style, and theme options that you can tweak to perfection.
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Otherwise, you can build a form entirely from scratch. The interface is the same as for editing a template, except you have to set everything up yourself. Depending on what you’re looking for, though, it’s probably easier to just customize a template. You can find all the insertable form elements (from the basics to payment processing and widgets) via the interface’s left-hand menu. Jotform’s form builder is quite powerful, but the sheer number of things you can insert feels overwhelming at times.
After you finish building your form, take a look at the Settings tab at the top of the screen. Here, you can add conditional logic (like showing certain fields depending on answers to earlier questions), build a workflow around your form, customize mobile app notifications for your form, encrypt your form, or set up submission notifications.
Starting from a template, I made an invoice form. I added a PayPal payment button that connects to my account, adjusted the colors and style to my satisfaction, and set up a signature field that, after I sign it, turns the form into a PDF and disables further editing. The whole process took only around 15 minutes.
You can share your form via the Publish tab. Here, you can adjust form permissions, find a shareable link, or invite people by email to fill out your form. If your form is particularly sensitive, you can require a password to access your form in the Settings tab. Sharing forms is straightforward and quick to do.
