Build a waitlist without building a backend.
A landing page and a form is all a waitlist needs. PortForm is the part behind the form: every email is stored, forwarded to you, and protected from bots — no server to stand up, no database to wire.
Your form
Plain HTML on your site
PortForm
Stored · spam filtered · emailed
Your inbox
Every submission, with Reply-To set
Dashboard
Searchable, exportable to CSV
Integrations
Slack, Sheets, CRM, webhooks
The problem
You have a page and an idea, not a backend. Spinning up a database, an API route and a bot filter just to catch a list of emails is a week of work before the first signup lands.
How PortForm solves it
Point a plain HTML form at PortForm. Each signup is stored and emailed to you the moment it arrives, so you can watch the list grow in your inbox and export the whole thing to CSV when it is time to send the launch email.
A form you can copy
Point this at PortForm and it works.
Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the access key from your dashboard. Create one free. The endpoint and the honeypot are already wired in.
What you get
The features this use case leans on.
Zero-JS form
A plain <form action> works — no fetch, no framework, no build step. Drop it into any landing page.
Every signup stored
Emails are persisted whether or not the notification sends, then exported to CSV when you launch.
Bot protection
A built-in honeypot on every plan; hCaptcha free, Turnstile and reCAPTCHA on Pro, so your list is people not scripts.
Instant confirmation
ProTurn on the autoresponder to email each signup a "you’re on the list" the moment they join.
Route it onward
Integrations that fit this use case.
Integrations are a Pro feature. On any plan, every submission still reaches your inbox and dashboard. See plans.
Why PortForm
Why it fits waitlist forms.
- Live in minutes: paste a form, get the emails.
- No backend, no database, no server to pay for while you validate.
- Export the whole list to CSV the day you launch.
Other use cases
- Contact formsThe classic name / email / message, delivered to your inbox.
- Newsletter signupCapture subscribers straight into your inbox or a sheet.
- Lead captureRoute new leads to your inbox, Slack, or CRM.
- Feedback formsLet customers tell you what to fix, straight to your inbox.
- Survey formsMulti-question responses collected as one submission.
- Job application formsCollect applications and résumés in one submission.
- Event registrationRSVPs and sign-ups collected straight to your inbox.
- Customer supportA support form that reaches your team fast.
- Demo requestsQualify and route demo requests to sales.