Drop one <form> tag into any static site. Submissions land in your inbox. No backend. No servers. Just a $9/mo SaaS running on $1.50/mo in AWS.
<!-- Before FormDrop: set up Express, deploy a server, pay $40/mo --> <!-- After FormDrop: --> <form action="https://api.formdrop.io/f/abc123" method="POST" > <input name="name" /> <input name="email" /> <textarea name="message"></textarea> <button type="submit">Send</button> </form> <!-- That's it. We handle everything. -->
Change your form's action URL to your unique FormDrop endpoint. Works with any HTML form — no JavaScript required.
API Gateway receives the POST, Lambda validates and sanitizes it, DynamoDB stores the record — in under 50ms.
SES sends you a formatted email instantly. Or pull from the dashboard. Or set up a Webhook. Your choice.
The insight from the article is simple: AWS serverless services charge per-request, not per-hour. At low-to-medium volume, you pay almost nothing while your users experience enterprise-grade reliability.
FormDrop adds one twist: Cognito for auth, so each user gets isolated endpoints and a dashboard. The margin at $9/mo is 83%.