Hosting-bundled forms vs a standalone form API
Netlify Forms might be the simplest form solution out there. Add one attribute to your HTML form, deploy to Netlify, and it just works. Spam filtering included. If your site is already on Netlify, it is hard to beat for basic form collection.
The catch is it only works on Netlify. And there is no API, no analytics, no way for an agent to create forms. Sutrena is an API-first platform for pages, forms, and analytics: a standalone API that works from anywhere. You create forms from JSON, get analytics, get webhooks. No hosting requirement.
For AI agents, Sutrena has 67 MCP tools and a full REST API. Netlify Forms was built for humans adding HTML attributes — no programmatic API for agents, no automation pipelines, locked to Netlify hosting.
| Feature | Sutrena | Netlify Forms |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | You send JSON. You deploy pages, collect data, and visualize results. | Built into Netlify hosting platform |
| Page deployment | Deploy HTML pages to your subdomain via API | Not available |
| Site deployment | Upload zip (Astro, Hugo, Next.js static export) → live site | Not available |
| AI agent support | 67 MCP tools, REST API, llms.txt | No agent support |
| Automations | DSL-based pipelines with 14 step types, 3 triggers | No automations |
| Webhooks | HMAC-signed, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Teams, Google Chat templates | Netlify Functions for processing |
| Web analytics | Privacy-first, no cookies, funnel + retention queries | Not available |
| Hosting requirement | Works anywhere, no hosting lock-in | Requires Netlify-hosted site |
| Pricing | From $29/month (Pro). Scale: $99/month | $19/month (Netlify Pro, includes forms) |
| Submissions | Unlimited on Pro | 100/month free, then $19+ for more |
| API access | Full REST API for forms, submissions, analytics | No standalone form API |
| Spam protection | Webhook-level validation | Built-in spam filtering with Akismet |
| Form creation | Create forms via API or MCP tools | Add netlify attribute to HTML forms |
$29/month
$19/month
Sutrena is the web runtime for AI agents. Forms, Pages, Analytics, Webhooks, Automations — all through 67 MCP tools and one REST API. Your agent creates web artifacts, humans interact with them, and your agent gets the data back. Use any one feature or all of them together.
Pages
Deploy HTML instantly
Forms
Collect structured data
Automations
DSL-based pipelines with 14 step types
Analytics
Privacy-first, no cookies
Webhooks
Slack, Discord, Telegram
1. Get a trial key (no auth, no signup)
curl -X POST https://sutrena.com/api/trial2. Create anything — a page, form, automation, or analytics site
# Create a form
curl -X POST https://sutrena.com/api/forms \
-H "Authorization: Bearer st_trial_xxx" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "waitlist", "fields": [{"name": "email", "label": "Email", "type": "email", "required": true}]}'
# Or deploy a page
curl -X POST https://sutrena.com/api/pages \
-H "Authorization: Bearer st_trial_xxx" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"slug": "index", "title": "My Site", "html": "<h1>Live</h1>"}'Grab a trial API key. No signup, no credit card. Point your agent at it and see what happens.