Getting started

What is RouteForms

A Google Forms → Slack delivery service with rule-based routing. This page is the reference card; the marketing version lives at /routeforms-overview.

Scope

RouteForms accepts Google Forms responses (via a thin Apps Script installed in the form) and posts them to Slack channels via incoming webhooks. Between the form and Slack, it applies user-configured IF-THEN routing rules to decide which channel each response lands in.

That is the complete scope. RouteForms does not:

  • Post to Slack DMs (channel webhooks only).
  • Generate AI summaries of responses.
  • Schedule reminders or follow-up posts.
  • Send to non-Slack destinations (no Notion / Discord / email out of the box).
  • Store or analyse the form data itself. Google Forms remains the system of record.

Architecture

Three components, in submission order:

Google Forms
  ↓ (form-submit trigger)
Apps Script (installed by you, generated by us)
  ↓ (HTTPS POST to our webhook)
RouteForms backend
  ↓ (evaluates routing rules)
Slack incoming webhook
  ↓
Slack channel
  • Apps Script. A small handler bound to the form, generated by us and installed by you. Catches the form-submit event, collects every field, and POSTs to a per-form RouteForms webhook URL. The script is available in our generator if you want to review or modify the source.
  • RouteForms backend.Receives the POST, looks up the form's routing rules, evaluates them top-to-bottom, and POSTs to the matching Slack webhook URL. Records the attempt in the per-form delivery log.
  • Slack incoming webhooks. Standard Slack webhook URLs created by you in your Slack workspace. RouteForms holds them encrypted and posts on your behalf.

Plan tiers

The exact limits per plan:

PlanPriceResponsesFormsRules / formClient workspaces
Free$030 / month10
Solo$7 / mo or $70 / yrUnlimited510
Agency$49 / mo or $490 / yrUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited

Full plan details: pricing. Limits enumerated: /docs/routeforms-limits.

Adjacent products

RouteForms is purpose-built for the Google-Forms-to-Slack hop. If you need workflows we don't cover, the right tools are:

  • Zapier / Make: general-purpose automation. Use these when the form needs to fan out to multiple destinations beyond Slack.
  • Form Director: broader Google Forms automation with Google Docs / Sheets / Calendar destinations. Use when document or calendar generation is part of the workflow.
  • Slack Workflow Builder: native Slack-side automation for scheduled reminders and interactive Slack-triggered workflows. Use when the trigger and target are both Slack.
  • Apps Scriptalone, if you want zero external dependency and don't need our delivery log, routing rules, or retries.

The full landscape comparison is at /best-google-forms-to-slack-tools.