asksteps

For developers and agencies

Put your forms into other systems. And get the answers back out.

A form in asksteps is not an island. Embed it with one line of HTML, drop it into WordPress, collect every submission by webhook, or read the data through the API. Which of those your plan includes is listed below. So is what an access key is not allowed to do.

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How It Works

Four ways in and out

  1. 01

    Embed with one line of HTML

    The form is a web component: you place the element on your page and pass the form's id. No iframe. asksteps serves its own fonts, so nothing is fetched from a third-party CDN.

  2. 02

    WordPress without writing code

    There is a plugin with a shortcode, a Gutenberg block and an Elementor widget. The picker you choose your form from is included in every plan, the free one as well. Statistics and submissions inside the WordPress backend start with Starter.

  3. 03

    Collect submissions by webhook

    A webhook reports every completed submission to an address of your choice. That way asksteps hangs off your system without anyone exporting anything. From Professional.

  4. 04

    Read through the API

    The REST API is described as an OpenAPI document at "/api-docs"; tools that read OpenAPI can wire it up directly. Authentication is a key in the "x-api-key" header. API access belongs to the Business plan.

In Betrieb

Custom HTML

Your Own Sections in HTML and CSS

A section inside the form that you write yourself in HTML and CSS. A price table, a comparison grid, a note box, an input mask that has to look exactly this way and no other. Where the builder stops, you keep writing. Any fields you put in there are real: the answers land in the inbox like all the others.

  • Rebuild an imported PDF form freely without losing the mapping
  • The next button sits wherever you put it
  • No JavaScript, and no fonts fetched from Google
custom html — written, rendered, captured
EIGENES HTML<style> .zeile { display:grid }</style><label>Vorname</label><input data-xm-id="Vorname_1" data-xm-required><input data-xm-qst="Wunsch- termin" type="date"><button data-xm-next> Weiter</button>SO SIEHT ES DER BESUCHERVORNAMENACHNAMEWUNSCHTERMIN▦Gut zu wissenWir melden uns binnen 24 Stunden.WeiterERKANNTE FELDERvornamePflicht→ Vorname_1 (PDF)wunschterminDatum→ Frage im LeadKEIN JAVASCRIPTKEIN FREMD-REQUEST

Inbox

Every Submission in One Place

Submissions with a processing status and a note, free-text search, uploaded attachments, and the completed PDF to download. For spreadsheets, there's a CSV export.

  • Status: new, open, done, and archived
  • CSV export in the semicolon-separated format used by German spreadsheet applications
  • Key metrics and a 30-day time series
asksteps studio — inbox
PosteingangCSVSucheEINGANGFUNNELSTATUSPDFM. SchneiderBewerbung PflegeNeu↓A. YılmazBeratungOffen↓K. BauerDSGVO-FormularErledigt↓L. RossiBewerbung PflegeNeu↓Status, Notiz, Anhänge und das ausgefüllte PDF an einer Stelle.
Features

What an access key may do — and what it may not

The API key reads, it does not write

A key can create nothing and change nothing, whatever its scope. That is not a gap but the rule: a key ends up in somebody's backup sooner or later. Writing needs an access that a person granted in a browser.

Your own sections in HTML and CSS

A section you write yourself. Input fields inside it are captured for real and land in the inbox — including in a form that came from a PDF, without losing the mapping back to the document. No JavaScript.

Your own domain, certificate handled

A form runs under your address once you have confirmed the domain with a TXT record; asksteps takes care of the certificate. A subdomain at asksteps works the same way. Own domains from Starter.

The inbox, when you would rather not build anything

Status, note, search, attachments, the filled-in PDF, CSV export and the numbers for the last 30 days. For many cases that is the integration you do not have to build.

Five languages, one form

Interface and content in German, English, Italian, Spanish and Turkish. Translations happen in their own editor, not in a second copy of the form. Several languages from Professional.

Where the data sits

On our own infrastructure at the German host netcup, not at a large cloud provider. Analytics through a self-hosted Matomo. What does leave the server is named: payments through Stripe (USA), email through Brevo (France).

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a paid plan to embed a form?

No. The widget, the fixed address at asksteps and the form picker in the WordPress plugin are in every plan. Removing the asksteps line from the form starts with Starter.

Can I create forms through the API?

Not with an API key — that one only reads. Creating and changing goes through the MCP access for AI agents, where a person grants permission in a browser.

Is there a Zapier or CRM integration?

No. There are webhooks from Professional and the read-only API from Business. Anything beyond that you build yourself, or with a tool that speaks OpenAPI and webhooks.

What happens to a form that came from a PDF?

It stays tied to the document. Downloading produces a copy of the original with the answers written in; fields nobody filled keep their original value. The filled PDF is not stored — it only comes into existence at download time.

Can an AI agent work with my account?

Yes, through the MCP server. It takes a plan from Starter up and a switch in your account that is off by default. The details are on the MCP server page.

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