Does anyone else struggle with Airtable forms once workflows get complex?

Hey @CarsonC,


You are absolutely not alone here. Airtable’s native forms are ok for simple intake but the moment you need more robust features (e.g. parent child record creation) they are really really limited.

It’s a pity, and I keep pushing this as a feature request (please make sure you submit the form as well!). One day we’ll get it!

You’ll want to look at Fillout for anything beyond basic forms. It integrates directly with Airtable, supports full conditional logic, hiding and showing sections, creating linked records across multiple tables, and even repeatable sections (multiple linked records). Plus the free plan is super generous.

Feel free to reach out if you need any help setting this up! I’d be happy to show you around.


Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 
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​@CarsonC 

One of the best recommendations that I can give you is the same recommendation that ​@Mike_AutomaticN listed above, and is the same recommendation that I give to all of my Airtable consulting clients.

For all of your advanced form needs, your #1 best bet is to use Fillout’s advanced forms for Airtable because it communicates directly with Airtable and can easily do everything that you requested.

Fillout is 100% free, and it offers hundreds of features that Airtable’s native forms don’t offer, including the ability to:

• update Airtable records using a form
• create custom PDF files from a form submission
• accept payments on forms
• pre-fetch dynamic data from an Airtable record
• customize the style and branding of your form
• customize a theme for your form
• display Airtable lookup fields on forms
• create multi-page forms with conditional paths
• create new linked records on a form
• add a login page to your form
• perform math or other live calculations on your forms
• collect signatures on a form
• connect a single form to dozens of external apps simultaneously
• add CAPTCHAs to your form
• and much more.

I show how to use a few of the advanced features of Fillout on these 2 Airtable podcast episodes:

• Using Fillout to update an existing Airtable record & create an eSignature approval process with PDF file creation.
• Using Fillout to create an order entry form with line items.

Hope this helps!

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