	Form Processor Pro	Form Maker Pro
General Features
Configuration via Web Interface	No, Simple Config File	Yes
Easy to install and configure No programming knowledge needed.	Yes	Yes
Plug-in structure Ability to adjust or add new features easily.	Yes	No
NOT a hosted solution Script resides on your server/website. No other servers used for any operations.	Yes	Yes
One installation for all your forms One installation works with Unlimited forms on the same server.	Yes	Yes
One simple config file Simple text config file for all settings and forms.	Yes	Web Interface
Works with existing forms You don't need to recreate or modify your existing forms.	Yes	Yes
Sophisticated forms support Any scenario of form processing possible.	Yes	No
Multilingual Support Forms output and system/error messages can be on any language. You can add/change any language by yourself by editing one simple text file.	Yes	No
Field validations (over 40+) You can validate your fields with more than 40+ validation rules.	Yes	Yes, but limited
User input modifiers (over 15+) You can format values entered by user prior to any other operations. 15+ modifiers available.	Yes	No
User friendly error messages You can change their text, language, layout and style. Improperly filled fields can be highlighted.	Yes	Yes, but limited
Unlimited form elements You can have all possible form elements and their quantity.	Yes	Yes
Multi-page form support You can have as many pages as you like. Further page can depend on previous user input.	Yes	Yes
Multiple output Processor can perform unlimited combination of tasks per form. Send different emails with PDF, XLS and even ZIP them as well as put data into database.	Yes	Yes, but limited
Cross-platform support Tested on Unix, Linux, Windows and even Mac OS X servers.	Yes	Yes
Special features
Attachments support Allows you or your visitors to receive file attachments. Either dynamically created by processor or uploaded by you/user.	Yes	Yes
Databases support You may execute any database query after each form submission to save user input to your database.	Yes	No
Payment Gateways support You can redirect user to checkout to PayPal, 2CheckOut, LinkPoint.	Yes	No
Predefined Variables There are some predefined, dynamically generated variables for your usage.	Yes	Yes
Back & Edit If you have a multi-page form you can add back button that allows visitor to return to any page and enter corrections required. All previously entered data will be stored.	Yes	No
User selectable recipients Allows site visitor to choose department or person the information will be sent to.	Yes	Yes
File output As well as a page you may output any file stored on your server for download after form submission.	Yes	No
Mathematical calculations All mathematical operations with user input/selections available.	Yes	Yes
Expiration Date You may set expiration date for any form.	Yes	Yes
File uploading validation	Yes	No
API for third party integration	Yes	Yes
SPAM Protection & Security
SPAM protection with CAPTCHA Protects form from filling by bots and scripts. Using special human-only readable image.	Yes	Yes
SPAM Injection prevention Protects form from using it as a relay for SPAM sending.	Yes	Yes
Email harvesting protection All emails and templates are hidden from others.	Yes	Yes
SSL Support Processor can work through secure socket layer (SSL).	Yes	Yes
Unique submissions You can set number and period.	Yes	No
Block IPs or Hosts You can block any set of IPs or hosts from submitting the form.	Yes	No
Allow IPs You can set IPs or subnets from which form submissions will be allowed.	Yes	No
Data output formats & features
Emails HTML & Plain text support. You have full control over template and data inclusion.	Yes	Yes
Email auto generation Automatically generates email with all form fields without creating any template.	Yes	No
PDF Save or attach information into PDF file with fixed template (simple text or table).	Yes	No
XLS Save or attach information into XLS file with fixed template (data by column or row).	Yes	No
CSV Save or attach information into CSV file (comma separated values).	Yes	No, but you can export data to CSV.
TXT or LOG Free simple text template. You can define your own format. Data added to one file by template.	Yes	No
ZIP You can zip any file that form processor generates, receives or attaches.	Yes	No
URL redirection Redirect user to the specified URL after form submission.	Yes	Yes
Any combination of the above features possible	Yes	Yes
Unlimited Emails and Actions Unlimited emails and actions per form submission.	Yes	Yes
Design and Style control
Full layout and design control You are welcome to change anything!	Yes	Yes
Custom Email Templates You have full control over design, style and layout.	Yes	Yes
Custom "Thank you!" page You have full control over design, style and layout.	Yes	Yes
Custom Preview pages You have full control over design, style and layout.	Yes	Yes
Custom Error Messages You can define design, language, style and layout.	Yes	Yes, but you can't change language.
Error Fields Highlighting You can define style for improperly filled fields.	Yes	No
Email sending
SMTP Email sending through SMTP server.	Yes	Yes
SMTP Secured Email sending through SMTP server with authentication.	Yes	No
Sendmail or any other compatible mail sender	Yes	Yes
Databases supported
MySQL Ability to save information into MySQL database.	Yes	Yes
Microsoft SQL	Yes	No
PostgreSQL	Yes	No
ODBC	Yes	No
SQLite	Yes	No
Payment gateways supported
PayPal Redirects form applicants to PayPal checkout.	Yes	No
2CheckOut Redirects form applicants to 2Checkout checkout page.	Yes	No
LinkPoint Charge user credit cards via LinkPoint payment gateway.	Yes	No
Email template fields
To, From, Subject and Body by default	Yes	Yes
CC Carbon copy	Yes	Yes
BCC Blind carbon copy	Yes	No
Format Email format: Plain or HTML	Yes	Yes
Charset You can set email charset (ISO-8851, UTF-8, etc.)	Yes	No
Attachment List of attached files.	Yes	Yes
Predefined Variables There are some predefined, dynamically generated variables for your usage. You can use them in your templates and insert them into any output.
Date Returns current date, time.	Yes	Yes
HTTP Referer Returns HTTP referer. Current forms URL.	Yes	Yes
Remote IP Returns applicant IP-address.	Yes	Yes
Timestamp Returns UNIX-timestamp value.	Yes	No
Unique reference number Returns very unique reference number. May be used for your own records.	Yes	Yes
User Agent Returns user agent browser type, version and OS type version.	Yes	Yes
File uploading validation
User Defined files Validates files with user defined extensions.	Yes	No
Image files Validates if uploaded file is an image file.	Yes	No
MS Office files Validates if uploaded file is a MS Office file.	Yes	No
ZIP files Validates if uploaded file is a ZIP file.	Yes	No
Fields Validations
Combinational validations You can have one field to be validated by several validation rules.	Yes	No
Required field Works even for checkboxes, dropdown and multiple select lists.	Yes	Yes
Equal fields You can require visitors to fill two or more fields with equal value.	Yes	No
Credit card Verifies major credit card numbers including: Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, Carte Blanche, Discover, and American Express.	Yes	No
Email field	Yes	Yes
Australian phone	Yes	No
Belgium postcode	Yes	No
Canadian provincial code	Yes	No
Canadian postcode	Yes	No
Dutch zip code	Yes	No
France post code (including colonies)	Yes	No
French phone	Yes	No
German postcode	Yes	No
ICD9 code	Yes	No
Integer number	Yes	No
IP address	Yes	No
IPv6 address	Yes	No
ISBN number	Yes	No
Italian Fiscal code	Yes	No
Italian postcode	Yes	No
MAC address	Yes	No
Netherlands postcode	Yes	No
Roman numerals	Yes	No
Spanish postcode	Yes	No
US Social Security Numbers (SSN)	Yes	No
Swedish phone number	Yes	No
Swedish postcode	Yes	No
UK Bank Sort code	Yes	No
UK Drivers License format	Yes	No
UK National Insurance Number (NINo)	Yes	No
UK postcode	Yes	No
US Phone number	Yes	No
US State code	Yes	No
Vehicle Identification Number (VINs)	Yes	No
Single word	Yes	No
URL	Yes	No
US ZIP code	Yes	No
Modifiers You can additionally format values entered by user prior any other operations or output. Below is the list of available modifiers.
Capitalize This is used to capitalize the first letter of all words in a variable.	Yes	No
Count Characters This is used to count the number of characters in a variable.	Yes	No
Count Paragraphs This is used to count the number of paragraphs in a variable.	Yes	No
Count Sentences This is used to count the number of sentences in a variable.	Yes	No
Count Words This is used to count the number of words in a variable.	Yes	No
Date Format Returns a string formatted according to the given format string	Yes	No
Default This is used to set a default value for a variable. If the variable is empty, the given default value is printed instead.	Yes	No
Indent This indents a string at each line, default is 4.	Yes	No
Lower This is used to lowercase a variable.	Yes	No
Line breaks to BR All line breaks will be converted to <br /> tags in the given variable.	Yes	No
Regular Expression Replace A regular expression search and replace on a variable.	Yes	No
Replace A simple search and replace on a variable.	Yes	No
Spacify This is a way to insert a space between every character of a variable.	Yes	No
String Format This is a way to format strings, such as decimal numbers and such.	Yes	No
Strip This replaces all repeated spaces, new lines and tabs with a single space, or with a supplied string.	Yes	No
Strip HTML Tags This strips out markup tags, basically anything between < and >.	Yes	No
Truncate This truncates a variable to a character length, default is 80.	Yes	No
Uppercase This is used to uppercase a variable.	Yes	No
Word wrap This wraps a string to a column width, default is 80.	Yes	No
Any combination of the above possible	Yes	No
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General Features

Special features

SPAM Protection & Security

Data output formats & features

Design and Style control

Email sending

Databases supported

Payment gateways supported

Email template fields

Predefined Variables

File uploading validation

Fields Validations

Modifiers