Self-host vs cloud forms — how to choose
Same Parrotform editor, two runtimes. Pick based on data control and ops appetite.
Parrotform ships one editor grammar and two ways to run it.
Choose self-host when
- Submissions must stay on your infrastructure
- You already operate Cloudflare Workers, D1, and R2
- You want to wire your own delivery pipeline
Choose cloud when
- You want hosted auth and less ops
- You are fine with managed packaging as billing lands
- You want to start from Create without deploying
Not a forever lock-in
Because the document model is shared, moving between runtimes is a product goal — not a rewrite of every form. See Pricing for the current cloud status.
Build a form
Open the guest editor and start typing.