Configuring server-side submission to reduce bot form submissions

[Jordyn (Jordyn Fetter)]

We recently started using Pardot Form Handlers to capture prospects from Webflow form submissions from our Webflow forms, hosted on our website. These are created by pasting HTML snippets from Pardot into Webflow Forms.

Because this voided Webflow’s built-in reCAPTCHA (see this post for more), we’ve been receiving a high volume bot submissions.

We’ve taken steps to try to mitigate, but the only thing left to do, it seems, is to configure server-side submission (#2 on the article below).

https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=000320224&type=1

Has anyone found a better workaround for this or have experience in configuring server-side submissions?

[torchlight (Brandon Mason)]

Hey, I don’t know if you’re still running into bot form submissions or if you’ve solved the problem. I implemented something here:

Captcha solution for any backend (no more spam!)

We started getting spam in our contact forms when we set up a Webflow form to send data to GHL. I realized why - Webflow and GHL both implement captcha when you’re passing data within the same product, but once you have a different front end and backend, there’s no way for them to know about each other and implement a captcha. I was thinking about this and realized that I can build a general Captcha backend that can work for everyone. Our server stores the destination URL encrypted, and when …

It will be a paid solution. I’m looking for testing and feedback.