The typical approval workflow nightmare goes like this: User fills out form in Tool A, submission triggers webhook to Tool B for routing, Zapier creates approval task in Tool C, manager approves and triggers another webhook, document gets sent to Tool D for signature collection, signed document comes back through another webhook to Tool E for storage. That's five different tools, five different subscriptions, five potential failure points, no unified audit trail, and users bouncing between three or four different interfaces. When something breaks in this chain (and it will), troubleshooting is painful because the error could be anywhere.
altx forms takes a radically different approach by treating approvals and signatures as first-class features, not afterthoughts. Multi-stage approval workflows support sequential approvals where each step must complete before the next (department manager, then finance director, then CFO), parallel approvals where multiple people must sign off simultaneously (both legal AND finance must approve vendor contracts), and conditional routing based on form data (if amount is under $1,000 auto-approve, if under $5,000 route to manager only, if over $25,000 route through entire chain). You can set SLAs with automatic escalation - if an approver doesn't respond within 48 hours, send reminder; if no response within 72 hours, escalate to their manager; if still no response within 96 hours, escalate to department head.
E-signature collection is fully integrated with identity verification via email confirmation or SMS code, tamper-proof seals using cryptographic hashing so you can detect if documents are modified after signing, and complete audit trails showing who signed what, when, from which IP address, using which device. Signatures are legally binding and compliant with ESIGN Act (USA), UETA (USA state-level), and eIDAS (European Union). Real workflows show the power: PTO requests check available balance via API, auto-approve if employee has sufficient days and it's 1-2 days off, require manager approval for 3-5 days, require both manager and director approval for 6+ days, and automatically route to backup approver if primary manager is on vacation. Every action is logged: who submitted, who viewed, who approved or rejected with comments, who signed with timestamp and IP. One tool, one login, one audit trail. No integration mess.
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