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Orbit AI (Forms) Zapier integrationAutomate Orbit AI (Forms) with Zapier.

The Orbit AI (Forms) Zapier integration has 1 trigger, 0 actions and 0 searches. It works one way: each new form submission leaves Orbit AI instantly and lands in the tools you pick. Here is how to wire it, what it costs and where it stalls.

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Overview

What the Orbit AI (Forms) Zapier integration is for

The Orbit AI (Forms) Zapier integration sends every new form submission to the rest of your tools. On Zapier you build a Zap, an automation that starts with one event and then runs one or more steps. Here the event is always the same: someone fills in one of your Orbit AI forms.

Three outcomes come up again and again. A lead list that keeps itself current: each submission becomes a row in a spreadsheet, without exports. A CRM record created at the source: the answers go straight into your sales tool, so nobody retypes a contact. A team alert with the details: the submission is posted to a chat channel or an inbox, so a person can follow up while the lead is still warm. All three start from the same place, New Form Submission.

Now the limits, because they shape what you can build. Zapier cannot write anything into Orbit AI: there is no action to create a form, edit an answer or tag a lead, and no search to look one up. Data only flows out, so any update to a lead happens in the tool that receives it. Submissions received before the Zap was switched on are not picked up either.

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Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary in one minute

Seven words come back all over this page. Here is what each means, in plain English.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time the trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for it; with Orbit AI, it is a new submission.
Action
What the Zap does after it starts: the step that writes, sends or moves something for you, in another app here.
Task
The unit Zapier bills: one action your Zap completes successfully. The quota on your plan is a count of those.
Instant vs polling
An instant trigger is reported by the app the moment the event happens. A polling trigger is checked by Zapier on a timer.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap go on only when what arrived meets your condition, and quietly stops it otherwise.
Multi-step Zap
Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. A second action, a filter or a search makes it one, and it needs a paid plan.
Cost

What Orbit AI (Forms) costs you on Zapier

Orbit AI (Forms) is not limited to paid plans: it works on the free plan. Its trigger never costs a task, however many submissions come in.

  • Free plan100 tasks per month, unlimited Zaps
  • Free plan Zap size2 steps: one trigger, one action
  • Orbit AI (Forms) trigger1 instant, 0 polling
  • Paid-only appNo

What you pay for is the work done after it. Each action that succeeds in the next app counts as one task, and a failed one is not billed. Two actions per submission means two tasks per submission. The free plan stops at two steps, one trigger and one action; a filter or a second action turns the Zap into a multi-step Zap, which needs a paid plan. The interval grid below only concerns polling triggers. New Form Submission is instant, so your plan never delays it.

Connect

Connect Orbit AI (Forms) to Zapier

  1. 01

    Open the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, open Apps and click + Add connection. A connection is your Orbit AI account linked once, then reused by every Zap that listens to your forms.

  2. 02

    Find Orbit AI (Forms)

    Search for Orbit AI (Forms) in the dialog, select it, and click Add connection. You need an Orbit AI account, plus access to any form you do not own yourself.

  3. 03

    Sign in and allow access

    Sign in to Orbit AI in the tab that opens, then grant Zapier access to the account. The connection now appears in the list of every Orbit AI trigger you set up.

First Zap

Your first Orbit AI (Forms) Zap, step by step

GoalOnly qualified form submissions end up as rows in the spreadsheet your sales team works from.

  1. 01

    Build: pick the trigger

    Create a Zap, choose Orbit AI (Forms) as the app and New Form Submission as the event. Then select the connection you added a moment ago.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent submissions, so you map the next steps on real answers rather than on empty boxes.

  3. 03

    Add a filter

    Click the plus icon, pick Filter, then set the field to read, the rule and the value. Pick a text rule for text and a number rule for numbers, or the filter never passes.

  4. 04

    Add the spreadsheet step

    Add the spreadsheet app as the action and map each answer from the submission into the matching column. Run the test once and check that the row really appears.

  5. 05

    Publish

    Click Publish to switch the Zap on. With the filter, this Zap has three steps, so it needs a paid plan; drop the filter to stay on the free one.

Triggers

The Orbit AI (Forms) trigger on Zapier

1 event starts a Zap when something happens in Orbit AI (Forms), and one of them is instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

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New Form Submission

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new form submission is received in Orbit AI.”

Starts your Zap each time a person submits one of your Orbit AI forms, and hands the answers to every step that follows. It is the only door between Orbit AI and Zapier, so every flow you build here begins with it.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
a demo request form should create a deal in your CRM and warn the account executive within the same run; two actions make it a multi-step Zap, on a paid plan.
Watch out
only submissions received after you publish start the Zap; earlier ones stay in Orbit AI.
When it breaks

When your Orbit AI (Forms) Zap breaks

Zapier lists no help article and no rate limit specific to Orbit AI (Forms). What goes wrong comes from the way Zapier works in general.

  • Old submissions never arrive

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after it is switched on. Submissions already sitting in Orbit AI are not sent; moving that backlog is a separate job.

  • A burst of submissions is held back

    When a trigger suddenly returns a huge batch, after a bulk import or a migration, Zapier's flood protection can hold it back instead of running every item.

  • The Zap will not run on the free plan

    The free plan builds two-step Zaps only. A filter or a second action makes the Zap multi-step, and it then needs a paid plan to run.
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FAQ

Orbit AI (Forms) and Zapier: frequent questions

01Is the Orbit AI (Forms) Zapier integration free?
Yes. Zapier does not reserve Orbit AI (Forms) for paid plans, so it runs on the free plan. That plan gives you 100 tasks per month and unlimited Zaps, with one limit: each Zap has two steps, one trigger and one action. New Form Submission followed by a single action in another app fits. A filter, a search or a second action makes the Zap multi-step, and that needs a paid plan. The trigger is instant, so the free plan does not slow it down.
02How many tasks does an Orbit AI (Forms) Zap use?
One task per successful action, and nothing for the trigger. A Zap that sends each submission to one spreadsheet uses one task per submission. Add a chat message after it and each submission costs two. An action that fails is not counted, and Zapier checking for data costs nothing either. So the count you watch is simple: number of submissions times number of actions. On the free plan, that budget is 100 tasks per month.
03Does Orbit AI (Forms) send submissions in real time?
Yes. New Form Submission is an instant trigger: Orbit AI tells Zapier about the submission itself, and the Zap starts without waiting. The plan intervals of 15 minutes on Free, 2 on Professional and 1 on Team or Enterprise only concern polling triggers, which this app does not use. In the editor, a Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt, which is an easy check before you publish. The type of a trigger is set by the app and cannot be changed from the editor.
04What does it take to connect Orbit AI (Forms) to Zapier?
An Orbit AI account, plus access to any form you do not own and want the Zap to read. The connection takes three moves. Open Apps in Zapier and click + Add connection. Search Orbit AI (Forms) and click Add connection. Then sign in to Orbit AI in the tab that opens and grant access. Once linked, the connection is reused by every Zap that starts on one of your forms, so you only do this once.
05Why does the trigger test show no submission?
Because there is nothing recent to show. When you test a trigger, Zapier brings back the three most recent items of the connected account, here the last three submissions. A form that has never been filled in returns nothing to map. Send one test submission yourself, then run the test again and pick it. Keep in mind the same logic applies after publishing: the Zap reacts only to new submissions, never to the ones already stored.
06What if the Orbit AI (Forms) step you need is not on Zapier?
Then that step has to happen in Orbit AI itself. On Zapier, this app offers a single trigger, New Form Submission, and no action or search. Zapier can read new submissions, but it cannot create a form, change an answer or look up an older entry. Everything else in the flow happens in the apps that come after the trigger. If a process depends on writing back into Orbit AI, this integration does not cover it.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for Orbit AI (Forms)?
Choose on criteria, not on a ranking. First, coverage: on Zapier, this app gives you one instant trigger and nothing else, so check that a one-way flow out of your forms is enough. Second, shape: a submission sent to one app runs on the free plan, while a filter or extra actions require a paid plan. Third, timing: the trigger is instant, so speed does not depend on your plan. Check the same three points on any other platform you consider.
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