Every project needs to collect information, take payment and stay on the right side of POPIA. Cambrian builds that groundwork once, well, so South African businesses and the people building for them can drop it in and keep moving.
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Why Cambrian
01
The Cambrian explosion was a burst of new life. The conditions were right, and creatures appeared in every shape imaginable.
02
Something similar is happening in software. Small teams and solo builders are shipping real products faster than ever.
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A few pieces are still fiddly to get right: forms, payments, POPIA. We build those once, well, so you don't have to.
How it works
Build a form here, paste the snippet into your website. React, WordPress, plain HTML, anywhere. The form auto-sizes, posts back to us, and fires submit events you can hook into.
<!-- Paste anywhere on your site -->
<div id="contact-form"></div>
<script
src="https://cambrian-one.com/embed.js"
data-form-token="abc123…"
data-target="#contact-form"
></script>What's included
Forms and payments are the visible part. Underneath sits a lot of compliance, security and spam-filtering work, included and running in production.
A hosted form editor with field types, consent text and per-form retention. Embed by iframe or snippet, or receive your own webhooks. Add price and quantity fields to collect payment through your own PayFast account.
Lawful basis and consent capture, encrypted data at rest, file scanning, and a layered spam filter that goes well beyond a CAPTCHA. Most of it is on by default.
See everything includedPOPIA, built in
Most form tools were built for the US or EU and treat POPIA as something to add later. We're based in South Africa, so it's there from the start. Every form ships with consent capture, retention rules, an audit trail, and a per-submission subject-access URL the data subject can use themselves. This helps you meet your obligations; it isn't a substitute for your own legal advice.
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retention & consent rules
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Pricing
No submission caps. No add-on fees. Cancel or downgrade any time.
For freelancers and side projects, free during our launch period.
For growing businesses that need their own brand on every touchpoint.
For teams running campaigns, CRMs, and embedded compliance.
On the way
Where Cambrian is heading next.
Send a form link over WhatsApp, take payment, return a branded document, all in the conversation.
A branded PDF per submission, with your logo and colours, ready to file or send on.
A field type that checks South African ID numbers and reads the date of birth.
Capture a signature with a timestamp and a small audit trail.
Serve your forms at forms.yourbrand.co.za with per-form mapping.
Additional gateways and pay-later options alongside PayFast.
Free during launch. No credit card. Cancel any time.
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