Calculated Fields Form vs Contact Form 7
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| Feature | Calculated Fields Form v5.5.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 40,000+ | 10M+ |
| Last updated | October 22, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Calculated Fields Form | Contact Form 7 |
| Pros | Live calculated fields with formulas, dates and currency; Drag-and-drop builder with conditional fields and multi-page forms; Entries stored and viewable in the WordPress admin | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in |
| Cons | Online payments (PayPal, Stripe, Square) need paid add-ons; Free version shows upgrade prompts in several settings screens; Large plugin with many options; a learning curve for complex formulas | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | Yes | No |
| Conditional logic | Yes | No |
| Multi-step forms | Yes | No |
| Payments | Paid | Yes |
| File upload | Yes | Yes |
| Calculations | Yes | No |
| Entries in admin | Yes | No |
| Spam protection | Yes | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Calculated fields with formulas, Repeater field groups, Time slot selection for bookings, Importable form templates, AI form generator and assistant (user API key), Map widget, Opt-in feedback form to the vendor | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe ($) | Stripe |
| — | Brevo (Sendinblue) | |
| Plugins | — | Akismet, Flamingo |
| Other | Akismet, Google Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, OpenStreetMap | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0.5 | 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | — | 8.3 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | cff.dwbooster.com, raw.githubusercontent.com, rest.akismet.com, api.stripe.com, api.openai.com, generativelanguage.googleapis.com, api.anthropic.com, wordpress.dwbooster.com, tile.openstreetmap.org | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 2 |