Constant Contact Forms vs MailChimp for WordPress
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| Feature | Constant Contact Forms v2.22.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 2.6/5 Visit Details | MailChimp for WordPress v4.14.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 20,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 9, 2026 | September 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Constant Contact Forms for WordPress | MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress · Mailchimp for WordPress Premium ($) |
| Pros | Forms feed directly into Constant Contact lists; Block and widget to place forms anywhere; Choice of reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Turnstile or Akismet | Native HTML sign-up forms with full field control; Sign-up hooks for Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms and WooCommerce; Form widget and block for placing forms; Lists refreshed daily from the Mailchimp account |
| Cons | Requires a Constant Contact account to work; Submissions are sent to Constant Contact rather than stored locally; Limited to Constant Contact as the mailing service | Form designer, logging and user sync are Premium only; Needs a Mailchimp API key connected to the site; Procaptcha bot protection loads a third-party script when enabled |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | No | — |
| File upload | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form builder stored as a custom post type, Constant Contact list selection, Gutenberg block for the contact form, Widget for placing a form in sidebars, Hourly refresh of the Constant Contact token | Sign-up forms built from native HTML, Sign-up form widget, AMP-compatible sign-up forms, Campaigns archive block, Daily Mailchimp list refresh, Background subscribe through Action Scheduler or WP-Cron |
| Integrations | ||
| Constant Contact API | Mailchimp | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | — | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile, Akismet | Procaptcha (Prosopo) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4.0 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 8.1 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.3 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.google.com, api.wordpress.org, hcaptcha.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.cc.email | js.prosopo.io, api.prosopo.io, api.mailchimp.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 2 |