Contact Form 7 vs Easy Cloudflare Turnstile
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Easy Cloudflare Turnstile v2.3.12 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | June 3, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | Easy Spam Filter |
| Pros | 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 | Protects core login, registration and comment forms; Covers Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms and WooCommerce forms; Free, with no paid edition in this code |
| Cons | 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 | Needs Cloudflare Turnstile keys from a Cloudflare account; Loads Cloudflare scripts on protected pages; Usage tracking through Appsero is offered, and off until switched on |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 | Turnstile on login, registration and password reset forms, Turnstile in Contact Form 7 forms, easy_cloudflare_turnstile shortcode for manual placement, Settings screen for Turnstile keys and placement, Server-side verification of Turnstile responses |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | Mailchimp | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Elementor, Jetpack, WPUF, wpDiscuz |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 5.4 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | icanhazip.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.appsero.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |