Contact Form 7 vs ElementsKit Pro
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | ElementsKit Pro v4.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | — |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | ElementsKit Pro ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Advanced search widget with its own REST route; Visual effects such as particles and parallax; Google Sheets action for Elementor Pro forms |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Needs a licence key to receive updates and support; Licence check contacts the vendor API; Google Sheets action signs in through Google OAuth |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Advanced search widget with REST handler ($), Particles visual effect ($), Google Sheets action for Elementor Pro forms ($), Licence activation and status check ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| Storage | — | Google Sheets ($) |
| Social | — | Dribbble ($), X/Twitter ($) |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | Elementor ($) |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Zoom ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | — |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | www.googleapis.com, accounts.google.com, api.twitter.com, vimeo.com, api.dribbble.com, api.zoom.us, api.wpmet.com, account.wpmet.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |