Contact Form 7 vs Online Forms — Customizable Payment, Contact, Quiz, Survey Form Builder - Jotform
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Online Forms — Customizable Payment, Contact, Quiz, Survey Form Builder - Jotform v1.4.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 20,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | August 14, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | Online Forms — Customizable Payment, Contact, Quiz, Survey Form Builder - Jotform |
| 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 | Simple shortcode embed using the numeric form ID; Form picker button in the classic editor inserts a chosen form; Forms are edited in Jotform's own builder, not in WordPress |
| 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 | Form content and submissions live on Jotform, not in WordPress; Front end depends on Jotform scripts and a Jotform account; Admin notice promotes a separate Jotform AI Chatbot plugin |
| 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 | Embed a Jotform form by numeric ID with a shortcode, Form picker button in the classic editor, Form rendered by a Jotform-hosted script tag |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Jotform |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | www.jotform.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |