Contact Form 7 vs Everest Forms
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Everest Forms v3.6.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 90,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | Everest Forms · Everest Forms Premium ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Drag-and-drop form builder with entries stored in WordPress; hCaptcha and reCAPTCHA support in the free version; Builder modules for Divi and Beaver Builder |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Premium form options are sold separately; Telemetry and AI features call the vendor's servers when enabled |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Form post type for building forms, Form entries stored in a custom table, Form selector block, hCaptcha and reCAPTCHA verification on submit, CleanTalk spam check add-on, Premium-only form selector options ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| Analytics | — | ThemeGrill tracking API (opt-in) |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | Divi, Beaver Builder |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | hCaptcha, Google reCAPTCHA, CleanTalk, ThemeGrill AI service |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.3 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | raw.githubusercontent.com, api.cleantalk.org, hcaptcha.com, www.google.com, moderate.cleantalk.org, ai.themegrill.com, api.themegrill.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 3 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |
| Custom tables | — | 3 |