Contact Form 7 vs Fluent Forms Pro Add On Pack
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Fluent Forms Pro Add On Pack v6.2.15 · 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 | Fluent Forms Pro Add On Pack ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Payment gateways including Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay and Authorize.Net; CRM and email integrations such as HubSpot, Zoho CRM and MailerLite; Repeaters, chained selects, coupons and file uploads on forms |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Needs the free Fluent Forms plugin active; Paid add-on that uses a vendor licence and updater; Spam protection is not part of this add-on |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | No |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | Yes |
| Payments | Yes | Yes |
| File upload | Yes | Yes |
| Calculations | No | Yes |
| Entries in admin | No | Yes |
| Spam protection | Yes | No |
| Free version | Yes | No |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Coupons on payment forms ($), Repeater fields ($), Chained select fields ($), Survey shortcode ($), Modal shortcode ($), CRM and email integrations ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | Stripe ($), PayPal ($), Razorpay ($), Authorize.Net ($) |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | MailerLite ($) | |
| CRM | — | HubSpot ($), Zoho CRM ($) |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 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 | api.mollie.com, sandbox-api.paddle.com, api.paddle.com, connect.squareup.com, connect.squareupsandbox.com, api.razorpay.com, api.paystack.co, www.sandbox.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, static.wpmanageninja.com, api.moosend.com, api.twilio.com, api.getgist.com, www.zohoapis.com, api.pipedrive.com, app.icontact.com, rest.cleverreach.com, api.sendinblue.com, gateway.automizy.com, api.createsend.com, api.trello.com, hooks.zapier.com, api.getresponse.com, api.convertkit.com, rest.clicksend.com, api.mailerlite.com, sheets.googleapis.com, api.getdrip.com, api.hubapi.com, api.cc.email, auth.aweber.com, api.salesflare.com, api.platform.ly, api.sendfox.com, api.constantcontact.com, fluentapi.wpmanageninja.com, wpmanageninja.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 6 |