Contact Form 7 vs Avada Builder
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Avada Builder v3.11.2 · 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 | Avada Builder ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Visual drag-and-drop builder with many elements; Forms, maps, Instagram feed and Stripe button included; WooCommerce product and cart elements |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Paid product from ThemeFusion; Some elements call third-party APIs such as Instagram and OpenStreetMap; Form elements can send data to HubSpot and Mailchimp when configured |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Form element with entries admin ($), Stripe payment button element ($), Instagram feed element ($), Google Maps and OpenStreetMap elements ($), WooCommerce product, cart and checkout elements ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | Stripe ($) |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | Mailchimp ($) | |
| CRM | — | HubSpot ($) |
| Social | — | Instagram ($) |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce ($) |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Google reCAPTCHA ($), OpenStreetMap ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 4.5 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 5.6 |
| 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 | graph.instagram.com, raw.githubusercontent.com, updates.theme-fusion.com, www.google.com, api.twitter.com, nominatim.openstreetmap.org |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 60 |