Contact Form 7 vs Gravity Forms Gutenberg Add-On (Experimental)
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms Gutenberg Add-On (Experimental) v1.0-rc-1.4 · 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 | Gravity Forms Gutenberg Add-On (Experimental) ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Gravity Forms block to place a chosen form in the editor; Mailchimp signup block processed through the Mailchimp feed; Mailchimp connection can be made from the block editor |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Marked experimental by its author; Mailchimp block needs the Mailchimp add-on connected; Needs a Gravity Forms licence key for updates |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Block that places a chosen Gravity Form in content ($), Mailchimp signup block ($), Mailchimp authentication from the block editor ($), Loads Mailchimp audience lists into the block ($), Generic mailing list block ($), Block editor scripts and styles ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | Mailchimp ($) | |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | Gravity Forms ($) |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| 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 | — |
| Blocks | 1 | 2 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |