Contact Form 7 vs Gravity Forms Mailchimp Add-On
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms Mailchimp Add-On v5.7.2 · 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 | Gravity Forms Mailchimp Add-On ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Maps fields to Mailchimp merge fields and interest groups; Double opt-in, VIP flag and marketing permission options per feed; Tags and notes sent with each subscriber |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Connection goes through the Gravity Forms licence-keyed OAuth service; Needs a Gravity Forms licence key for updates; Feeds need an active Mailchimp connection to pick an audience |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Send submissions to a Mailchimp audience ($), Map form fields to Mailchimp merge fields ($), Interest groups per feed ($), Double opt-in and VIP options ($), Tags and notes per subscriber ($), Marketing permissions mapped per feed ($), Connect Mailchimp through the Gravity Forms OAuth service ($) |
| 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 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |