Contact Form 7 vs Gravity Perks
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Gravity Perks v2.2.9 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | — |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | Gravity Perks |
| 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 | One place to turn perks on or off; Perks tab and extra settings in the form field editor; Perks are small single-purpose enhancements for Gravity 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 | Automatic upgrades and support need a Gravity Wiz licence key; Needs Gravity Forms active; Each perk is a separate plugin to manage |
| 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 | Perk manager screen to turn perks on or off, Base classes for perks as add-on or feed add-on plugins, Perks tab in the form field editor, Activation hooks registered per perk, Dashboard announcements for administrators, Licence key for perk updates and support ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | Gravity Forms |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Gravity Wiz licence API ($) |
| 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 | gravitywiz.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |