Contact Form 7 vs HubSpot for WordPress
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | HubSpot for WordPress v11.3.75 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 200,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | September 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | HubSpot All-In-One Marketing |
| 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 | Official HubSpot plugin, free to install; Form and meeting blocks in the block editor; Shortcode for embedding HubSpot content |
| 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 a HubSpot account to do anything useful; Loads the HubSpot tracking code on public pages; Sends data to HubSpot services by design |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 3 |
| 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 | HubSpot form block in the editor, HubSpot meeting block in the editor, hubspot shortcode for embedding HubSpot content, Serves HubSpot scripts and requests through site paths, Anonymous tracking only after a user gives consent |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| CRM | — | HubSpot |
| Analytics | — | HubSpot tracking code |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | Elementor |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | — |
| Blocks | 1 | 2 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |