Contact Form 7 vs Ninja Tables
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Ninja Tables v5.2.18 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 70,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 9, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | Ninja Tables · Ninja Tables Pro ($) |
| 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 | Builds responsive tables with a visual editor and no code; Ready-made templates and CSV import to start quickly; Can pull entries from Fluent Forms into a table |
| 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 | Google Sheets as a data source needs the paid Pro add-on; Pro upgrade prompts and licence notices in the admin menu; Deactivation and lead forms contact the vendor site when the user agrees |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 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 | CSV import into tables, Export table data, Ready-made table templates, Embed tables with shortcodes, Table data from Fluent Forms entries, Add-to-cart buttons in table rows |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | Fluent Forms |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | wpmanageninja.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 3 |