Contact Form 7 vs Themify Builder
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Themify Builder v7.8.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 6,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | Themify Builder · Themify Builder Pro ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Drag and drop editing with front-end live preview; Large module library, including galleries, sliders, maps and opt-in forms; Works with WooCommerce, WPML and Polylang |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Advanced templates and add-ons are in the paid Builder Pro; Some features need a Themify licence key for updates; Many modules add front-end assets to each page |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Drag and drop page builder, Map module with embedded map, Opt-in form module, Login module, Builder Pro templates ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | Mailchimp, Brevo, GetResponse, ConvertKit | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | WPML, Polylang |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Google reCAPTCHA, Google Maps |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 5.2 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.3 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | vimeo.com, atlas.microsoft.com, js.hcaptcha.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, www.google.com, cdnjs.cloudflare.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 5 |