Contact Form 7 vs Thrive Leads
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Thrive Leads v10.8.9.1 · 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 | Thrive Leads ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Opt-in forms, popups and lightbox templates for lead capture; Connects to many email marketing and automation services; Stores captured leads in the plugin's own database |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Commercial product that needs a paid Thrive licence; Licence check depends on the vendor server being reachable; Large plugin with many dashboards and connections to configure |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Lead form block ($), Lead storage in the plugin database ($), Email marketing auto-responder connections ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | AWeber ($), ConvertKit ($), GetResponse ($), Constant Contact ($), Brevo (Sendinblue) ($) | |
| E-commerce | — | SendOwl ($) |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Thrive licence server ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | — |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 8.1 |
| 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 | thrivethemes.com, api.pinterest.com, clients6.google.com, api.getresponse.com, api2.getresponse.com, api.constantcontact.com, api.hubapi.com, api.ontraport.com, api.sendfox.com, console.sendlayer.com, api.convertkit.com, api.getgo.com, api.madmimi.com, webinarjam.genndi.com, app.webinarjam.com, api.webinarjam.com, api.postmarkapp.com, api.mailerlite.com, connect.mailerlite.com, api.dropboxapi.com, content.dropboxapi.com, api.aweber.com, auth.aweber.com, www.sendowl.com, thrivethemesapi.com, service-api.thrivethemes.com, graph.facebook.com, www.googleapis.com, landingpages.thrivethemes.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 7 |