Contact Form 7 vs weMail
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | weMail v2.1.6 · 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 | weMail |
| 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 | Newsletter builder with HTML and plain-text versions; Signup forms by shortcode, block and Elementor; Abandoned-cart emails for WooCommerce |
| 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 | Subscriber and campaign data live in the vendor cloud; A weMail account is required before use; Plugin sends data to the vendor API |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| 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 | Newsletter campaigns, Signup forms, WooCommerce checkout opt-in, Abandoned-cart recovery emails, CSV import and export, Gutenberg form block, Elementor form action |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | weMail API | |
| Analytics | — | Appsero insights |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | WPForms, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Elementor |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 5.6 |
| 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 | icanhazip.com, api.getwemail.io |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |