Contact Form 7 vs FunnelKit Automations Pro
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | FunnelKit Automations Pro v3.8.5 · 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 | FunnelKit Automations Pro ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Triggers and merge tags for WooCommerce Subscriptions and LearnDash; SMS sending through Twilio; Stripe upsell offer links and Zapier actions |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Requires the free FunnelKit Automations plugin; Licence key needed for updates; Usage data is collected without an opt-in check |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | SMS sending through Twilio ($), Hosted transactional email templates ($), Email delivery and bounce webhooks ($), Stripe upsell offer recovery links ($), LearnDash triggers and merge tags ($), Zapier integration actions ($), Merge tags for third-party form and CRM data ($), Licence activation and automatic updates ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | Stripe ($) |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | Amazon SES ($) | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce ($) |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | LearnDash ($), WPForms ($) |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Twilio ($), Zapier ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Yes |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | api.twilio.com, app.getautonami.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 60 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |