Contact Form 7 vs Zigaform Calculator
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Zigaform Calculator v7.7.20 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 100+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | August 25, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | ZigaForm Calculator and Cost Estimation Form Builder Lite · ZigaForm 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 builder with formula-based cost totals; Admin entry records for submitted estimates; Offline payment and PayPal settings in the free code |
| 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 | Conditional logic is marked as a Pro feature; Style customiser pulls font list from the Google Fonts API; Many options and shortcodes, so setup takes time |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | Yes |
| Conditional logic | No | Paid |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | Yes |
| File upload | Yes | Yes |
| Calculations | No | Yes |
| Entries in admin | No | Yes |
| Spam protection | Yes | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | 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 | Formula-based cost totals and summary shortcodes, Offline payment gateway, Google Fonts list for the style customiser, Translation management addon, WooCommerce addon |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | PayPal |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Google reCAPTCHA, Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | www.google.com, www.googleapis.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 16 |