Contact Form 7 vs Zigaform
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Zigaform v7.7.18 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 80+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | August 25, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | ZigaForm Form Builder Lite · ZigaForm Pro ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Drag-and-drop builder with a live skin customiser; Wizard forms and stored entries in the admin; Free reCAPTCHA spam protection |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Conditional logic, entry export and form duplication are Pro-only; No payment gateway in the Lite code; Remote reCAPTCHA check needs an external Google service |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | Yes |
| Conditional logic | No | Paid |
| Multi-step forms | No | Yes |
| Payments | Yes | No |
| File upload | Yes | Yes |
| Calculations | No | No |
| Entries in admin | No | Yes |
| Spam protection | Yes | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Skin customiser with live preview, Wizard forms, Entries stored in the database and managed in the admin, Export of records marked Pro-only ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Google reCAPTCHA, Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 5.4 |
| 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 | 7 |