Online Forms — Customizable Payment, Contact, Quiz, Survey Form Builder - Jotform vs Fluent Forms
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| Feature | Online Forms — Customizable Payment, Contact, Quiz, Survey Form Builder - Jotform v1.4.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.2/5 Visit Details | Fluent Forms v6.2.16 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 20,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | August 14, 2026 | October 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Online Forms — Customizable Payment, Contact, Quiz, Survey Form Builder - Jotform | Fluent Forms · Fluent Forms Pro ($) |
| Pros | Simple shortcode embed using the numeric form ID; Form picker button in the classic editor inserts a chosen form; Forms are edited in Jotform's own builder, not in WordPress | Conditional fields in the free version; reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile spam protection; Entries and reports kept in wp-admin |
| Cons | Form content and submissions live on Jotform, not in WordPress; Front end depends on Jotform scripts and a Jotform account; Admin notice promotes a separate Jotform AI Chatbot plugin | Payments need the Pro add-on; Calculation fields are shown as Pro features; Tracking is an opt-in notice on first use |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Conditional logic | — | Yes |
| Payments | — | Paid |
| Calculations | — | Paid |
| Entries in admin | — | Yes |
| Spam protection | — | Yes |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Embed a Jotform form by numeric ID with a shortcode, Form picker button in the classic editor, Form rendered by a Jotform-hosted script tag | Conditional field logic, Entries list in wp-admin, Form reports page, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile modules, Payment module (Pro) ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe ($) |
| — | Mailchimp | |
| Other | Jotform | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | www.jotform.com | hooks.slack.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, www.google.com, js.hcaptcha.com, ipinfo.io, apip.cc, api.cleantalk.org, moderate.cleantalk.org, fluentform.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 2 |