Essential Addons for Elementor vs Everest Forms
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Everest Forms v3.6.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 90,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | Everest Forms · Everest Forms Premium ($) |
| Pros | Large set of widgets added to Elementor; Form widgets for Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms and Ninja Forms; WooCommerce product widgets such as product compare | Drag-and-drop form builder with entries stored in WordPress; hCaptcha and reCAPTCHA support in the free version; Builder modules for Divi and Beaver Builder |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Premium form options are sold separately; Telemetry and AI features call the vendor's servers when enabled |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Filterable gallery widget, Data table widget, Event calendar widget with Google Calendar source, WooCommerce product compare widget, NFT gallery widget, Twitter and Facebook feed widgets, TypeForm embed widget, Essential Addons admin menu page | Form post type for building forms, Form entries stored in a custom table, Form selector block, hCaptcha and reCAPTCHA verification on submit, CleanTalk spam check add-on, Premium-only form selector options ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) | ThemeGrill tracking API (opt-in) |
| Social | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms | Divi, Beaver Builder |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | hCaptcha, Google reCAPTCHA, CleanTalk, ThemeGrill AI service |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.3 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.twitter.com, graph.facebook.com, send.wpinsight.com, www.googleapis.com, opensea.io, magiceden.io, api.typeform.com | raw.githubusercontent.com, api.cleantalk.org, hcaptcha.com, www.google.com, moderate.cleantalk.org, ai.themegrill.com, api.themegrill.com |
| Blocks | — | 3 |
| Custom tables | — | 3 |