Essential Addons for Elementor vs Gravity Forms
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | — |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | — |
| 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 conditional logic; Multi-page forms, file uploads and calculations; Entries screen, notifications and merge tags |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Paid product that needs a licence key for updates; Payment gateways are separate paid add-ons; Sends weekly telemetry to the vendor without a visible opt-in |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | — | Yes |
| Conditional logic | — | Yes |
| Multi-step forms | — | Yes |
| Payments | — | Yes |
| File upload | — | Yes |
| Calculations | — | Yes |
| Entries in admin | — | Yes |
| Spam protection | — | Yes |
| Free version | — | No |
| 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 | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) | — |
| Social | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms | — |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | 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 | — |