Essential Addons for Elementor vs Zigaform Calculator
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 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 | 1M+ | 100+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | August 25, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | ZigaForm Calculator and Cost Estimation Form Builder Lite · ZigaForm Pro ($) |
| 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 builder with formula-based cost totals; Admin entry records for submitted estimates; Offline payment and PayPal settings in the free code |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | 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 | — | 2 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | — | Yes |
| Conditional logic | — | Paid |
| Payments | — | Yes |
| File upload | — | Yes |
| Calculations | — | Yes |
| Entries in admin | — | Yes |
| Spam protection | — | Yes |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| 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 | Formula-based cost totals and summary shortcodes, Offline payment gateway, Google Fonts list for the style customiser, Translation management addon, WooCommerce addon |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal |
| Analytics | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) | — |
| Social | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms | — |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | Google reCAPTCHA, Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | api.twitter.com, graph.facebook.com, send.wpinsight.com, www.googleapis.com, opensea.io, magiceden.io, api.typeform.com | www.google.com, www.googleapis.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 16 |