Essential Addons for Elementor vs Zigaform
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 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 | 1M+ | 80+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | August 25, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | ZigaForm Form Builder Lite · ZigaForm Pro ($) |
| 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 a live skin customiser; Wizard forms and stored entries in the admin; Free reCAPTCHA spam protection |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | 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 | — | 2 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | — | Yes |
| Conditional logic | — | Paid |
| Multi-step forms | — | Yes |
| Payments | — | No |
| File upload | — | Yes |
| Calculations | — | No |
| 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 | Skin customiser with live preview, Wizard forms, Entries stored in the database and managed in the admin, Export of records marked Pro-only ($) |
| 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 | Google reCAPTCHA, Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 5.4 |
| 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 | — | 7 |