Fluent Forms vs Gravity Forms
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| Feature | Fluent Forms v6.2.16 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | — |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Fluent Forms · Fluent Forms Pro ($) | — |
| Pros | Conditional fields in the free version; reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile spam protection; Entries and reports kept in wp-admin | Drag-and-drop form builder with conditional logic; Multi-page forms, file uploads and calculations; Entries screen, notifications and merge tags |
| Cons | Payments need the Pro add-on; Calculation fields are shown as Pro features; Tracking is an opt-in notice on first use | Paid product that needs a licence key for updates; Payment gateways are separate paid add-ons; Sends weekly telemetry to the vendor without a visible opt-in |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | — | Yes |
| Conditional logic | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-step forms | — | Yes |
| Payments | Paid | Yes |
| File upload | — | Yes |
| Calculations | Paid | Yes |
| Entries in admin | Yes | Yes |
| Spam protection | Yes | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | No |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Conditional field logic, Entries list in wp-admin, Form reports page, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile modules, Payment module (Pro) ($) | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe ($) | — |
| Mailchimp | — | |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | — |
| External services | 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 | 2 | — |