Fluent Forms vs MailChimp for WordPress
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| Feature | Fluent Forms v6.2.16 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | MailChimp for WordPress v4.14.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | September 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Fluent Forms · Fluent Forms Pro ($) | MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress · Mailchimp for WordPress Premium ($) |
| Pros | Conditional fields in the free version; reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile spam protection; Entries and reports kept in wp-admin | Native HTML sign-up forms with full field control; Sign-up hooks for Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms and WooCommerce; Form widget and block for placing forms; Lists refreshed daily from the Mailchimp account |
| Cons | Payments need the Pro add-on; Calculation fields are shown as Pro features; Tracking is an opt-in notice on first use | Form designer, logging and user sync are Premium only; Needs a Mailchimp API key connected to the site; Procaptcha bot protection loads a third-party script when enabled |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Conditional logic | Yes | — |
| Payments | Paid | — |
| Calculations | Paid | — |
| Entries in admin | Yes | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Conditional field logic, Entries list in wp-admin, Form reports page, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile modules, Payment module (Pro) ($) | Sign-up forms built from native HTML, Sign-up form widget, AMP-compatible sign-up forms, Campaigns archive block, Daily Mailchimp list refresh, Background subscribe through Action Scheduler or WP-Cron |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe ($) | — |
| Mailchimp | Mailchimp | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | — | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha | Procaptcha (Prosopo) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| 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 | js.prosopo.io, api.prosopo.io, api.mailchimp.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 2 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |