Fluent Forms vs MailerLite - Signup forms (official)
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| Feature | Fluent Forms v6.2.16 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | MailerLite - Signup forms (official) v1.7.26 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | June 26, 2026 |
| Editions | Fluent Forms · Fluent Forms Pro ($) | MailerLite - Signup forms |
| Pros | Conditional fields in the free version; reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile spam protection; Entries and reports kept in wp-admin | Embed MailerLite forms with a shortcode, block or widget; Popups and form styling set up in the MailerLite account; Free plugin for existing MailerLite users |
| Cons | Payments need the Pro add-on; Calculation fields are shown as Pro features; Tracking is an opt-in notice on first use | Needs a MailerLite account and API key; Popups and tracking load MailerLite's universal script on the front end; Forms and subscriber data live outside WordPress |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Conditional logic | Yes | — |
| Payments | Paid | — |
| Calculations | Paid | — |
| Entries in admin | Yes | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Conditional field logic, Entries list in wp-admin, Form reports page, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile modules, Payment module (Pro) ($) | Sign-up form shortcode, Gutenberg sign-up form block, Sign-up form widget, Embedded webform editor linked to MailerLite forms, Popups and visitor tracking through MailerLite universal script |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe ($) | — |
| Mailchimp | MailerLite | |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 3.0.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2.5 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.8.2 |
| 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 | api.mailerlite.com, connect.mailerlite.com, static.mailerlite.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |