Fluent Forms vs WPForms MailerLite
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| Feature | Fluent Forms v6.2.16 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WPForms MailerLite v1.3.0 · 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 ($) | WPForms MailerLite ($) |
| Pros | Conditional fields in the free version; reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile spam protection; Entries and reports kept in wp-admin | Subscribe, unsubscribe and delete actions per form; Map form fields to MailerLite fields; Choose MailerLite groups from the form builder |
| 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 an API connection; Updates need a WPForms licence key; Only covers MailerLite, not other email services |
| 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) ($) | Subscribe a form submitter to MailerLite ($), Unsubscribe a contact from MailerLite on submit ($), Delete a MailerLite subscriber on submit ($), Map form fields to MailerLite fields ($), Connect a MailerLite account from WPForms settings ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe ($) | — |
| Mailchimp | MailerLite ($) | |
| Plugins | — | WPForms ($) |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 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 | connect.mailerlite.com, api.mailerlite.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |