Forminator vs GetSiteControl
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| Feature | Forminator v1.58.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | GetSiteControl v3.0.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 600,000+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | October 14, 2026 | December 19, 2025 |
| Editions | Forminator · Forminator Pro ($) | Getsitecontrol popups |
| Pros | Many form types, including polls and quizzes, in the free version; Stripe and PayPal payments included without Pro; Conditional logic, multi-step pages and uploads in the free version | Connects the site to the vendor dashboard with a sign-in flow; Adds the vendor's popup and form script without editing theme files; Small plugin with few settings in WordPress |
| Cons | E-signatures and Stripe subscriptions need Pro; Premium integrations need a WPMU DEV membership; Pro upgrade prompts appear in the admin | Popup content and subscriber data live on the vendor's cloud service; Needs an account on the external dashboard to be useful; Front-end behaviour depends on the vendor's remote script |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | Yes | — |
| Conditional logic | Yes | — |
| Multi-step forms | Yes | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | Yes | — |
| Entries in admin | Yes | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Polls with live results, Scored quizzes, Export of form entries, Abandoned form tracking, Form reports | Loads the vendor popup and form script on the front end, Sign in or sign up to the vendor dashboard from wp-admin, Choose which dashboard site this WordPress site is linked to, Disconnect the site by clearing the stored API key |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe, PayPal | — |
| CRM | HubSpot ($) | — |
| Marketing | Mailchimp ($) | Getsitecontrol dashboard |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 3.0.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | wpmudev.com, slack.com, mandrillapp.com, api.telegram.org, maker.ifttt.com, api.sendgrid.com, www.googleapis.com, www.gstatic.com, cloud.google.com, iamcredentials.googleapis.com, iamcredentials.universe, cloudresourcemanager.universe, app.hubspot.com, fonts.bunny.net, api.stripe.com | dash.getsitecontrol.com |