Forminator vs MailChimp for WordPress
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| Feature | Forminator v1.58.2 · 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 | 600,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 14, 2026 | September 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Forminator · Forminator Pro ($) | MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress · Mailchimp for WordPress Premium ($) |
| 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 | 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 | E-signatures and Stripe subscriptions need Pro; Premium integrations need a WPMU DEV membership; Pro upgrade prompts appear in the admin | 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) | ||
| 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 | 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, PayPal | — |
| — | Mailchimp | |
| CRM | HubSpot ($) | — |
| Marketing | Mailchimp ($) | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | — | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Akismet | 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 | 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 | js.prosopo.io, api.prosopo.io, api.mailchimp.com |
| Blocks | — | 2 |