Forminator vs Opinion Stage
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| Feature | Forminator v1.58.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Opinion Stage v19.12.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 600,000+ | 6,000+ |
| Last updated | October 14, 2026 | September 11, 2026 |
| Editions | Forminator · Forminator Pro ($) | Quiz Maker, Poll Maker & Survey Maker by Opinion Stage |
| Pros | Many form types, including polls and quizzes, in the free version; Stripe and PayPal payments included without Pro; Conditional logic, multi-step pages and uploads in the free version | Polls, surveys, quizzes and personality tests from one plugin; Shortcode, block and editor button placement; Optional fly-out widget across the site |
| Cons | E-signatures and Stripe subscriptions need Pro; Premium integrations need a WPMU DEV membership; Pro upgrade prompts appear in the admin | Needs an Opinion Stage account and external service; Content and lead data live on the vendor service; Front-end scripts load from the vendor server |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | Yes | — |
| Conditional logic | Yes | — |
| Multi-step forms | Yes | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | Yes | — |
| Entries in admin | Yes | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Polls with live results, Scored quizzes, Export of form entries, Abandoned form tracking, Form reports | socialpoll shortcode to embed polls and quizzes, os-widget shortcode for surveys and widgets, Gutenberg blocks for poll, survey, trivia and personality, Site-wide fly-out widget (optional), Connect the site to an Opinion Stage account, Editor button that opens the content picker |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe, PayPal | — |
| CRM | HubSpot ($) | — |
| Marketing | Mailchimp ($) | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Akismet | Opinion Stage service, Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| 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 | www.opinionstage.com, fonts.googleapis.com |
| Blocks | — | 4 |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |