Gravity Forms Conversational Forms Add-On vs WPForms

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Feature Gravity Forms Conversational Forms Add-On v1.8.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details WPForms v2.0.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details
At a glance
Active installs — 5M+
Last updated — October 22, 2026
Editions Gravity Forms Conversational Forms Add-On ($) WPForms Lite · WPForms Pro ($)
Pros One question at a time, with per-field validation as the visitor goes; Own page per form with layout, colours, logo and background image; Welcome screen and optional partial submission saving Free drag-and-drop builder with ready-made templates; Stripe and PayPal payment forms in the free version; Entries stored and viewable in the admin
Cons Needs a Gravity Forms licence key for updates; Needs Gravity Forms active; Each form is a separate public page with its own URL Conditional logic, multi-page forms and file uploads need Pro; Calculations need the paid Calculations add-on; Some fields and export options show upgrade prompts
Mentioned in our posts — 2
Features (Form plugins checklist)
Drag-and-drop builder — Yes
Conditional logic — Paid
Multi-step forms — Paid
Payments — Yes
File upload — Paid
Calculations — Paid
Entries in admin — Yes
Spam protection — Yes
Free version — Yes
More features
Other features Public conversational page per form ($), Page title, URL, layout and colour settings ($), Logo and background image settings ($), Welcome screen ($), Per-field validation while the visitor moves through the form ($), Partial submission save and restore ($) Ready-made form templates, Stripe payment forms, PayPal payment forms, hCaptcha, reCAPTCHA and Turnstile spam challenges, Gutenberg block to insert a form, Entries page in the admin, AI form creation from a conversation
Integrations
Payment — Stripe, PayPal Commerce
Plugins Gravity Forms ($) —
Other — Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile
Requires WordPress — 5.5
Requires PHP — 7.2
Tested up to — 7.1
Phones home No Only if you agree
External services — wpformsapi.com, downloads.wordpress.org, wpformsliteconnect.com, staging.wpformsliteconnect.com, wpformsusage.com, api.wordpress.org, api.cc.email, connect.squareup.com, nominatim.openstreetmap.org, api.stripe.com, www.google.com, hcaptcha.com, challenges.cloudflare.com
Blocks — 1
Shortcodes — 1