Gravity Forms reCAPTCHA Add-On vs Jetpack
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| Feature | Gravity Forms reCAPTCHA Add-On v1.6.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | Jetpack v16.3.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 3M+ |
| Last updated | — | October 12, 2026 |
| Editions | Gravity Forms reCAPTCHA Add-On ($) | Jetpack · Jetpack paid plans ($) |
| Pros | Checkbox, invisible and v3 score-based modes; Server-side token check against Google, with score threshold; Can be turned off per form | Many modules in one plugin, each switched on separately; Brute-force protection and an image CDN without extra services; Contact form with Akismet spam checks and entries kept in admin |
| Cons | Needs your own Google reCAPTCHA site and secret keys; Needs a Gravity Forms licence key for updates; Hiding the badge requires you to show Google's branding yourself | Needs a WordPress.com connection to work fully; Usage tracking runs once the site is connected, with no separate toggle found; Paid plans gate some features, such as multi-step forms |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 7 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | — | Yes |
| Conditional logic | — | Yes |
| Multi-step forms | — | Paid |
| Payments | — | No |
| File upload | — | Yes |
| Calculations | — | No |
| Entries in admin | — | Yes |
| Spam protection | — | Yes |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Checkbox, invisible and v3 reCAPTCHA types ($), Server-side token verification against Google ($), Spam check and submission validation hooks ($), Disable reCAPTCHA v3 for a single form ($), Hide the reCAPTCHA badge with a branding acknowledgement ($), Validate keys from the settings screen ($), reCAPTCHA details on the entry screen ($) | Site stats dashboard, Brute force login protection, Photon image CDN, Social sharing buttons, Related posts, Newsletter and blog subscriptions, XML sitemaps, VideoPress video hosting ($), Secure sign-on through WordPress.com |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe (Gravity Forms Stripe add-on) ($) | PayPal ($) |
| — | MailPoet | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Gravity Forms ($) | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA ($) | Akismet, WordPress.com |
| Requires WordPress | — | 7.0 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Yes |
| External services | www.google.com | jetpack.wordpress.com, api.bruteprotect.com, public-api.wordpress.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api.paypal.com, v0.wordpress.com, videopress.com, widgets.wp.com, pixel.wp.com, subscribe.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 60 |
| Shortcodes | — | 60 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |