HappyForms vs Jetpack
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| Feature | HappyForms v1.26.17 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 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 | 20,000+ | 3M+ |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | October 12, 2026 |
| Editions | Happyforms · Happyforms paid upgrade ($) | Jetpack · Jetpack paid plans ($) |
| Pros | Free contact and custom form builder with admin-stored submissions; Built-in honeypot spam protection with no external service; No third-party API calls from the free code | 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 | Payments, multi-step and file upload fields need the paid upgrade; Conditional logic is not in the free code; Limited to what the free field set provides | 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 | 1 | 7 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | — | Yes |
| Conditional logic | No | Yes |
| Multi-step forms | Paid | Paid |
| Payments | Paid | No |
| File upload | Paid | Yes |
| Calculations | — | No |
| Entries in admin | Yes | Yes |
| Spam protection | Yes | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Customizer-based form builder with parts, Email notifications on submit, XML export of forms, Limit choices per option, Gutenberg block and widget, Paid field teasers (date, phone, rating, signature) ($) | Site stats dashboard, Brute force login protection, Photon image CDN, Social sharing buttons, Related posts, Newsletter and blog subscriptions, XML sitemaps, VideoPress video hosting ($), Secure sign-on through WordPress.com |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal ($) |
| — | MailPoet | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Other | — | Akismet, WordPress.com |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 7.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Yes |
| External services | — | 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 | 1 | 60 |
| Shortcodes | — | 60 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |