HappyForms vs MailChimp for WordPress
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| Feature | HappyForms v1.26.17 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 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 | 20,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | September 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Happyforms · Happyforms paid upgrade ($) | MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress · Mailchimp for WordPress Premium ($) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | Paid | — |
| Payments | Paid | — |
| File upload | Paid | — |
| Entries in admin | Yes | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | 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) ($) | 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 | ||
| — | Mailchimp | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | — | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms |
| Other | — | Procaptcha (Prosopo) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | js.prosopo.io, api.prosopo.io, api.mailchimp.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 2 |