Thrive Leads vs WPForms
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| Feature | Thrive Leads v10.8.9.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | WPForms v2.0.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 5M+ |
| Last updated | — | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Thrive Leads ($) | WPForms Lite · WPForms Pro ($) |
| Pros | Opt-in forms, popups and lightbox templates for lead capture; Connects to many email marketing and automation services; Stores captured leads in the plugin's own database | 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 | Commercial product that needs a paid Thrive licence; Licence check depends on the vendor server being reachable; Large plugin with many dashboards and connections to configure | 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 | 1 | 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 | Lead form block ($), Lead storage in the plugin database ($), Email marketing auto-responder connections ($) | Ready-made form templates, Stripe payment forms, PayPal payment forms, hCaptcha, reCAPTCHA and Turnstile spam challenges, Gutenberg block to insert a form, Entries page in the admin, AI form creation from a conversation |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe, PayPal Commerce |
| AWeber ($), ConvertKit ($), GetResponse ($), Constant Contact ($), Brevo (Sendinblue) ($) | — | |
| E-commerce | SendOwl ($) | — |
| Other | Thrive licence server ($) | Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | — | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 8.1 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | thrivethemes.com, api.pinterest.com, clients6.google.com, api.getresponse.com, api2.getresponse.com, api.constantcontact.com, api.hubapi.com, api.ontraport.com, api.sendfox.com, console.sendlayer.com, api.convertkit.com, api.getgo.com, api.madmimi.com, webinarjam.genndi.com, app.webinarjam.com, api.webinarjam.com, api.postmarkapp.com, api.mailerlite.com, connect.mailerlite.com, api.dropboxapi.com, content.dropboxapi.com, api.aweber.com, auth.aweber.com, www.sendowl.com, thrivethemesapi.com, service-api.thrivethemes.com, graph.facebook.com, www.googleapis.com, landingpages.thrivethemes.com | 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 | 7 | 1 |