WPForms vs Gravity Forms
WPForms is a beginner-friendly drag-and-drop form builder with many ready-made templates. Gravity Forms is a long-established premium form builder aimed at advanced use. On the features we track, the two line up closely: both have a drag-and-drop builder, conditional logic, multi-step forms, payments, file uploads, calculations, entries in the admin and spam protection. The clearest difference is price model. WPForms has a free Lite edition, with paid tiers for extras, while Gravity Forms has no free version and is sold as a paid licence with tiered plans and add-ons.
| Feature | WPForms v2.0.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | — |
| Last updated | October 22, 2026 | — |
| Editions | WPForms Lite · WPForms Pro ($) | — |
| Pros | 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 | Drag-and-drop form builder with conditional logic; Multi-page forms, file uploads and calculations; Entries screen, notifications and merge tags |
| Cons | 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 | Paid product that needs a licence key for updates; Payment gateways are separate paid add-ons; Sends weekly telemetry to the vendor without a visible opt-in |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | Yes | Yes |
| Conditional logic | Paid | Yes |
| Multi-step forms | Paid | Yes |
| Payments | Yes | Yes |
| File upload | Paid | Yes |
| Calculations | Paid | Yes |
| Entries in admin | Yes | Yes |
| Spam protection | Yes | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | No |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | 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 | — |
Verdict
WPForms suits small business owners and bloggers who want to start free and publish forms without coding. Gravity Forms suits agencies, developers and businesses that need complex workflows and are ready to pay for a licence from the start.