Gravity Forms vs WS Form (2026)

Gravity Forms
★4.75,000,000+
vs
WS Form
★510,000+

Quick Verdict

Choose Gravity Forms if...

Developers and agencies building complex, data-driven forms who need calculated fields and a rich add-on ecosystem.

Choose WS Form if...

Agencies and developers who want the most powerful, flexible form builder and are willing to invest time in learning it.

Feature Comparison

FeatureGravity FormsWS Form
Drag & Drop Builder✓✓
Conditional Logic✓✓
Multi-Step Forms✓✓
File Uploads✓✓
Payment Forms✓✓
Calculated Fields✓✓
User Registration✓✓
Frontend Post Submission✓✓
Conversational Forms✓✓
Gutenberg Block✓✓
Gutenberg-Native✗✗
AI Form Builder✗✓
Digital Signatures✓✓
Surveys & Polls✓✓
Quizzes✓✗
Scheduling / Date Limits✓✓
Entry Management✓✓
Export Entries✓✓
Partial Entries✓✓
Geolocation✓✓
Webhooks✓✓
Custom CSS✓✓
Responsive Design✓✓
Ajax Submission✓✓
Anti-Spam✓✓
reCAPTCHA✓✓
hCaptcha✓✓
Cloudflare Turnstile✓✓
Honeypot✓✓

Pricing Comparison

PlanGravity FormsWS Form
Free Version✗✓Free
Starting Price$59/year$59/year
Top TierNonprofit: $129/yearAgency: $249/year

Integrations

Email Marketing

activecampaign✓✓
aweber✓✓
brevo✗✓
campaign monitor✓✗
constant contact✓✗
convertkit✗✓
drip✓✗
getresponse✗✓
hubspot✓✗
mailchimp✓✓
mailerlite✗✓

Payment

2checkout✓✗
authorize net✓✗
mollie✓✗
paypal✓✓
square✓✗
stripe✓✓
woocommerce✗✓

CRM

hubspot✓✓
salesforce✓✓
zoho✓✗

Automation

make✓✓
webhooks✗✓
zapier✓✓

Other

debug console✗✓
dropbox✓✗
google sheets✓✓
rest api✓✓
slack✓✗

Pros & Cons

Gravity Forms

Pros

  • ✓Calculated fields built into every plan (no add-on needed)
  • ✓Best-in-class third-party ecosystem (GravityView, Gravity Perks, Gravity Flow)
  • ✓All core form capabilities identical across plans — only add-ons differ
  • ✓Strong REST API and developer hooks
  • ✓Nonprofit pricing ($129/yr for Elite-level) is excellent

Cons

  • ✗No free version or trial — requires upfront payment
  • ✗Most advanced features (signatures, surveys, geolocation, webhooks) require Elite ($259/yr)
  • ✗Third-party ecosystem can make total cost unpredictable
  • ✗No AI form builder
  • ✗Conversational forms only available at Elite tier ($259/yr)
  • ✗Not Gutenberg-native; block merely embeds the classic builder

WS Form

Pros

  • ✓Most feature-complete form plugin in the space — nearly everything is included
  • ✓55+ field types (more than any competitor)
  • ✓Unique Debug Console for developers
  • ✓Exceptional support reputation (incredible support cited by multiple users)
  • ✓High-quality built-in styler for form design

Cons

  • ✗Steeper learning curve than Fluent Forms or WPForms
  • ✗Not Gutenberg-native — uses its own separate builder interface
  • ✗Smaller install base (10K+) may concern some users regarding long-term viability
  • ✗Less community content (tutorials, third-party resources) due to smaller user base

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