Ninja Forms vs Quform (2026)

Ninja Forms
★4.4600,000+
vs
Quform
★4.7N/A

Quick Verdict

Choose Ninja Forms if...

WordPress users who want a free core and only need to pay for specific features as they grow.

Choose Quform if...

Developers who prefer a one-time payment model and need a reliable, well-coded form builder without subscription overhead.

Feature Comparison

FeatureNinja FormsQuform
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

PlanNinja FormsQuform
Free Version✓Free✗
Starting Price$99/year$34 one-time
Top TierElite: $499/yearExtended License: $169

Integrations

Email Marketing

activecampaign✓✓
aweber✓✓
campaign monitor✓✗
constant contact✓✓
getresponse✗✓
mailchimp✓✓

Payment

paypal✓✗
stripe✓✗

CRM

hubspot✓✓
salesforce✓✗
zoho✓✗

Automation

make✓✗
webhooks✗✓
zapier✓✓

Other

google sheets✓✓
slack✓✗
twilio✓✗

Pros & Cons

Ninja Forms

Pros

  • ✓Free core plugin with genuinely useful features (calculated fields included free)
  • ✓Calculated fields available in the free version — unlike most competitors
  • ✓Modular add-on model lets you pay only for what you need
  • ✓Good developer extensibility with hooks and filters
  • ✓Easy drag-and-drop interface suitable for beginners

Cons

  • ✗Add-on model gets expensive quickly if you need multiple features
  • ✗Not Gutenberg-native (uses its own drag-and-drop builder)
  • ✗No conversational forms or signatures
  • ✗Heavy first-party scripts compared to Fluent Forms
  • ✗Renewal pricing after first-year discount is a common complaint

Quform

Pros

  • ✓One-time payment model ($34) — no annual subscription renewal
  • ✓Clean, developer-friendly codebase
  • ✓Conditional logic, multi-step forms, and file uploads included
  • ✓Good CodeCanyon rating (4.7) and long track record
  • ✓hCaptcha and Cloudflare Turnstile support

Cons

  • ✗No free version or trial
  • ✗Sold through Envato/CodeCanyon — outside standard WordPress plugin ecosystem
  • ✗No calculated fields, payments, partial entries, or user registration
  • ✗No signatures or quizzes
  • ✗Updates may slow if ThemeCatcher development priorities change

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