Bit Form vs Gravity Forms (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Bit Form grades higher than Gravity Forms: 3.0 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Bit Form grades higher on value for money, the free plan and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Bit Form
Lightweight WordPress form builder with a free edition
Gravity Forms
WordPress form builder plugin sold as a yearly license
Which one is for you
Pick Bit Form if
- Fits if you run WordPress and want a free form plugin with logic and multi-step
- Works for agencies, as Agency is $79 a year for unlimited sites
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you do not use WordPress, as there is no hosted version
- Watch out: the pricing page shows each plan as a discount from a crossed-out price with a countdown
- Watch out: annual plans cover 1 year of support and updates, then you renew
- Watch out: Bit Apps also sells a $1,249 lifetime bundle of six products
Pick Gravity Forms if
- Fits if you run WordPress and want form entries kept on your own site
- Works for agencies building forms across many client sites on the $259 Elite license
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you don't have a self-hosted WordPress site or a WordPress.com Business plan, since it's only a plugin
- Skip it if you want to try before paying, as there's no free version or trial, only an online demo
- Pricey if you need Stripe, PayPal or Zapier ($159 Pro) or surveys, quizzes, signatures and webhooks ($259 Elite)
- Tight if you have more than one site, as Basic covers 1 site and Pro 3
- Watch out: asking for a refund within the 30 days switches the license off at once
How we grade them
| 3.0GPABit FormVery good | 2.0GPAGravity FormsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AStarter is $25 a year for one site, about $2 a month, under 60% of the forms category's cheaper quarter ($8.25). The page shows it as a discount. | BGraded against its alternatives. Basic is $59 a year for one site with unlimited forms and entries, a fraction of what hosted builders like Jotform or Typeform charge. Stripe and PayPal need Pro at $159 a year, and you need a WordPress site and hosting to run it on. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree edition with unlimited forms and submissions, multi-step forms, conditional logic, templates and reCAPTCHA. It needs a WordPress site to run on. | FNothing free and no trial, just an online demo. There are refunds within 30 days, but asking for one switches the license off at once, and a refund isn't a trial anyway. |
| Features | BBuilder, multi-step and conversational forms, calculations, payments, PDF, entries and front-end editing. Nothing in the listing shows a gap. | C30+ field types, conditional logic, multi-page forms, calculations, payments and, on Elite, surveys, quizzes, polls and signatures. The gap is the listing's own: it only runs as a WordPress plugin, so without a WordPress site it does nothing. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You build forms inside WordPress. | CNo rating on record. Fields are dragged into place inside WordPress, but first you need a self-hosted WordPress site or a WordPress.com Business plan, then the plugin and its add-ons installed, then each form built. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWordPress only, with five listed integrations and webhooks. | BIt runs in the browser inside WordPress and connects to Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mailchimp, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zapier and Slack, with a REST API and 500+ hooks for developers. No desktop or phone app of its own. |
| Best for | a WordPress form builder with a free edition | forms on your own WordPress site |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Bit Form and Gravity Forms. How we grade
Price against what you get
Bit Form starts at $2.08 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Gravity Forms starts at $4.92 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3.
Bit Form scores higher and starts $2.84 a month lower. Of the other form and survey tools on the chart, none scores higher than Bit Form for less, and 3 score higher than Gravity Forms for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Bit Form can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Bit Form also covers workflow automation.
- Gravity Forms also covers surveys.
At a glance
| Bit Form | Gravity Forms | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $25 per year for 1 site, at the displayed discounted price | $59 per year |
| Free plan | Free edition on WordPress.org with unlimited forms and submissions, multi-step forms, conditional logic, templates, email notifications and reCAPTCHA. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Bit Apps | Rocketgenius Inc. |
| Price read from | bit-form.com | gravityforms.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Bit Form
- It runs only inside WordPress; there is no hosted or standalone version.
- The pricing page shows each plan as a discount from a crossed-out price and carries a countdown, so the figures may change.
- Annual plans cover 1 year of support and updates; lifetime plans cover support and updates for life.
- Bit Apps also sells a separate lifetime bundle of six of its products for $1249.
Gravity Forms
- It runs only as a WordPress plugin, so you need a self-hosted WordPress site, or a WordPress.com Business plan with a custom domain.
- There is no free version and no trial; the vendor offers an online demo instead.
- Stripe, PayPal and Zapier need Pro, and surveys, quizzes, signatures, user registration and webhooks need the $259 Elite license.
- Refunds are given within 30 days of a payment, and requesting one deactivates the license immediately.
Key features
Bit Form
- Drag-and-drop builder
- Build responsive forms with 50+ field types, form templates and a custom style editor.
- Multi-step and conversational forms
- Multi-step forms and conditional logic are in the free edition; conversational forms and landing pages are in the paid plans.
- Calculations and payments
- Paid plans list advanced calculation, a currency field and payment integrations for order and booking forms.
- PDF and email output
- Sends email notifications and can attach PDFs or generate a PDF from a submission in the paid plans.
- Entries and front-end CRUD
- Paid plans list partial form submission, analytics and front-end create, read, update and delete of entries.
- Integrations and webhooks
- Connects to other services through integrations and webhooks, and offers an API plus action hooks for developers.
Gravity Forms
- Drag-and-drop builder
- Build forms inside WordPress from 30+ field types, a template library and layouts of up to four columns per row, then embed them on any page.
- Conditional logic and multi-page forms
- Show or hide fields, sections and pages based on answers, split long forms into pages, and route notification emails by what was submitted.
- Calculations and payments
- Fields can be calculated from a formula. The Stripe, PayPal Checkout and Square add-ons, which handle subscriptions, need Pro; discount codes need Elite.
- Surveys, quizzes and polls
- Elite adds add-ons for surveys, graded quizzes, polls, signatures, partial entries from abandoned forms and conversational one-question-at-a-time forms.
- Entries stored on your own site
- Entries and uploaded files are saved to your WordPress database and server, with unlimited forms and entries, CSV export and tools for handling personal data and consent.
- REST API and hooks
- A REST API, 500+ actions and filters and an add-on framework let developers build their own integrations; the Webhooks add-on needs Elite.
Plans
Bit Form
Starter (Annual)$25
per year for 1 site
All features for 1 site with 1 year of support and updates. Shown as 35% off a crossed-out $39.
Agency (Annual)$79
per year for unlimited sites
All features on unlimited sites with 1 year of support and updates. Shown as 40% off a crossed-out $132.
Starter (Lifetime)$99
one-time, for 1 site
All features for 1 site with lifetime support and updates. Shown as 25% off a crossed-out $132.
Agency (Lifetime)$169
one-time, for unlimited sites
All features on unlimited sites with lifetime support and updates. Shown as 74% off a crossed-out $665.
Gravity Forms
Basic$59
per year
1 site, standard support, and the Basic add-ons for email marketing tools such as Mailchimp, HubSpot and ActiveCampaign, plus reCAPTCHA and Akismet.
Pro$159
per year
3 sites and standard support. Adds the Pro add-ons, including Stripe, PayPal Checkout, Square, Zapier, Slack, Dropbox and Trello.
Elite$259
per year
Unlimited sites, WordPress Multisite, priority support and every add-on, including surveys, quizzes, polls, signatures, user registration and webhooks.
Ways to pay less
Bit Form
- Lifetime license
Lifetime licenses
Lifetime Starter is $99 and Lifetime Agency is $169, paid once, as shown on the pricing page.
Gravity Forms
- Nonprofit
Nonprofit License at $129 a year
Registered nonprofits can apply for a $129-a-year license covering 3 sites with add-ons such as Stripe, PayPal, Survey and User Registration. It renews at the same price.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Bit Form or Gravity Forms?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Bit Form is cheaper to start with: $2.08 a month when paid by the year, against $4.92 a month when paid by the year for Gravity Forms. Bit Form starts at $25 per year for 1 site, at the displayed discounted price, and Gravity Forms starts at $59 per year.
Which has a free plan, Bit Form or Gravity Forms?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Bit Form has a free plan. Gravity Forms does not.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.