Formstack vs Gravity Forms
We give Formstack a 2.2 GPA and Gravity Forms a 2.0, out of 4.0. Formstack grades higher on the free plan and features. Gravity Forms grades higher on value for money. 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.
Formstack
No-code forms with document generation and eSignatures
Gravity Forms
WordPress form builder plugin sold as a yearly license
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAFormstackFair | 2.0GPAGravity FormsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$83 a month paid yearly is past the $74 where this category's dearest tenth starts, and it buys 1 builder user, 25 forms and 1,000 submissions per form. Documents and e-signatures mean Suite at $250, ten times the $24 middle. | 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 | CNo free plan at all. What you get is a 14-day trial of Forms that needs no credit card, and after that it's a paid plan or nothing. | FNothing free and no trial, just an online demo. There are refunds within 30 days, but asking for one switches the licence off at once, and a refund isn't a trial anyway. |
| Features | BIt covers the whole job and the paperwork after it: a no-code builder with an AI draft, prefilled and SSO-powered links, group approvals, step logic and conditional routing, then generated documents and unlimited e-signatures with no per-envelope fee on Suite. | CPlenty for forms: 30+ 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 store rating on record, and this is a platform to configure rather than a thing to open: forms to build, approval steps and routing to lay out. The AI builder drafting a form is the quickest way in. | CNo rating on record. Dragging fields around inside WordPress is friendly, 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 | BWeb with a solid integration list: Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe, PayPal, Airtable, Amazon S3 and Microsoft Dynamics. No phone or desktop apps, and API access is listed under Enterprise only. | 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 | forms, documents and signatures from one vendor | 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: Formstack and Gravity Forms. How we grade
Price against what you get
Formstack starts at $83 a month 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.
Formstack scores higher, and starts $78.08 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other form and survey tools on the chart, 5 score higher than Formstack for less, and none scores 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
- Formstack starts at $83 per month, paid annually ($99 billed monthly). Gravity Forms starts at $59 per year.
- Formstack also covers workflow automation and no-code.
- Gravity Forms also covers surveys.
At a glance
| Formstack | Gravity Forms | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | $83 per month, paid annually ($99 billed monthly) | $59 per year |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Forms, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Intellistack, LLC | Rocketgenius Inc. |
| Price read from | formstack.com | gravityforms.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Formstack
- Organizations that want forms, generated documents and eSignatures from one vendor
- Salesforce teams that want forms managed inside their org
- Approval processes that route each submission through several reviewers
Gravity Forms
- WordPress site owners who want forms and entries kept on their own site
- Agencies that build forms across many client sites
- Payment, registration and order forms with calculated totals
Worth knowing
Formstack
- There is no free plan; the entry price is $83 per month paid annually after a 14-day trial.
- The Forms plan includes one builder user, 25 forms and 1,000 submissions per form.
- Document generation and eSignatures come with the Suite plan, not the Forms plan.
- HIPAA compliance is listed as an add-on, and SSO and custom SLAs under Enterprise.
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
Formstack
- No-code form builder
- Formstack Forms builds custom online forms without code and styles them with an organization's logos, colors and themes.
- AI form creation
- An AI-powered builder drafts a form, so users do not have to start from a blank page or add every field by hand.
- Form prefill
- Send prefilled links, or use SSO-powered prefill to populate information that is already known about the person completing the form.
- Approvals and step logic
- Group approvals, step logic and conditional routing move a submission through the people who need to review it.
- Documents and Sign
- The Suite plan generates documents from collected data, with 250 document deliveries a month, and includes unlimited eSignatures with no per-envelope fee.
- Forms for Salesforce
- A separate Salesforce-native product whose forms are built and managed inside a Salesforce org. It is sold with custom pricing.
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
Formstack
Forms$83
per month, paid annually ($99 billed monthly)
1 builder user, 25 forms, 1,000 submissions per form and 2 GB of storage.
Suite$250
per month, paid annually ($299 billed monthly)
Forms, Documents and Sign: 3 builder users, 100 forms, 5,000 submissions per form, 10 GB, 250 document deliveries a month and unlimited eSignatures.
Salesforce SolutionsCustom
Salesforce-native forms with document generation and eSignature, Experience Cloud integration and Salesforce Shield compatibility.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited users and submissions, SSO and advanced security, custom SLAs, API access and a dedicated Customer Success Manager.
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
Formstack
- Annual discount
Save 2 months with annual plans
Forms is $83 per month paid annually versus $99 on monthly billing, and Suite is $250 versus $299. The pricing page describes the saving as 2 months.
- Nonprofit
25% nonprofit discount
Formstack gives 25% off to 501(c)(3) organizations and comparable registered charities abroad. Educational and governmental institutions are not eligible.
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.
