Form Vibes vs Gravity Forms (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Form Vibes grades higher than Gravity Forms: 2.6 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
Form Vibes grades higher on value for money and the free plan. Gravity Forms grades higher on 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.
Form Vibes
WordPress plugin that stores and exports form submissions
Gravity Forms
WordPress form builder plugin sold as a yearly license
Which one is for you
Pick Form Vibes if
- Fits if your forms are in Elementor or another plugin and you want entries saved
- Works for sites that need a submissions dashboard inside WordPress
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a form builder, as this stores submissions only
- Tight if you export a lot, since the free plugin stops at 1,000 entries
- Watch out: editing, notes, status, Google Sheets export and the front-end table are Pro
- Watch out: without renewal an annual plan reverts to free features, though saved data stays
- Watch out: it runs only inside WordPress
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
| 2.6GPAForm VibesGood | 2.0GPAGravity FormsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | APersonal is $49 a year for one site, about $4 a month, under 60% of the forms category's cheaper quarter ($8.25). It only covers submissions, not forms. | 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 | BThe free plugin captures submissions, shows analytics and exports up to 1,000 entries. | 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 | DIt stores and reports on submissions. The form must come from Elementor, WPForms or another plugin. | 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. Install it next to the form plugin you already use. | 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 eight listed integrations. | 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 | keeping and exporting WordPress form submissions | 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: Form Vibes and Gravity Forms. How we grade
Price against what you get
Form Vibes starts at $4.08 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.0 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.
Gravity Forms scores higher, and starts $0.84 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other form and survey tools on the chart, 4 score higher than Form Vibes 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
- Form Vibes can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Form Vibes also covers reports.
- Gravity Forms also covers templates and surveys.
At a glance
| Form Vibes | Gravity Forms | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $49 per year for 1 site | $59 per year |
| Free plan | Free plugin on WordPress.org: capture and delete submissions, analytics, a dashboard widget and export of up to 1,000 entries. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | WPVibes | Rocketgenius Inc. |
| Price read from | formvibes.com | gravityforms.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Form Vibes
- It stores and reports on submissions; the form itself must come from another plugin such as Elementor or WPForms.
- It runs only inside WordPress; there is no hosted or standalone version.
- Editing, notes, status, Google Sheets export and the frontend table are Pro only, as is export beyond 1,000 entries.
- Without renewal, an annual plan reverts to the free feature set, though saved data stays in the database.
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
Form Vibes
- Submissions in your own database
- Saves every entry to the WordPress database, so data survives email delivery failures, with a table you can search and filter.
- Submission analytics
- Line and bar charts show daily, weekly and monthly submissions, with a dashboard widget for the totals.
- Export
- Exports to CSV, up to 1,000 entries on the free plan. Pro adds unlimited and selective export, saved export profiles and Google Sheets export.
- Editing and status
- Pro lets you edit submitted values, add private notes and mark entries as read, unread or spam.
- Frontend display
- Pro shows a submissions table or counter on a public page through a shortcode or an Elementor widget.
- Role manager
- Pro assigns access to each Form Vibes feature by WordPress user role.
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
Form Vibes
Personal$49
per year for 1 site
All Pro features, 1 year of support and updates. A one-time lifetime version of this plan is $149.
Business$99
per year for 3 sites
All Pro features on 3 sites, with 1 year of support and updates. Lifetime version is $249 once.
Unlimited$199
per year for unlimited sites
All Pro features on unlimited sites, with 1 year of support and updates. Lifetime version is $399 once.
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
Form Vibes
- Lifetime license
Lifetime plans
Personal is $149, Business $249 and Unlimited $399 as a one-time payment, with lifetime support and updates, per 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, Form Vibes or Gravity Forms?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Form Vibes is cheaper to start with: $4.08 a month when paid by the year, against $4.92 a month when paid by the year for Gravity Forms. Form Vibes starts at $49 per year for 1 site, and Gravity Forms starts at $59 per year.
Which has a free plan, Form Vibes or Gravity Forms?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Form Vibes 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.