# Formidable Forms review (2026): is the free plan enough? > WordPress form builder that also displays entries as Views Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Formidable Forms is a WordPress plugin for building forms, calculators, surveys and quizzes, and for showing submitted entries back on the site through its Views feature. A free edition is on WordPress.org, and the paid yearly plans differ in templates, payment fees, integrations and the number of sites. - **Category:** Forms & Surveys - **Made by:** Strategy11, LLC - **Website:** https://formidableforms.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you don't run WordPress, as there is no hosted version. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Formidable Forms has a free plan, and paid plans start at $79 per year for 1 site, after a first year at $39.50. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free plugin on WordPress.org with form building, templates and Stripe and PayPal payments (a transaction fee applies without a Pro license). - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $79 per year for 1 site, full price after first year | 100+ templates, file uploads, multi-page forms, repeaters, conditional logic and calculations. First year $39.50. | | Plus | $199 per year for 3 sites, full price after first year | Adds Views (grid, table, calendar), Mailchimp, AWeber and ConvertKit connections and graphs. First year $99.50. | | Business | $399 per year for 7 sites, full price after first year | Adds surveys, quizzes, digital signatures, forms to PDF, user registration and no payment fee. First year $199.50. | | Elite | $599 per year for unlimited sites, full price after first year | Adds Salesforce, HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, WooCommerce, white labeling and multisite. First year $299.50. | Read from https://formidableforms.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Formidable Forms before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **50% off the first year of any paid plan** (Other savings): Introductory pricing shown on the pricing page takes 50% off the first year: Basic $39.50, Plus $99.50, Business $199.50, Elite $299.50. Renewals are at full price. Source: https://formidableforms.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **Views of entries:** Views show stored entries on the site as grids, tables, calendars or timelines, so a form can feed a directory or listing page. They start at the Plus plan. - **Payment forms:** Stripe and PayPal one-time and recurring payments, with ACH, Klarna and others through Stripe. A 3% fee applies on Basic and Plus and is removed on Business. - **Logic, calculations and multi-page forms:** Conditional logic, calculations, repeaters, file uploads and multi-page forms are on the paid plans, starting with Basic. - **Surveys, quizzes and signatures:** The Business plan adds survey fields such as NPS and Likert, scored quizzes, digital signatures and PDF generation. - **AI forms:** An AI form builder creates forms from a description. Paid plans include a monthly AI request allowance, from 1,000 on Business to 3,000 on Elite. - **Integrations:** Email marketing starts at Plus, and CRM connections such as Salesforce and HubSpot are on Elite. ## Good for - WordPress sites that need entries shown back as directories or listings - Calculators and quote forms with conditional logic - Agencies that want white labeling and unlimited sites on Elite ## Worth knowing - It runs only inside WordPress and has no hosted version. - Introductory prices are for the first year; the vendor says renewals are at full price. - Surveys, quizzes, signatures and PDFs need the Business plan at $399 a year. - A license that lapses loses support, updates and the ability to edit premium fields already used in forms. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Formidable Forms is a WordPress form builder that can also display collected entries on the page as Views. Prices are a first-year discount on $79 a year, and surveys, quizzes and signatures wait on Business at $399 a year. - **Value for money: B.** Basic is $79 a year for one site, about $6.60 a month, but surveys, quizzes, signatures and PDFs sit on Business at $399 a year, about $33 a month. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The free plugin on WordPress.org builds forms from templates and takes Stripe and PayPal payments, with a transaction fee until you hold a Pro license. - **Features: B.** Views, payments, logic, calculations, multi-page forms and AI forms. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core work. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build forms inside the WordPress admin. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, inside WordPress, with Stripe, PayPal, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, Salesforce, HubSpot, WooCommerce and Authorize.net. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Formidable Forms's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among form and survey tools - Formidable Forms's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 50 of the 60 other form and survey tools we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 43 of 60) and worst on ease of use (C, above 3). - Its paid plans start at $6.58 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $19.50 for the category: 5 of the 51 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/forms ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Formidable Forms you could make: forms, surveys and templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 50 of the 60 other form and survey tools we grade. It costs $79 a year. - You could make: Forms, surveys and templates: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Databases with views, filters and links between them. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, PayPal and Mailchimp among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Stripe, PayPal, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, Salesforce, HubSpot, WooCommerce, Authorize.net **Tags:** Forms, Surveys, Databases, AI features, Templates ## Alternatives - [WPForms](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wpforms): Drag-and-drop form builder plugin for WordPress sites. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formidable-forms-vs-wpforms) - [Gravity Forms](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gravity-forms): WordPress form builder plugin sold as a yearly license. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formidable-forms-vs-gravity-forms) - [Ninja Forms](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ninja-forms): WordPress form builder with a free core and paid add-ons. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formidable-forms-vs-ninja-forms) - [Fluent Forms](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fluent-forms): WordPress form plugin with annual and lifetime licenses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fluent-forms-vs-formidable-forms) - [Jotform](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jotform): No-code form builder with payments, e-signatures and workflows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formidable-forms-vs-jotform) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://formidableforms.com/pricing/ - https://formidableforms.com - https://formidableforms.com/about/ - https://wordpress.org/plugins/formidable/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/formidable-forms Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).