Formidable Forms vs Quform
Updated 5 Oct 2026. 36 features compared side by side.
Drag-and-drop WordPress form builder with a visual styler, calculators, quizzes and Views for turning entries into directories and listings.
Long-running premium drag-and-drop form builder sold on CodeCanyon for a one-off fee; solid core forms, logic and spam tools, few native integrations.
Choose Formidable Forms if…
- You need Stripe payments and calculations
- You also want PayPal payments and recurring payments
- You want the more complete feature set (98/100 vs 55/100)
- You want to start with a free version
Choose Quform if…
- Developers and budget-conscious site owners who want a solid one-time-purchase form builder for classic forms
Formidable Forms includes 18 features that Quform lacks, including Calculations, Repeater fields and Save and resume. Both include 17 of the 36 features we track. 1 feature is not yet verified for one or both plugins.
At a glance
Feature comparison
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Formidable Forms QuformBuilding14/146/14
Drag-and-drop builder in the free plugin.
Drag-and-drop builder with 19 element types, groups and columns.
Multi-page forms with progress bars on all paid plans.
Multi-page forms are built in.
Show/hide logic is a paid feature from the Basic plan.
Conditional logic for showing fields and routing notifications.
Lite handles basic calculations; advanced math fields need a paid plan.
Not built in; vendor offers a custom JavaScript guide only.
File upload field is included in all paid plans, not Lite.
Enhanced file uploads with progress bar.
Repeater fields included from the Basic plan.
No repeatable fields; docs suggest duplicating groups with logic.
30+ templates free; full library of 300+ on Business and above.
No form template library is described on the product pages.
Drafts for logged-in users on all plans; logged-out drafts need Business.
Not built in; a custom-code guide adds a save-for-later button.
One-question-at-a-time forms from the Business plan.
No one-question-at-a-time mode.
Digital signature add-on included in Business and Elite.
Docs say signature is not built in; workaround uses a third-party script.
Scored and personality quizzes on Business and above.
No quiz scoring features.
Surveys and polls with charts on Business and above.
No survey or poll results tools.
Visual styler for colours, fonts and spacing is available in Lite.
11 themes plus style settings; deeper changes need custom CSS.
AI form generation with monthly credits from Business; more credits on Elite.
Paid Quform AI add-on with monthly credit packages.
Payments4/40/4
Stripe in Lite with a 3% application fee; fee removed on Business+.
No native Stripe; vendor guide uses custom code and a helper plugin.
PayPal Commerce works in Lite; 3% fee applies below Business.
No native PayPal; vendor guide redirects to PayPal via custom code.
Square payments are included in the free Lite plugin.
No Square support.
Subscriptions via Stripe, PayPal Commerce and Square, even in Lite (with fee).
No subscription payments.
Entries & workflow7/73/7
All submissions saved to the database with CSV export.
Entries can be searched, labelled, edited and exported.
Email notifications and autoresponders in the free version.
Unlimited notifications per form with conditional recipients.
Formidable API add-on with webhooks from the Business plan.
Only via the free Zapier add-on, which posts to a Zapier webhook URL.
User registration add-on from the Business plan.
No user registration action.
Front-end post creation included on all paid plans.
Not built in; vendor guide creates posts via custom PHP filter.
Form abandonment tracking captures unfinished entries on Business+.
No abandoned-form capture.
Forms to PDF add-on on Business and Elite.
No PDF generation from entries.
Integrations5/52/5
Mailchimp add-on from the Plus plan.
Free official Mailchimp add-on.
Zapier add-on from the Business plan.
Free official Zapier add-on.
HubSpot integration is Elite-only.
No native HubSpot integration.
Google Sheets add-on from the Business plan.
No native Google Sheets integration.
Salesforce integration is Elite-only.
No native Salesforce integration.
Spam & compliance4/44/4
reCAPTCHA v2 checkbox, invisible and v3 in Lite.
reCAPTCHA v2 checkbox, v2 invisible and v3.
Cloudflare Turnstile supported in the free plugin.
Cloudflare Turnstile is a built-in captcha option.
Invisible honeypot and JavaScript token checks built in.
Honeypot spam protection built in.
Consent fields, option to not store entries and IP tracking controls.
Consent checkbox, option to not store entries, IP logging toggle, entry deletion.
Developer2/22/2
Hooks and filters free; REST API add-on needs Business.
30+ documented PHP hooks such as quform_pre_process.
Gutenberg block for embedding forms.
Quform block inserts a form in the block editor.
Statuses: Yes Pro Add-on Partial 3rd-party No ?
Pricing compared
Formidable Forms Freemium
| Free | $0 |
|---|---|
| Basic | $79 per year, 1 site |
| Plus | $199 per year, 3 sites |
| Business | $399 per year, 7 sites |
| Elite | $599 per year, Unlimited |
Quform Premium
| Regular License | $34 one-off, 1 site |
|---|---|
| Extended License | $169 one-off, 1 site |
Downloads trend
Formidable Forms
37,463 downloads last week
Quform
No WordPress.org download data (premium-only plugin).
Verdict
Formidable Forms scores higher on our feature checklist (98/100 against 55/100) and includes Stripe payments, calculations and PayPal payments that Quform does not. Only Formidable Forms has a free version. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Biggest differences
Formidable Forms: included. Quform: not included. Stripe in Lite with a 3% application fee; fee removed on Business+.
Formidable Forms: partial. Quform: not included. Lite handles basic calculations; advanced math fields need a paid plan.
Formidable Forms: included. Quform: not included. PayPal Commerce works in Lite; 3% fee applies below Business.
Formidable Forms: included. Quform: not included. Subscriptions via Stripe, PayPal Commerce and Square, even in Lite (with fee).
Formidable Forms: paid version (Basic). Quform: not included. Repeater fields included from the Basic plan.
Formidable Forms: paid version (Basic). Quform: not included. Drafts for logged-in users on all plans; logged-out drafts need Business.
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FAQ
Which is better, Formidable Forms or Quform?
Formidable Forms scores higher on our feature checklist (98/100 against 55/100) and includes Stripe payments, calculations and PayPal payments that Quform does not. Only Formidable Forms has a free version. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Which has more features?
Formidable Forms includes 36 of the 36 features we track, against 17 for Quform. Feature count is only part of the picture; check which of the differences matter to you.
Is Formidable Forms free?
Formidable Forms has a free version on WordPress.org. Paid plans start at $79/yr.
Is Quform free?
Quform is premium only. Paid plans start at $34.
Feature data last changed 5 Oct 2026. Spotted something wrong? Suggest an edit to Formidable Forms or Quform. Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no cost to you; it never affects our data or rankings.