Choose VuloForm if…
✓ You want to start free and not manage licence renewals.
✓ Your forms need logic, steps, calculations, uploads or webhooks, not a long list of integrations.
✓ You want submissions and files to stay on your own site with no external connections.
Choose Gravity Forms if…
• You are building complex, client-facing forms and want a mature, paid, supported product.
• You want its add-on ecosystem and developer reputation.
• A yearly licence is a normal cost of doing business for you.
Feature comparison
| Free version includes | VuloForm Free | Gravity Forms No free version |
|---|---|---|
| Free version | ✓ |
–Paid only, from $59/yr |
| Drag-and-drop builder | ✓ |
$ PaidBasic |
| Submissions saved in your WordPress database | ✓ |
$ PaidBasic |
| Export submissions to CSV | ✓ |
$ PaidBasic |
| Conditional logic Show, hide or require fields based on other answers | ✓Re-checked on your server |
$ PaidBasic |
| Multi-step forms | ✓ |
$ PaidBasic |
| Calculations | ✓Re-computed on your server |
$ PaidBasic |
| File uploads | ✓Type-checked, random names |
$ PaidBasic |
| Webhooks | ✓Signed, retried, logged |
$ PaidElite |
| Payments | –Not built in |
+ Add-onPaid add-ons |
Price
Gravity Forms starts at $59/yr and the Elite plan with webhooks is $259/yr. VuloForm is free.
Gravity Forms · Elite: $259/yr. The Webhooks add-on needs an Elite licence.
Price and licences
Gravity Forms is sold only as a paid product. Plans start from $59 a year. The cheapest plan that includes the Webhooks add-on, together with the other essentials we compared, is Elite at $259 a year per our October 2026 check.
VuloForm is a single free, GPL-licensed plugin. There is nothing to renew and no site count to track.
Features compared
Gravity Forms is a deep product with a large catalogue of add-ons. Its paid plans cover conditional logic, multi-step forms, calculations, file uploads and more, with the level of the plan deciding which add-ons you get.
VuloForm covers the same five essentials in one free plugin: conditional logic, multi-step forms, calculations, file uploads and webhooks. It stops there by design. It has no built-in payments, and you connect other tools through webhooks rather than dedicated add-ons.
Data ownership and privacy
Both keep entries in your WordPress site. VuloForm goes further on being self-contained: it does not contact any external service on its own, has no telemetry, and does not store visitor IP addresses unless you enable it.
Where Gravity Forms is stronger
Gravity Forms has a long track record, a broad add-on catalogue, and strong appeal for agencies and developers who value its extensibility. VuloForm is new, and lacks both the depth of integrations and the years of community knowledge.
How the cost compares across all plugins
Yearly price to get all five essentials on one site
Conditional logic, multi-step forms, calculations, file uploads and webhooks — cheapest plan that has them all, as shown on each pricing page in October 2026. Hover a bar for the plan.
Several vendors show a first-year discount; where the page states a renewal price it’s in the tooltip. Prices in USD, excluding tax.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free version of Gravity Forms?
No. Gravity Forms is paid only, with plans from $59 a year.
What is the closest free alternative to Gravity Forms?
VuloForm and Forminator both put conditional logic, multi-step forms, calculations, file uploads and webhooks in a free plugin. VuloForm has no payments; Forminator does.
Will VuloForm replace Gravity Forms add-ons?
Not one for one. VuloForm offers webhooks to connect external tools but not the breadth of dedicated add-ons.
Compare with other plugins
Facts checked 10 October 2026 against each vendor’s own pricing page and WordPress.org listing; columns describe the free version. Plans and prices change, so check before you buy. Product names are trademarks of their owners; this page isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by them. Sources: Gravity Forms pricing, Gravity Forms features.
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