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Freeform offers you the most reliable and battle-tested form building solution available! It's packed with powerful and convenient features, allowing you and/or your clients to build forms effortlessly! There's no doubt Freeform will win hands down in any comparison to other form plugins, but sometimes the site you're working on doesn't need all the features of Freeform, or is on a tighter budget. For this scenario, we've built the Express Forms plugin.

The chart below will help you easily compare the following plugins to determine which solution is the best for your needs:

  • Craft - Craft Contact Form
  • XF Lite - Express Forms Lite
  • XF Pro - Express Forms Pro
  • FF Lite - Freeform Lite
  • FF Pro - Freeform Pro

Pricing & Support

Craft XF Lite XF Pro

FF Lite

FF Pro

Cost Free Free $49 $99 $149
Renewal (optional) N/A Free $$29/yr $49/yr $79/yr
Craft Compatibility 3.0+ 3.1+ 3.1+ 3.4+ 3.4+
Support Options GitHub Issues Helpdesk,
GitHub Issues
Helpdesk,
GitHub Issues
Helpdesk,
GitHub Issues
Helpdesk,
GitHub Issues
Support Level
† Typical support ticket first response time within this timeframe or sooner, based on business days.
N/A 3-5 days† 2 days† 1-2 days† 1-2 days†

Forms

Form Builder
Simplified

Simplified

Premium

Premium
Unlimited forms
GDPR compliant
Multi-page forms
Save & continue form later
Multi-column layouts (automated)
Built-in AJAX
Conditional Rules logic
Attach forms to entries
Build User registration forms
Custom statuses

Fields

Unlimited fields
Field types
Basic

Basic

Basic

Basic+

Premium
⎼ Text
⎼ Textarea
⎼ Email
⎼ Number
⎼ Checkbox
⎼ Checkboxes
Options type

Options type
⎼ Radios
Options or
Text
 type

Options or
Text
 type
⎼ File upload
⎼ File upload Drag & Drop
⎼ Hidden
⎼ Select
Options or
Text
 type

Options or
Text
 type
⎼ Multi-select
Options type

Options type
⎼ Dynamic recipients
⎼ Date & time
⎼ Phone
⎼ Table
⎼ Rating
⎼ Opinion Scale
⎼ Signature
⎼ Invisible
⎼ Regex
⎼ Website
⎼ HTML block
⎼ Rich Text block
⎼ Confirm
⎼ Password
Populate fields with Element data
Manually

Manually

Manually
Populate fields with Predefined options
Populate fields from URI query string
Set field attributes inside form builder
Set required fields & validation
Inline error handling for all fields

Email Notifications

Unlimited email notifications and template choices
⎼ to Admin
⎼ to Submitter
⎼ to User-defined email
⎼ Dynamic Admin recipient(s)
⎼ Dynamic at Template level
Email notifications saved as HTML files
HTML Email body
Text Email body
Include Reply-to, CC and BCC
Attach predefined Assets/files to be included
Retroactively resend email notifications
Email Alert (notify of failed email notifications)

Submissions

Save submissions to database
View, edit and delete submissions
Display submissions on front end
Edit submissions on front end
Limit form to 1 submission per user
Limit number of submissions per form
Map submission data to Craft Elements
Relate submissions to Craft Elements
Automatically purge submission data

Exporting

Export submission data
CSV

Excel, CSV,
XML, JSON

CSV

Excel, CSV,
XML, JSON, Text
Export profiles (pre-configured)
Export email notifications

Spam Protection

Built-in Honeypot
Javascript Enhancement for Honeypot
Spam folder
Spam keyword/email blocking
reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox
reCAPTCHA v2 Invisible
reCAPTCHA v3
hCaptcha Checkbox
hCaptcha Invisible

Templating

Automated templating
Demo templates
Popular framework examples
Formatting templates as HTML files

Integrations

CRM API integrations
⎼ Salesforce Lead
⎼ Salesforce Opportunity
⎼ Pardot
⎼ HubSpot
⎼ ActiveCampaign
⎼ Pipedrive Deals
⎼ Pipedrive Leads
⎼ Zoho Lead
⎼ Zoho Deal
⎼ Infusionsoft
⎼ Insightly
⎼ SharpSpring
⎼ Freshdesk (helpdesk)
Email Marketing integrations
⎼ Mailchimp
⎼ Campaign Monitor
⎼ Constant Contact
⎼ ActiveCampaign
⎼ dotmailer
⎼ Craft Campaign plugin
Webhooks
Slack
Zapier
Generic
POST Forwarding
GraphQL
Accept Payments (Stripe)

Usability

CP Permission controls
Basic

Basic

Premium

Premium
Dashboard widgets
1 widget

5 widgets
Translatable
Rename plugin

Developer

Developer-friendly
Extensive

Extensive
Developer events
Extensive

Extensive

*NOTE: Several features not available natively to these form solutions are likely possible with custom development.