Gravity Forms is a paid form builder plugin for WordPress. Businesses and developers use it for contact forms, surveys, payments and multi-step forms with entry management. If you only need part of it, you can get a focused plugin built for your own site and pay once.
Gravity Forms: $59 a year for one site (Basic).
Your own plugin on Pluginora: from $9 once, with 5 free changes. Try it first for $1.
What Gravity Forms does
- Drag-and-drop form editor
- Conditional logic
- Entry management and notifications
- Multi-page forms and file uploads
- Payment and marketing add-ons on higher plans
- Developer hooks and API
Free version: No.
What you can build instead
A Pluginora plugin does one job for your site. For Gravity Forms, that could be:
- One fixed contact or quote form
- Email submissions to a set address
- Save entries to a simple admin list
A small custom plugin would not replace a general form builder with a visual editor, add-on ecosystem and payments.
Related plugins you can build:
Cost over 3 years
| Gravity Forms | Your own plugin | |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $59 | From $9 |
| Year 2 | $59 | $0 |
| Year 3 | $59 | $0 |
| 3-year total | $177 | From $9 |
When Gravity Forms is the better choice
- You build many different forms and need conditional logic and entries
- You need payment, CRM or marketing add-ons
- You want a mature form plugin with long-running support and developer hooks
When your own plugin makes more sense
- You use one or two of its features, not the whole package.
- You would rather pay once than renew every year.
- You want it to work exactly the way your site needs, and to change it on request.
How to get your own
- Describe it. For example: “Create a quote request form with name, email, service dropdown and message that emails me and saves each request in the admin.”
- See the plan and price. Ora replies with what it will build and a fixed price. Nothing is built until you approve.
- Try it for $1. Test it on a practice site for 7 days, then keep it and pay the rest once.
Questions
Is there a free alternative to Gravity Forms?
There is no free version of Gravity Forms. Free plugins from other makers may cover part of it. A Pluginora plugin costs from $9 once and does exactly the job you describe.
How much does Gravity Forms cost?
It costs $59 a year for one site (Basic), as listed on gravityforms.com on 20 October 2026. 1 site, per year; no discount shown. Prices change, so check their pricing page.
Will my own plugin do everything Gravity Forms does?
No. A small custom plugin would not replace a general form builder with a visual editor, add-on ecosystem and payments. It does the focused job you describe, built for your site.
Does Pluginora copy Gravity Forms?
No. Ora builds a new plugin from your description. It does not copy any code, text or design from Gravity Forms or any other product.
Can I try it before I pay the full price?
Yes. For $1, Ora builds your plugin and you test it on a private practice site for 7 days, with 2 changes. If you keep it, the $1 comes off the price.
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