A Fluent Forms alternative is worth a look if you run many sites, want no fee on free-version payments, or prefer plans priced by site count with nothing held back. Fluent Forms is a fast, well-liked builder, and like Echo it puts all features in every paid plan. This guide is for teams and agencies comparing the two before buying or renewing. We compare prices from Fluent’s own page, the fee on free payments, features and moving forms, in about 10 minutes of reading.
We make Echo Forms, so we keep to facts you can check, and Fluent Forms is a good product.
The short version
- Fluent’s yearly plans: $55 for 1 site, $111 for 5, $209 for unlimited, first year.
- Renewals are $79, $159 and $299; lifetime plans are also offered.
- Fluent’s free version charges a 1.9% fee on Stripe payments.
- Echo is 0% on every plan, and its 10 site plan is $99.99 a year.
How does Fluent Forms pricing compare?
From Fluent Forms’ pricing page at the time of writing, and Echo’s own plans:
| Sites | Fluent Forms, first year | Fluent renewal | Echo Forms Signature |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $55 | $79 | $49.99 |
| 5 | $111 | $159 | $99.99, for 10 sites |
| 25 | $209, unlimited | $299 | $199.99 |
| 100 | $209, unlimited | $299 | $299.99 |
| Lifetime | From $279 for 1 site | None | Not offered |
For an agency with 6 to 10 sites, Echo’s Freelancer plan at $99.99 covers what would need Fluent’s unlimited plan. For 100 or more sites, Fluent’s unlimited plan is the better deal, because its price stops growing with your site count. See Echo pricing for every plan.
What about the fees on free payments?
Fluent Forms’ free version takes Stripe payments with a 1.9% fee, as described in its own documentation, removed with a paid license. Echo Forms takes 0% on every plan, free or paid, so a free site taking $2,000 a month in deposits keeps the $38 a month that a 1.9% fee would take. Card processors still charge their own fees either way.
How do the features compare?
Both put every feature in every paid plan, both have conditional logic, multi-step forms, payments, quizzes and conversational forms. Echo’s own strengths include 12 finished designs, a QR code on every form, no fee on free payments, and a one-click move from Fluent with its entries. Fluent has a longer track record and a large community. Fluent Forms vs Echo often comes down to price per site and the details of each builder, so try both on one real form instead of reading feature lists.
How to move from Fluent Forms, step by step
- Install Echo Forms, and keep Fluent Forms switched on while you move.
- On Echo Forms > Forms, open Move a form from another plugin.
- Pick a Fluent form and tick With its entries.
- Press Move this form, then look over the new form’s fields and logic.
- Reconnect payments and integrations under Connections.
- Swap the form on your pages; press Bring new entries if the old one kept taking entries.
Entries keep the day they were sent, and no emails go out for them. The forms list guide shows the screen.
Who should stay on Fluent Forms?
Agencies with 100 or more sites on the unlimited plan, anyone who bought a lifetime license, and teams relying on a Fluent-only integration. Everyone else can compare the renewal for their site count. A Fluent Forms alternative is easiest to judge on one form: move it in about 10 minutes, run it for 14 days, and decide.
Every feature on every plan
Echo Forms is free with no fee on payments; Signature is from $49.99 a year for 1 site or $99.99 for 10.
