People look for a WPForms alternative for one of three reasons: the feature they need sits on a higher plan, the free version takes a share of their payments, or the renewal price jumped after the first year. This guide is for teams, freelancers and agencies weighing a switch. We cover what to compare, what WPForms charges for what, and how long moving your forms really takes.
We make Echo Forms, one of the alternatives. Every WPForms figure below comes from the WPForms pricing page, checked in October 2026.
The short version
- WPForms puts quizzes, surveys, conversational forms and Google Sheets on its Pro plan, at $199.50 a year.
- HubSpot, Salesforce and webhooks need Elite, at $299.50 a year.
- WPForms Lite adds a 3% fee to Stripe payments.
- Echo Forms includes every Signature feature on every plan, from $49.99 a year, and imports WPForms forms.
Why do people leave WPForms?
Mostly because of the tiers. WPForms is easy to use, and many people start on Lite or Basic happily. The trouble comes later, when a form needs one more thing and that thing lives two plans up. Here is where some popular features sit:
| Feature | Lowest WPForms plan | With Echo Forms |
|---|---|---|
| Entries in your dashboard | Basic | Free |
| Google Sheets | Pro | Free |
| Surveys and polls | Pro | Every Signature plan |
| Quizzes | Pro | Every Signature plan |
| Conversational forms | Pro | Every Signature plan |
| Save and resume, form abandonment | Pro | Every Signature plan |
| HubSpot, Salesforce, webhooks | Elite | Every Signature plan |
| Fee on Stripe payments | 3% on Lite | None |
The WPForms plans, at their listed first-year sale prices, are Basic at $49.50, Plus at $99.50, Pro at $199.50 and Elite at $299.50 a year.
What should a WPForms alternative include?
The same ease of use, without the ladder. When you compare, check these five things in each plugin, because they decide whether you will be switching again in a year:
- The plan that has every feature you need, and its renewal price.
- Fees on payments, in the free and paid versions.
- Where entries are stored, so a busy form does not slow your site.
- An importer, so you do not rebuild every form by hand.
- Support from the people who build it.
Can you move your WPForms forms to another plugin?
Yes. We built the importer for exactly this, so our plugin copies forms over from WPForms, and from Gravity Forms, Formidable Forms, Fluent Forms and Contact Form 7. Fields, labels and choices come across, and entries come too wherever the old plugin kept them. WPForms Lite does not keep entries in your dashboard, so on Lite there are no entries to bring.
How to switch from WPForms, step by step
- Install Echo Forms next to WPForms. Both can run at the same time, and the install takes about 2 minutes.
- In Echo Forms, open the forms list and choose to bring a form from another plugin.
- Pick the WPForms forms to copy. Each one opens as an Echo form.
- Check the emails each form sends, then set your spam protection.
- Swap the form on each page, one page at a time, and test it.
- When every page uses the new form, deactivate WPForms.
Most small sites move in under 1 hour. Give each form about 5 minutes after it moves: send a test entry and read both emails. The guide to the forms list covers moving a form in detail.
Is Echo Forms cheaper than WPForms?
For every feature, yes. Echo Forms Signature costs $49.99 a year for one site and includes every feature, while the WPForms plan with every feature, Elite, costs $299.50 a year. For 10 sites, Echo costs $99.99 a year, and the 10, 25 and 100 site plans let a client take over their own license.
Every Echo Signature plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee, so you can move a real form and decide within 14 days.
When should you stay on WPForms?
If your forms only need what your current plan covers, and you are happy with the renewal price, there is no reason to move. A switch costs an afternoon. It pays back when your next form needs a feature that would push you up a tier.
You can compare Free and Signature, see the Echo pricing or try a template live before you decide.
Move your WPForms forms over
Echo Forms copies your forms from WPForms, with their entries when your plan kept them, and every Signature feature starts at $49.99 a year.
