Comments on: Expensive but Worth It: a Gravity Forms Review

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GPL In Practice: Carl Hancock of Gravity Forms Speaks Out | WPblogger — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:10:17 +0000

[...] haven’t checked out Gravity Forms, you really are missing out. I’ve written up a full Gravity Forms review and give the plugin my highest recommendation. I use it in all of my WordPress projects and the [...]

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:58:59 +0000

The reason I took a look at Gravity Forms is that all submissions get stored in the db and are easily viewed in the admin. For those of us with a ton of email we’re already trying to corral, this feature makes keeping track of submissions a ton easier.

I pass the cost of such software on to my clients. This is functionality worth paying for.

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:05:20 +0000

Chris, there’s no doubt in my mind that Gravity Forms is a “game changer” and it opens up a LOT of new ideas and possibilities. In fact, I think it may just be the answer I’ve been looking for on another site so it may be time to upgrade already

By: Chris Burbridge

Chris Burbridge — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:15:04 +0000

Thanks for your review, Ben!

I would be interested in how it compares with cforms, which I have had someone rave about. That being said, I am not a “nobody should ever charge money for something” kinda guy!

The ability to submit guest posts automatically, with admin moderation–now that’s brilliant. That’s actually a game-changer, thinking outside the box. Now, I think that’s a type of area where a premium plugin developer would want to think — along with having to make things really nice and friendly — they would really want to think of ways, like this feature, that make the plugin special.

That feature could streamline the process of getting guest content.

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:44:08 +0000

Carl, thanks for stopping in!

I LOVE the additions you made in version 1.1 and can’t wait for the other things you’ve got in store.

I can definitely see why you don’t consider most of the form plugins out there to be your competitors but in the WordPress environment, you guys are at the high end of the scale for sure.

Like I said, I’ll probably end up upgrading to the developer license at some point, but I think you’ll definitely be combating sticker shock among most prospects.

In the end though, I think my title sums it up well. Expensive (for a WordPress product) but worth it.

Cheers mate!

By: Carl Hancock

Carl Hancock — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:34:02 +0000

Thanks for the review! We are glad that you enjoy the plugin and understand the possible issues some may have with the pricing structure.

We put a lot of thought into the pricing structure. One of the things we considered is the competition. This may surprise some of you, but we don’t consider cforms or Contact Form 7 to be our competition.

Our competition is Wufoo, FormSpring, Icebrrg and MachForms among others.

Each of these is a paid product, most are hosted so you don’t even get the code. Wufoo, FormSpring and Icebrrg have a monthly subscription fee attached to them and you never own the product. MachForms is a PHP application that you download.

Not only does our pricing compare favorably with our competition, we offer something they don’t… WordPress integration.

Thanks again for the review, we are just getting started and have many more features we plan on incorporating into Gravity Forms in the future.

It’s only going to get better!