Formidable Forms Reviews & Product Details

Formidable Pro is the perfect tool for developers like me. It allows me to customize (just about) every aspect of the form elements. The VIEWS functionality is just a fantastic tool to get complex behaviours in a reasonable budget. Getting functional requirements from agencies can cause costs to skyrocket but with Formidable Pro I get to come in under budget, and still deliver a great project. Support is always quick and very helpful.

Some clients are intimidated byt he cost, but once I explain that savings they will get by avoiding custom development they understand the complex functionality they get 'out of the box'. It would be helpful to have an integrated PDF printer.

Using the VIEWS functionality I solved complex programming requirements. My clients benefited from complex solutions that don't break the bank. Additionally we solved picky requirments with the ability for fine-grained tuning of CSS, and javascript. We needed to create a mini-website based on answers from a form. Using VIEWS we accomplished all requirments. The project also required some javascript calculations which we can easily add to the forms. One client also required a sophiticated dashboard for a manager to view the forms submitted by each employee, Formidable pro comes with a customizable attractive solution out of the box.

Two of the biggest things I like about Formidable Forms is the ability to have "views" built it without third party plugins and the ability to edit the HTML of fields - this is especially helpful if converting from Contact Form & where there was some custom layouts

I have been using Formidable Forms since 2011 and as such have an older license that does not include all the plugins which sometime creates limitations.

I have been able to use Formidable Forms to create an online registration system where I have a database of attendees and I can do a lookup by company and then select from the reps from that company. It makes registration very simple and didn't have to build a custom solution.

Formidable is super user friendly (we have numerous staff that design forms now who are not web designers) and at the same time can go deeper with custom HTML, conditional logic, custom CSS, math calculations, etc... The builder is drag and drop easy, results are emailed, exported as CSV, displayed on pages, or whatever you need. It's amazing! I've now used this plugin on dozens of sites over the years and never once have I regretted it. It always works, always stands up to the project's needs, and the support has been amazing when rarely needed to be called on. Seriously, they are the best support team I've seen for any plugin I've ever seen. Super responsive and super helpful.

The only issue (if I had to pick one) would be that they no longer offer pro plans for a flat fee as it is now a yearly fee, but that's totally justifiable as they need an ongoing income stream to support their business. There are great examples of other code and things you can do on their website, but with so many people using this plugin, it seems like a community site would be cool to share ideas, examples, builds, etc if you want to really build a community of users. This would be different than a chat based site like their Slack channel, rather a forum.

I've made basic feedback/contact us forms, product question forms, live event voting forms, association dues payment forms, job application forms, personality tests, and more. This has been an excellent tool.

There is much to like about Formidable Forms. From the drag and drop interface to the many developer hooks for creating your own custom features, this tool suits the needs for absolute beginners to the most advanced developer and everyone in between. With Formidable, you can create posts and, If you have the Pro version, it integrates nicely with ACF. There's also an add-on that will allow you to build custom WooCommerce Forms. Other features include: Display Form Data with Views Multi Page Form with Progress Bar WordPress Front End Editor Create a Graph and Chart Form Data Cascading Lookup Fields Powerful Calculated Fields Conditional logic Formidable just works and works very well. The support team is highly responsive and the end users that volunteer on the community forum are gracious and wonderful.

There's not much to dislike about Formidable. On rare occasions, the developers have released upgrades that have caused problems, but these instances are few and far between.

There are many business problems I've solved using Formidable. For example, I've built complete web applications for a University and a Federal Government website. A estate planning lawyer asked for a form to calculate key probate actions and due dates. I have forms for project intake, new client on-boarding, and many other requirements. If you can envision it in a form, you can build it with Formidable.

Support for free (Lite) and Pro users is prompt and efficient.

Tutorials on YouTube are too quick to follow.

Wide range of templates save time and effort.

Most features of any form plugin on WP. You can biuld full web apps using just formidable forms.

they don't market themselves particularly well!

Builidng a full ecommerce web app - it's the backbone of everything

The level of customization and support is super nice.

It requires a little effort to get around some things. But the support and their documentation made them easy to navigate still.

Application entry collection for my business.

Really complete form plugin, flexible and easy to use.

It's a little expensive for small shops and individual use. When updates are released, sometimes it may become unstable or even cause conflicts with other plugins.

I am using it to build a complete membership portal and few online survey to collect data to publish on benchmark charts.

A lot of features and function. Easy to install and use. You can build a lot of kind of form and request. You can also sell ticket with a lot of gateway integration.

Some versions are too expensive related to little project or website. There in nothing to say about support or security or performance. Maybe they could sell to a low price with single use.

Collect information, newsletters, sell tickets

The multitude of options is endless, and they keep coming up with new ones. Despite the complexity, the interface is simple and easy to handle, and the support is amazing. Very good documentation too.

Price keeps going up. I've been using Formidable Forms for years, but am starting to reconsider it due to continuous price increases.

I use it for any kind of front-end user posting, form entries, and submissions. I've built sales interfaces, catalogs, complex multipage forms with uploads, and entire customer-facing management systems. I love the fact that it allows me to create front-end customer pages where they can review and edit all their submissions. It has complex field calculations, which makes it great for price calculations, and date management/calendar display options to build online event calendars as well. With many hooks, it's easy to customize further and work with other plugins.