10 Best NEX-Forms Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
NEX-Forms has 6,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to NEX-Forms
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Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI
4.9 (375) 90,000+ active installsAI form builder for WordPress. Build contact forms, payment forms, quiz, survey & conversational forms with built-in AI or drag & drop builder.
Shares the form builder tag on WordPress.org. About 15 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.1, last updated 25 days ago.
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4.7 (92) 6,000+ active installsContact Form Builder with drag-and-drop editor to create responsive, mobile ready contact forms in a second. Custom fields and contact form templates
Shares the contact forms tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.1, last updated 4 days ago.
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OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA)
4.9 (49) 6,000+ active installsProtect your forms from spam with 99.9% accuracy - no CAPTCHA, no JavaScript, no tracking. Trusted by 3.5M+ websites.
Shares the contact forms tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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Maspik – Multi-Layer Spam Protection
4.7 (87) 30,000+ active installsMulti-layer spam protection for forms, comments and WooCommerce. No CAPTCHA, no puzzles — accurate blocking that works out of the box.
Shares the contact forms tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.1, last updated 12 days ago.
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WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder
5.0 (320) 10,000+ active installsContact form builder for WordPress. Create professional, accessible, mobile-friendly forms in minutes without coding.
Shares the form builder tag on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.1, last updated 11 days ago.
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Cool FormKit Lite – Advanced Form Builder for Elementor
4.5 (24) 20,000+ active installsContact form addon for Elementor. Create forms in Elementor Free or extend Elementor Pro forms with conditional logic, country code and extra fields.
Shares the form builder tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Survey Maker
Paid version availableSurvey Maker by AYS
4.8 (78) 5,000+ active installsCreate free online surveys and get your visitors' feedbacks directly on your WordPress website with WordPress Survey Plugin
Shares the form builder tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.1, last updated 4 days ago.
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WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More
4.8 (14,371) 5 million+ active installsThe best WordPress contact form plugin. Drag & Drop form builder to create beautiful contact forms, payment forms, & other custom forms.
Shares the form builder tag on WordPress.org. About 833 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.1, last updated 3 days ago.
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Fluent Forms
Paid version availableFluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder
4.8 (791) 700,000+ active installsGet a fast contact form plugin. Create advanced forms using drag and drop form builder with all smart features.
Shares the form builder tag on WordPress.org. About 117 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.1, last updated 16 days ago.
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MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor
4.7 (504) 600,000+ active installsElementor forms builder to create WordPress forms like contact form, booking form, feedback form, survey form, application form & 40+ form templates.
Shares the form builder tag on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.1, last updated 8 days ago.
Switching from NEX-Forms: common questions
What is the best alternative to NEX-Forms?
Everest Forms is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 90,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which NEX-Forms alternative has the most users?
WPForms, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which NEX-Forms alternative is rated highest?
WS Form, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 320 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these NEX-Forms alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with NEX-Forms score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against NEX-Forms on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Everest Forms is the closest match to NEX-Forms by the data we track, and WPForms has the widest reach with 5 million+ active installs. WPForms shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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