Core differences and capabilities

Decision factor	GravityKit	Gravity Perks
Primary focus	Entry management, display, bulk operations, and reporting	Form logic, data collection, and utilities
Product architecture	11 purpose-built plugins + 12 Layouts/Extensions	48+ modular micro-plugins (“perks”)
Certified Gravity Forms Developer	Yes	Yes (Gravity Wiz)
Primary niche	Working with entries after submission, building apps	Enhancing form functionality
Importing & exporting form data	Yes (GravityImport, GravityExport, GravityMigrate)	No
Booking and scheduling	No	Yes (GP Bookings)
Front end entry display and editing	Yes (GravityView, GravityCalendar)	Yes (Entry Blocks)
Data visualization	Yes (GravityCharts	No

Decision factors

Entry display and management

This is where the two suites differ most sharply. GravityKit’s GravityView is a mature, dedicated application builder for displaying entries. It offers multiple preset layouts (Table, List, Map, DataTables), a drag-and-drop View editor, integrated search and filtering, entry approval, and the ability to combine data from multiple forms. For complex directories, portals, or data-heavy applications, GravityView provides infrastructure that’s been refined over a decade.

Gravity Perks’ Entry Blocks takes a different approach by using the native WordPress Block Editor. You build entry displays directly on pages using Gutenberg blocks—Entries Table for tabular data, Entries Loop for card-style layouts. The advantage is design flexibility: you can use any Gutenberg block (Columns, Media & Text, third-party blocks) inside your entry layout. For modern block-theme sites, this feels more natural than a separate admin interface. The trade-off is fewer built-in features; no maps, no entry approval, no multi-form Views.

For more information see GravityView vs GP Entry Blocks.

Form logic and data collection

Gravity Perks dominates this space. While GravityKit’s tools focus on what happens after entries are submitted; Gravity Perks focuses on making the submission process itself more powerful.

For example, GP Populate Anything lets you dynamically fill form fields from posts, users, databases, or APIs, with “live merge tags” that update in real time as users interact. GP Nested Forms allows parent-child entry relationships (e.g., a team registration with individual player entries). GP Advanced Calculations provides spreadsheet-style formulas with server-side validation that prevents client-side tampering.

GravityKit doesn’t compete in this space. These are complementary capabilities, and many professional developers use both suites together—Gravity Perks to build intelligent forms, GravityKit to display and manage the resulting data.

Data visualization and reporting

GravityKit has clear advantages here. GravityCharts creates interactive charts and graphs from form data. GravityCalendar displays entries as events on drag-and-drop calendars. GravityExport automates filtered reports to CSV, Excel, or PDF with delivery to email, Dropbox, or SFTP. These are purpose-built reporting tools with no Gravity Perks equivalent.

Gravity Perks has GP Bookings, which includes calendar views for managing appointments, but it’s a scheduling tool, not a general-purpose data visualization solution. If your project requires charts, visual dashboards, or automated data exports, GravityKit is the only option between the two.

Bulk data operations

GravityKit provides several tools for bulk data operations. GravityImport enables importing CSV data into Gravity Forms with field mapping, validation, and error logging. GravityExport handles automated, filtered exports on a schedule. GravityActions enables bulk updates across hundreds of entries at once.

Gravity Perks has no first-party equivalent for any of these operations. This is an area where the two suites are genuinely complementary rather than competitive.

Modularity and overhead

Gravity Perks’ “one perk, one problem” philosophy means you only activate what you need. Need to rename uploaded files? Activate GP File Renamer. Need to limit word count? Activate GP Word Count. This keeps server load minimal and avoids installing large plugins with unused features.

GravityKit’s plugins are larger and more feature-dense. Each one is a full application (GravityView alone has dozens of settings, extensions, and layout options). This is more powerful but also means you’re carrying more weight even if you only need a fraction of the functionality.

Pricing and cost considerations

Cost factor	GravityKit	Gravity Perks
Entry cost	$99–$119/year (single plugin, single site)	$59/year (1 Perk, 1 site)
Full access	$396/year (All Access — all 11 plugins + all GravityView extensions, 1 site)	$349/year (Pro — unlimited perks, unlimited sites)
Ongoing costs	Annual renewal at same price	Annual renewal at same price
Cost predictability	High — flat annual fee per tier	High — flat annual fee per tier
Cost scaling	Multi-site licenses available; All Access covers 1,000 sites at higher tiers	Pro plan covers unlimited sites
Lifetime license	Yes (typically ~3-4x annual price)	Not available
Refund policy	30-day money-back guarantee	30-day money-back guarantee