Views for WPForms has the lower entry cost. It offers a free lite version and paid tiers from $79 per year, and it works with the WPForms license you may already own. GravityView starts at $119 per year and needs a Gravity Forms license on top. What the higher price buys is more layouts (including a native Maps layout), the ability to combine multiple forms in one View, export on every View, entry approval, and a 30-day money-back guarantee, so the right call depends on whether you need that breadth. You can compare the tiers on the GravityView pricing page.

Yes, both can do this. GravityView includes front-end entry editing in its core plugin, so users can update their own entries and you choose which fields are editable. Views for WPForms adds front-end editing on its top Developer tier ($199 per year), either by redirecting the user to the prefilled form or, with its Inline Edit add-on, editing directly in the view. If front-end editing is central to your project, check which tier of each plugin you would need.

Both can, in different ways. Views for WPForms offers a Google Maps widget on its Professional tier and up that plots entries above a table or list, though it also needs the WPForms Geolocation add-on and a Google API key to work. GravityView Pro includes a native Maps layout, with geolocation built in. GravityView’s map is a full layout rather than a widget overlay, but remember it plots Gravity Forms entries, not WPForms ones.

If WPForms already meets your form needs and you only want to display or lightly manage those submissions, adding Views for WPForms is the lower-effort, lower-cost path, since it works with your existing forms. Switching to Gravity Forms and GravityView is worth it when you need more than display: multiple layouts, a native maps layout, views that join several forms, front-end approval, and export on every View, plus room to build directories, portals, and dashboards. It is a bigger change, since you would rebuild your forms in Gravity Forms, so weigh the added capability against the migration effort.

For a searchable directory or a dashboard that pulls from more than one form, GravityView is the better fit. Its Layout Builder, DIY layout, customizable search bar, Maps layout, and Multiple Forms extension let you assemble directories, member portals, and dashboards from Gravity Forms data, including views that join two or more forms. Views for WPForms can present a single form’s entries as a filterable table, list, or DataTable and add a map widget, but each View is tied to one form, so it is aimed at displaying entries rather than building a multi-form application.

GravityView only works with Gravity Forms. It reads the entries Gravity Forms stores and displays them on the front end, so it cannot show WPForms submissions. If your forms live in WPForms and you want to keep them there, Views for WPForms is the tool built for that. If you are open to moving to Gravity Forms, GravityView then opens up a much wider set of layouts and features.

GravityView requires a separate Gravity Forms license; it is not bundled. Gravity Forms starts at $59 per year, so a GravityView setup means paying for both plugins. Views for WPForms works the same way on its side: it needs a paid WPForms license, because the free WPForms Lite tier does not store entries. Either route means paying for a form plugin plus the display plugin on top.

Views for WPForms has a free lite version on WordPress.org that covers a basic table and list of your WPForms entries, with its paid tiers adding search, maps, editing, and a DataTable layout. It still needs a paid WPForms license, though, since WPForms Lite does not store entries. GravityView does not have a free version; it is premium-only, though it is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee if it is not the right fit. So if a no-cost starting point matters most, Views for WPForms is the one with a free tier.