Honest comparison
Gravity Tables vs GP Nested Forms.
These solve different problems at different layers. GP Nested Forms is about how an entry is *collected*, child rows inside one parent submission. Gravity Tables is about how entries are *displayed and edited* on the front-end after they exist. Most teams that need either end up using both.
GP Nested Forms shapes the form. Gravity Tables shapes the dashboard. Use both when you need both.
Pick Gravity Tables when
- You need to display entries on the front-end as a table
- You need users to edit existing entries inline
- You need bulk operations across many entries
- You need filters, sorts, exports on the entry collection
- You need a totals row and live recalculation
- Your data is fundamentally a list of separate entries, not a parent-child structure
Pick GP Nested Forms when
Repeater field add-on by Gravity Wiz
- You need a single submission to contain a list of items (e.g., a quote with line items, a project with team members)
- You're collecting repeater data during the form, not after
- Each child item belongs to exactly one parent entry
- You're comfortable with the data model (children stored as JSON in a parent meta field)
- You need conditional logic that depends on child counts
Feature-by-feature
No marketing checkmarks. Real differences.
Some features only one of us has. Some are present in both but implemented differently. We tell you which.
| Feature | Gravity Tables | GP Nested Forms |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend display of entries Nested forms shape collection, not display | Yes | |
| Inline editing of entries | Yes | Re-open form to edit |
| Repeater fields inside one form Use them together if you need both | Yes | |
| Bulk operations on entries | Yes | |
| Filtering / sorting / search | Yes | |
| Export to CSV/Excel/PDF | Yes | CSV (entries-level) |
| Totals row with live recalc | Yes | |
| Parent-child entry data model | Flat entries | Yes |
| Conditional logic on child counts | Display-only | Yes |
| Mobile responsive | Yes | Form-level only |
| Role-based viewing/editing | Yes | GF capability check only |
| Use both together Yes, display nested-form parents in a Gravity Tables view | Yes | Yes |
| Made by | iSuperCoder | Gravity Wiz |
| Pricing | $95.88/yr Pro | Bundled in Gravity Perks $99/yr |
The bottom line
GP Nested Forms is in the form-collection layer. Gravity Tables is in the entry-display layer. They're complementary, not competing, and a Gravity Tables view of nested-form parent entries works exactly as you'd hope, with each parent's child count rendered as a column.
Compiled by someone who has shipped Gravity Forms projects for 7+ years and uses both tools where appropriate. If you want a second opinion on which fits your specific case, email me, I'll tell you straight.
Common use cases
If you're evaluating GP Nested Forms for…
…here's how Gravity Tables fits each of these jobs.
How to actually build it
Step-by-step guides for the common patterns.
If you've decided Gravity Tables is the right fit, these guides cover the patterns most people pick it for. Each has copy-ready shortcodes and the PHP for the custom bits.
Guide
How to build a customer portal with Gravity Forms and Gravity Tables
A complete walkthrough for building a self-serve customer portal on WordPress. Per-user filtering, inline editing, role-aware exports, audit trail, all from one shortcode.
Guide
How to show users only their own Gravity Forms entries
A complete walkthrough for filtering a Gravity Tables view so each logged-in user sees only the entries they submitted, with role permissions and edge-case handling.
Guide
How to add inline editing to Gravity Forms entries
Step-by-step guide to enabling click-to-edit cells on a Gravity Tables view, with validation, role gates, audit trail, and the gotchas that come up in production.
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