Honest comparison
Gravity Tables vs JetEngine.
JetEngine is a dynamic-content engine, custom post types, meta boxes, listings, and its own forms, designed to be assembled inside Elementor or Bricks. Gravity Tables ships editable, exportable tables of Gravity Forms entries. They sit in different layers of the stack and most often coexist rather than compete.
JetEngine builds the data model and dynamic listings. Gravity Tables tables and edits the entries Gravity Forms collected.
Pick Gravity Tables when
- Your data already lives in Gravity Forms entries and you want a tabular, editable surface on top
- You need frontend cell editing with GF's validation pipeline (not a custom field editor)
- You need a totals row that recalculates with active filters
- You need real Excel (.xlsx) and PDF exports of submission data, not a CPT listing
- You need role-gated per-column edits with an audit log
- You don't use Elementor / Bricks, or you want the table to drop into any theme via shortcode
Pick JetEngine when
Crocoblock dynamic-content engine for Elementor / Bricks / Gutenberg
- You're building a custom post-type-driven application (directory, listings, marketplace) and need a full data-model layer
- You're committed to Elementor or Bricks as your page builder and want everything to render through their templating
- You need dynamic listings that combine CPT data, taxonomies, meta boxes, and relations into card grids
- You're designing custom frontend forms tied to CPTs, not Gravity Forms
- You're already deep in the Crocoblock suite (JetSmartFilters, JetBooking, JetSearch, JetReviews) and want consistency
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 | JetEngine |
|---|---|---|
| Source: Gravity Forms entries | Yes | Indirect, via custom integration |
| Source: WordPress CPTs / meta CPTs are JetEngine's native primitive | Via lookup field | Yes |
| Custom post type builder | Yes | |
| Custom meta box / fields builder | Use Gravity Forms fields | Yes |
| Frontend cell editing of entries | Yes | Via Forms addon, on CPT items, not GF entries |
| Bulk row operations (approve / delete / export) | Yes | |
| Totals row with live recalc | Yes | |
| CSV / Excel / PDF export | Native, all three | CSV only, via separate addon |
| Audit log on edits | Yes | |
| Filtering / sorting / search | Yes | Via JetSmartFilters (separate purchase) |
| Mobile card layout | Yes | Built per-listing in Elementor / Bricks |
| Renders without a page builder | Yes | Builder-first (Elementor / Bricks / Gutenberg) |
| Role-based per-column editing | Yes | Per-listing, not per-column |
| Auto-refresh / live polling | Yes | |
| Use both together JetEngine for CPT app shell, Gravity Tables for the GF-entry workspace inside it | Yes | Yes |
| Made by | iSuperCoder | Crocoblock |
| Pricing | $95.88/yr Pro | $43/yr JetEngine alone, $199/yr All-Access |
The bottom line
JetEngine and Gravity Tables almost never solve the same brief. JetEngine's job is "model and display custom data structures inside a page builder". Gravity Tables' job is "operate on Gravity Forms entries as a real, editable, exportable table". On a complex Crocoblock-powered site, they coexist comfortably: JetEngine provides the application shell and CPT-driven listings, Gravity Tables provides the entry-management workspace for any Gravity Form involved.
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 JetEngine for…
…here's how Gravity Tables fits each of these jobs.
- 📊 Business dashboards Surface your KPIs and form-based metrics on a private page. Totals row + filters mean every team gets the slice they need.
- 📦 Inventory tracking A live inventory table that field staff edit from their phones. Stock levels stay accurate without an ERP.
- 🏠 Real estate Property listings with editable status, pricing, and availability. Agents update from their phones in the field.
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
Build an analytics dashboard from your Gravity Forms entries
A 10-minute pattern for turning the data your Gravity Forms already collect into a chart-and-table dashboard. Bar charts, donut charts, totals, and a filtered detail table, all from the same form, no separate BI tool, no JavaScript framework.
Guide
Build a CRM lead dashboard with Gravity Forms and Gravity Tables
Turn the leads landing in Gravity Forms into a real, tabular CRM. Status pipeline, owner assignment, follow-up dates, inline editing, and role-aware exports, without a separate CRM subscription.
Guide
How to set up role-based permissions for Gravity Tables
Restrict who can view, edit, and export a Gravity Tables view based on WordPress roles and capabilities. Server-side enforced, with edge-case handling and recipes.
Guide
Build an inventory tracker with Gravity Forms and Gravity Tables
A complete pattern for tracking stock on a WordPress site. Public catalog, staff workspace, low-stock alerts, multi-location split, restock workflow, all from one Gravity Form, no inventory SaaS subscription.
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