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Difference between webform vs entityform in Drupal 7

Drupal has a lot of modules aimed at helping site builders and users add forms to their sites. What follows is a rough comparison of 2 of them. If there are any I've missed, please add them. Webform Webform is a module designed to allow you to add custom forms to the front-end of your site. Each form is stored against a node, so you add new forms to your site as if you were adding content. It's useful for things like Survey websites or just where you want a couple of forms that differ from the standard contact form. Pros Webform has been around for a long time, its very well established and has a large number of modules that  integrate with it . Webform can make a wide variety of forms with lots of different elements available out of the box. Because Webforms are nodes, they inherit all the functionality that nodes have (scheduled publishing, cloning, access control, etc.). Webforms are lighter-weight and more scalable than entity-based forms. Can handle multiple-p