Gravity Perks Address Autocomplete: worth it for serious Gravity Forms sites

Gravity Perks Address Autocomplete is a useful add-on, not an automatic buy. It adds Google-powered address suggestions to Gravity Forms Address fields, then fills the structured address components after a visitor selects a result. It also includes a Map field for showing a location or route and a Travel Estimate field that can calculate distance, travel time, or both between two addresses. That makes it more capable than a basic autocomplete-only extension.

The strongest use case is a serious Gravity Forms site where address data affects what happens next. A delivery business can calculate travel distance, a service company can route inquiries by location, and a booking form can show a map while collecting a validated-looking address. The results can also be used through Gravity Forms merge tags in calculations, notifications, dynamic population, and other workflows. The add-on supports U.S., Canadian, and international address formats, and country restrictions can be configured globally.

Setup is straightforward inside Gravity Forms once Google is configured: enter the API key under Forms > Settings > Autocomplete, then enable Google Address Autocomplete on each Address field. The annoying part is everything before that. Gravity Wiz’s current documentation requires a billing-enabled Google Cloud project and enabling the Places API, Maps JavaScript API, and Routes API. Google provides a monthly credit, and the documentation estimates that around 10,000 autocomplete sessions may fit within the $200 credit, but usage still needs monitoring and the key should be restricted to approved website domains.

There are also practical limitations. The Google API allows a maximum of five included countries but cannot exclude individual countries, and it cannot filter suggestions by state. The same Gravity Form should not be embedded more than once on a page, including in popups, because that can break autocomplete. On iOS, the Google interface relies on the HTML dialog element, which requires iOS 15.4 or newer. Gravity Wiz also documents that Australian unit numbers may not be captured correctly without a custom snippet, while U.S. ZIP codes default to ZIP+4 rather than only five digits. Those are manageable issues, but they matter on forms with strict address requirements.

Value depends heavily on your existing Gravity Forms license. Gravity Perks Basic currently costs $59 per year for one perk on one site, while Advanced costs $169 for three perks on three sites and Pro costs $299 for unlimited perks and sites. If you only need autocomplete, the Basic plan is reasonable for a client site that benefits from the smoother entry experience. However, Gravity Forms’ own Geolocation add-on already includes address autocomplete, location capture, and map display with Elite and Nonprofit licenses. In that situation, buying this perk mainly makes sense for its route estimates, Gravity Wiz’s implementation, or access to the wider Gravity Perks ecosystem.

Compared with the official Gravity Forms Geolocation add-on, this product is more attractive to users who want a focused Gravity Wiz workflow and travel calculations without moving to an Elite license. Compared with cheaper standalone Gravity Forms autocomplete plugins, it offers better documentation, deeper Gravity Forms integration, maps, routes, snippets, and established support, but it costs more and still relies on the same Google APIs. Buy it when address data is central to your form workflow; skip it when autocomplete is the only requirement and an existing Gravity Forms license already covers the job.