AcyMailing vs Akismet
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| Feature | AcyMailing v11.1.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5,000+ | 5M+ |
| Last updated | October 6, 2026 | August 18, 2026 |
| Editions | AcyMailing Starter · AcyMailing Essential ($) · AcyMailing Enterprise ($) | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) |
| Pros | Campaigns, lists and sign-up forms in the admin; Sign-up form shortcode, block and widget; Works with several email sending services | Checks comments and contact form submissions against a shared spam database; Works with Contact Form 7 and Gravity Forms; Stats through a dashboard widget and REST endpoints |
| Cons | Queue, captcha, automations and bounce handling need a paid licence; Automations and bounce handling need the Enterprise level; Sending depends on cron and the chosen mail service | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Newsletter campaigns, Contact lists, Sign-up form shortcode, Sign-up form Gutenberg block, Newsletter archive block and widget, Elementor widgets, Sending queue configuration ($), reCAPTCHA and hCaptcha on forms ($), Automations with triggers ($), Custom subscriber fields ($), Bounce handling mailbox ($) | Checks comments before they are saved, Spam checks for Gravity Forms and Contact Form 7 submissions, Scheduled deletion of old spam and orphaned comment meta, Block statistics dashboard widget, REST endpoints for key, settings and stats, Webhook endpoint for Akismet account updates, Stats ability for the WordPress Abilities API |
| Integrations | ||
| Brevo, Postmark, SendGrid, Mailgun, AcyMailer sending service ($) | — | |
| Plugins | Elementor | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA ($) | Akismet |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.brevo.com, api.postmarkapp.com, api.elasticemail.com, api.mailgun.net, api.eu.mailgun.net, api.sendgrid.com, api.acymailer.com, api.acymailing.com | rest.akismet.com |
| Blocks | 3 | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |