Extra Product Options Builder for WooCommerce vs Akismet
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| Feature | Extra Product Options Builder for WooCommerce v1.2.179 · 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 | 1,000+ | 5M+ |
| Last updated | October 15, 2026 | August 18, 2026 |
| Editions | Extra Product Options Builder for WooCommerce · Premium version (product name not stated in code) ($) | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) |
| Pros | Many field types in the free edition; Conditional show/hide rules between fields; Optional AI helper for building formulas | 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 | Some field types only in the premium edition; AI features send prompts to external AI services | 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 | — | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Registry of built-in field types, Signature field, Google Maps address picker field, AI formula generator for the admin, Global product options page under WooCommerce | 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 | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Polylang, WPML | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack |
| Other | Anthropic Claude API, DeepSeek API, Google Gemini API, Google Maps static map | Akismet |
| Requires WordPress | 3.3 | 5.8 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.3 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.anthropic.com, api.deepseek.com, generativelanguage.googleapis.com, maps.googleapis.com | rest.akismet.com |