Akismet vs Bit Integrations
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Bit Integrations v2.10.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 20,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | October 12, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | Bit Integrations · Bit Integrations Pro ($) |
| Pros | 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 | Connects forms, shops and many CRMs and mailing services; Flows are set up in an admin screen without code |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Some features need the paid Pro add-on; Each connected service adds external API calls to monitor |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 | Flows that link a trigger to actions, REST routes for the admin app, WooCommerce triggers and actions, HubSpot CRM records, Weekly log cleanup, Routes gated by the Pro add-on ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| CRM | — | HubSpot, Salesforce |
| Marketing | — | ActiveCampaign, Mailchimp, Klaviyo |
| Storage | — | Google Sheets |
| Social | — | Slack, Telegram, Discord |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | Notion, Twilio, Zapier |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | api.capsulecrm.com, acumbamail.com, api.notion.com, api.pipedrive.com, api.encharge.io, api.surecart.com, api.omnisend.com, my.insightly.app, graph.facebook.com, api.line.me, discord.com, api.telegram.org, cloudapi.mailercloud.com, slack.com, api.trello.com, api.moosend.com, rest.gohighlevel.com, a.klaviyo.com, api.getresponse.com, fabman.io, api.mailbluster.com, api.sendinblue.com, api.monday.com, api.heffl.com, api.getgist.com, api.vbout.com, api.selzy.com, api.sender.net, api.sendfox.com, api.cc.email |
| Custom tables | — | 3 |