Akismet vs Gravity Forms Drip Add-On
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms Drip Add-On v2.1.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 500+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | October 23, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | Gravity Forms Drip Add-On |
| 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 | Maps form fields to Drip subscriber data; Can subscribe to campaigns, add tags and record events; Keeps an API log to help with troubleshooting |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Requires a separate Gravity Forms licence; Requires a Drip account and API token |
| 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 | Form field to Drip field mapping, Create or update subscribers, Subscribe to campaigns, Record custom events, Tag subscribers, API request log, Migrate settings and feeds from older version |
| Integrations | ||
| — | Drip | |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Gravity Forms |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 3.0.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.3 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | gravityplus.pro, api.getdrip.com |