Akismet vs Easy Cloudflare Turnstile
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Easy Cloudflare Turnstile v2.3.12 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | June 3, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | Easy Spam Filter |
| 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 | Protects core login, registration and comment forms; Covers Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms and WooCommerce forms; Free, with no paid edition in this 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 | Needs Cloudflare Turnstile keys from a Cloudflare account; Loads Cloudflare scripts on protected pages; Usage tracking through Appsero is offered, and off until switched on |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| 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 | Turnstile on login, registration and password reset forms, Turnstile in Contact Form 7 forms, easy_cloudflare_turnstile shortcode for manual placement, Settings screen for Turnstile keys and placement, Server-side verification of Turnstile responses |
| Integrations | ||
| — | Mailchimp | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Elementor, Jetpack, WPUF, wpDiscuz |
| Other | Akismet | Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | icanhazip.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.appsero.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |