Akismet vs ElementsKit Pro
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | ElementsKit Pro v4.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | — |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | ElementsKit Pro ($) |
| 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 | Advanced search widget with its own REST route; Visual effects such as particles and parallax; Google Sheets action for Elementor Pro forms |
| 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 a licence key to receive updates and support; Licence check contacts the vendor API; Google Sheets action signs in through Google OAuth |
| 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 | Advanced search widget with REST handler ($), Particles visual effect ($), Google Sheets action for Elementor Pro forms ($), Licence activation and status check ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | — | Google Sheets ($) |
| Social | — | Dribbble ($), X/Twitter ($) |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Elementor ($) |
| Other | Akismet | Zoom ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | www.googleapis.com, accounts.google.com, api.twitter.com, vimeo.com, api.dribbble.com, api.zoom.us, api.wpmet.com, account.wpmet.com |