Akismet vs Online Forms — Customizable Payment, Contact, Quiz, Survey Form Builder - Jotform
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Online Forms — Customizable Payment, Contact, Quiz, Survey Form Builder - Jotform v1.4.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 20,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | August 14, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | Online Forms — Customizable Payment, Contact, Quiz, Survey Form Builder - Jotform |
| 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 | Simple shortcode embed using the numeric form ID; Form picker button in the classic editor inserts a chosen form; Forms are edited in Jotform's own builder, not in WordPress |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Form content and submissions live on Jotform, not in WordPress; Front end depends on Jotform scripts and a Jotform account; Admin notice promotes a separate Jotform AI Chatbot plugin |
| 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 | Embed a Jotform form by numeric ID with a shortcode, Form picker button in the classic editor, Form rendered by a Jotform-hosted script tag |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | Jotform |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | www.jotform.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |