Akismet vs Avada Builder
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Avada Builder v3.11.2 · 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 ($) | Avada Builder ($) |
| 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 | Visual drag-and-drop builder with many elements; Forms, maps, Instagram feed and Stripe button included; WooCommerce product and cart elements |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Paid product from ThemeFusion; Some elements call third-party APIs such as Instagram and OpenStreetMap; Form elements can send data to HubSpot and Mailchimp when configured |
| 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 element with entries admin ($), Stripe payment button element ($), Instagram feed element ($), Google Maps and OpenStreetMap elements ($), WooCommerce product, cart and checkout elements ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe ($) |
| — | Mailchimp ($) | |
| CRM | — | HubSpot ($) |
| Social | — | Instagram ($) |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce ($) |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA ($), OpenStreetMap ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | graph.instagram.com, raw.githubusercontent.com, updates.theme-fusion.com, www.google.com, api.twitter.com, nominatim.openstreetmap.org |
| Shortcodes | — | 60 |