Akismet vs Avada Core
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Avada Core v5.11.2 · 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 ($) | Avada Core ($) |
| 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 | Portfolio, FAQ and slider content types; Contact form element with reCAPTCHA; Slider export and import tool |
| 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; Built to work next to Avada Builder; Pulls language files from a GitHub repository |
| 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 | Portfolio content type and element ($), FAQ content type and element ($), Avada slider with export and import ($), Contact form with reCAPTCHA settings ($), Privacy policy element ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Polylang ($) |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA ($) |
| 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 | raw.githubusercontent.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 5 |