Akismet vs GetSiteControl
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | GetSiteControl v3.0.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | December 19, 2025 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | Getsitecontrol popups |
| 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 | Connects the site to the vendor dashboard with a sign-in flow; Adds the vendor's popup and form script without editing theme files; Small plugin with few settings 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 | Popup content and subscriber data live on the vendor's cloud service; Needs an account on the external dashboard to be useful; Front-end behaviour depends on the vendor's remote script |
| 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 | Loads the vendor popup and form script on the front end, Sign in or sign up to the vendor dashboard from wp-admin, Choose which dashboard site this WordPress site is linked to, Disconnect the site by clearing the stored API key |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | — | Getsitecontrol dashboard |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 3.0.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | dash.getsitecontrol.com |