Akismet vs GFChart
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | GFChart v2.0.0 · 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 ($) | GFChart ($) |
| 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 | Four chart types: pie, bar, calculation and progress bar; Charts placed with a shortcode or a Gutenberg block; Reads live Gravity Forms entry data with filters |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Requires Gravity Forms to be installed and active; Needs a licence key for updates and support; Charts depend on entry data and filters set per chart |
| 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 | Pie chart from a form field ($), Bar chart from a form field ($), Calculation chart (sum and counts) ($), Progress bar chart ($), Gutenberg block for charts ($), Shortcode for charts ($), Charts exported and imported with forms ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Gravity Forms ($) |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | gfchart.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |