Akismet vs Gravity Forms for Klaviyo
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms for Klaviyo v1.5.2 · 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 ($) | Gravity Forms for Klaviyo ($) |
| 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 | Profile, email list, SMS and custom event sync per feed; Failed or past entries can be resent from the entry screen; Field mapping to Klaviyo profile email, phone and name |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Needs both Klaviyo public and private API keys; Paid add-on; updates go through a CrossPeak licence key; Background sends wait for Action Scheduler to run |
| 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 | Creates or updates Klaviyo profiles from form fields ($), Adds profiles to Klaviyo email lists ($), SMS signup list and SMS consent field ($), Sends a custom Klaviyo event per submission ($), Field map to profile email, phone and name ($), Resend failed or past entries from the entry screen ($), Background sends through Action Scheduler ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | — | Klaviyo ($) |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Gravity Forms ($) |
| Other | Akismet | CrossPeak Software updater ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 4.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | www.crosspeaksoftware.com, a.klaviyo.com |