Akismet vs Gravity Forms ActiveCampaign Add-On
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms ActiveCampaign Add-On v2.2.0 · 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 ($) | Gravity Forms ActiveCampaign Add-On ($) |
| 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 | Maps form fields to contact and custom fields per feed; Adds list membership, tags and notes per contact; Double opt-in form and instant responder options |
| 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 a Gravity Forms licence key for updates; Needs your own ActiveCampaign API URL and API key; Only covers what the feed maps; other ActiveCampaign data is not synced |
| 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 | Map form fields to contact and custom fields ($), Add contacts to an ActiveCampaign list ($), Tags and notes per contact ($), Double opt-in form selection ($), Instant responders and last broadcast options ($), Conditional logic on feeds ($), Create ActiveCampaign custom fields from the add-on ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| CRM | — | ActiveCampaign ($) |
| 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 | — |