Akismet vs Gravity Forms Akismet Add-On
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms Akismet Add-On v1.1.0 · 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 ($) | Gravity Forms Akismet Add-On ($) |
| 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 | Checks each submission with Akismet during submission; Honeypot inputs added to forms; Spam and ham decisions reported back to Akismet |
| 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 an Akismet API key; Needs a Gravity Forms licence key for updates; Replaces the core Gravity Forms Akismet toggle |
| 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 | Akismet spam check during submission ($), Honeypot inputs added to forms ($), Spam and ham decisions reported to Akismet on status change ($), Per-form Akismet enable toggle ($), Maps form fields to Akismet name, email, website, subject and content ($), Note added to entries marked as spam ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Gravity Forms ($) |
| Other | Akismet | Akismet ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | rest.akismet.com |