Akismet vs Gravity Forms Gutenberg Add-On (Experimental)
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms Gutenberg Add-On (Experimental) v1.0-rc-1.4 · 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 ($) | Gravity Forms Gutenberg Add-On (Experimental) ($) |
| 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 | Gravity Forms block to place a chosen form in the editor; Mailchimp signup block processed through the Mailchimp feed; Mailchimp connection can be made from the block editor |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Marked experimental by its author; Mailchimp block needs the Mailchimp add-on connected; Needs a Gravity Forms licence key for updates |
| 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 | Block that places a chosen Gravity Form in content ($), Mailchimp signup block ($), Mailchimp authentication from the block editor ($), Loads Mailchimp audience lists into the block ($), Generic mailing list block ($), Block editor scripts and styles ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| — | Mailchimp ($) | |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Gravity Forms ($) |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | — |
| Blocks | — | 2 |