Akismet vs Gravity Forms Partial Entries Add-On
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms Partial Entries Add-On v1.8.2 · 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 ($) | Gravity Forms Partial Entries Add-On ($) |
| 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 | Partial entries saved and resumed with a save and continue link; Progress tracked as all fields or required fields only; Partial entries filterable in the entries list |
| 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; Has to be switched on per form; Gains little on short forms |
| 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 | Enable partial entries per form ($), Progress as all fields or required fields ($), Save and continue token and URL ($), Warning message setting ($), Partial entries filter and columns in the entries list ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Gravity Forms ($) |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | — |