Akismet vs Green Popups
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Green Popups v7.56 · 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 ($) | Green Popups ($) |
| 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 | Many popup types with campaign triggers and targeting rules; Connects forms to a long list of email and CRM services; Field analytics and a transactions log for form activity |
| 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 purchase code for updates and licence checks; Very large codebase with many admin screens to learn; Integration coverage depends on each service API staying compatible |
| 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 | Popup campaigns with triggers ($), Targeting rules for popups ($), Popup form builder ($), Link locker shortcode ($), Field analytics for forms ($), Payment transactions log ($), Popup template library ($), Gutenberg block for forms ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe ($), PayPal ($), Mollie ($) |
| — | Mailchimp ($), ConvertKit ($), SendGrid ($), GetResponse ($), AWeber ($), Constant Contact ($), Brevo ($) | |
| CRM | — | Zoho CRM ($), HubSpot ($) |
| Marketing | — | Klaviyo ($) |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | Zapier ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | halfdata.com, api.stripe.com, rest.cleverreach.com, api.sendpulse.com, pay.skrill.com, blockchain.info |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 4 |