Akismet vs HubSpot for WordPress
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | HubSpot for WordPress v11.3.75 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 200,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | September 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | HubSpot All-In-One Marketing |
| 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 | Official HubSpot plugin, free to install; Form and meeting blocks in the block editor; Shortcode for embedding HubSpot content |
| 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 HubSpot account to do anything useful; Loads the HubSpot tracking code on public pages; Sends data to HubSpot services by design |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 3 |
| 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 | HubSpot form block in the editor, HubSpot meeting block in the editor, hubspot shortcode for embedding HubSpot content, Serves HubSpot scripts and requests through site paths, Anonymous tracking only after a user gives consent |
| Integrations | ||
| CRM | — | HubSpot |
| Analytics | — | HubSpot tracking code |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Elementor |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | — |
| Blocks | — | 2 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |