Akismet vs Jetpack CRM
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Jetpack CRM v6.8.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 30,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | October 5, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | Jetpack CRM · Jetpack CRM ENTREPRENEUR ($) |
| 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 | Customer data stays on your own WordPress site; Contacts, companies, quotes, invoices and client portal in one plugin; WooCommerce and MailPoet sync modules |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Some tiers and extensions need a paid licence key; WooCommerce and MailPoet sync need those plugins installed |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| 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 | Contacts and companies with REST API, Client portal module, Forms with shortcode and widget, WooCommerce sync module, MailPoet sync module, Upgrade to ENTREPRENEUR prompts in admin, Licence key setting that unlocks support menu and updates ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| — | MailPoet | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | www.google.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 6 |