Akismet vs MailerLite - Signup forms (official)
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | MailerLite - Signup forms (official) v1.7.26 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | June 26, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | MailerLite - Signup forms |
| 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 | Embed MailerLite forms with a shortcode, block or widget; Popups and form styling set up in the MailerLite account; Free plugin for existing MailerLite users |
| 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 MailerLite account and API key; Popups and tracking load MailerLite's universal script on the front end; Forms and subscriber data live outside WordPress |
| 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 | Sign-up form shortcode, Gutenberg sign-up form block, Sign-up form widget, Embedded webform editor linked to MailerLite forms, Popups and visitor tracking through MailerLite universal script |
| Integrations | ||
| — | MailerLite | |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 3.0.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.2.5 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.8.2 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | api.mailerlite.com, connect.mailerlite.com, static.mailerlite.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |