Akismet vs OOPSpam
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | OOPSpam v1.2.88 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 6,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | October 23, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | oopspam Anti-Spam · oopspam API plans ($) |
| 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 | Background spam checks with no captcha; Works with WooCommerce and many form plugins; Spam and ham logs kept on the site |
| 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 an oopspam API key and a plan once the free calls run out; Each submission is sent to the oopspam API; IP location lookups use a third-party geolocation service |
| 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 | Background spam check for comments and forms, Spam and ham entry logs in admin, Scheduled cleanup of old log entries, Setup wizard |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Formidable Forms, Forminator, Elementor Pro Forms, BuddyPress |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | reallyfreegeoip.org, api.oopspam.com |