Akismet vs Opinion Stage
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Opinion Stage v19.12.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 6,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | September 11, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | Quiz Maker, Poll Maker & Survey Maker by Opinion Stage |
| 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 | Polls, surveys, quizzes and personality tests from one plugin; Shortcode, block and editor button placement; Optional fly-out widget across 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 Opinion Stage account and external service; Content and lead data live on the vendor service; Front-end scripts load from the vendor server |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 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 | socialpoll shortcode to embed polls and quizzes, os-widget shortcode for surveys and widgets, Gutenberg blocks for poll, survey, trivia and personality, Site-wide fly-out widget (optional), Connect the site to an Opinion Stage account, Editor button that opens the content picker |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | Opinion Stage service, Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | www.opinionstage.com, fonts.googleapis.com |
| Blocks | — | 4 |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |