Akismet vs Landing Page Builder
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Landing Page Builder v1.5.3.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 8,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | Landing Pages - PluginOps · Landing Pages Premium ($) |
| 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 | Drag-and-drop landing pages and coming-soon pages; Form builder with stored submissions; Mailchimp, GetResponse and Google reCAPTCHA options |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Premium designs need a licence key; Lead data can be sent to third-party services; Large plugin with many admin screens to learn |
| 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 | Drag-and-drop landing page builder, Coming soon and maintenance mode pages, Form submissions stored and listed in admin, Form leads sent to Mailchimp, Google reCAPTCHA verification on forms, Premium designs (licence key required) ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| — | Mailchimp, GetResponse | |
| Marketing | — | Markethero |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | www.google.com, api.markethero.io, kit-free.fontawesome.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |