Akismet vs Pipe Video Recorder
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Pipe Video Recorder v1.5.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | — |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | Pipe Video Recorder |
| Pros | Checks comments and contact form submissions against a shared spam database; Works with Contact Form 7 and Gravity Forms; Stats through a dashboard widget and REST endpoints | Visitors record video from the browser with a shortcode; Playback shortcode for recorded videos; Recorded videos listed in the admin |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Needs an AddPipe account, which is a paid service; Readme last tested to WordPress 4.9; Video files are hosted outside the site |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Checks comments before they are saved, Spam checks for Gravity Forms and Contact Form 7 submissions, Scheduled deletion of old spam and orphaned comment meta, Block statistics dashboard widget, REST endpoints for key, settings and stats, Webhook endpoint for Akismet account updates, Stats ability for the WordPress Abilities API | Video recorder shortcode, Video playback shortcode, Recorded videos list in the admin, Webhook that receives finished videos, Shortcode generator in the admin, Video length and quality settings, Own tables for video records and shortcodes |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | AddPipe ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 3.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 4.9 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | s1.addpipe.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |
| Custom tables | — | 2 |