Akismet vs Quiz and Survey Master
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Quiz and Survey Master v11.2.9 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 40,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | October 23, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | Quiz and Survey Master · QSM premium add-ons (licence activated) ($) |
| 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 | Many question types with scored results; Block editor and shortcode placement; Optional reCAPTCHA on submissions |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Advanced features and integrations are paid add-ons; Admin interface has many screens; Some promotional add-on pages appear in the admin |
| 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 | Many question types, including file upload, polar and opt-in, Quiz custom post type and category taxonomy, Quiz shortcodes, Block editor blocks for quizzes, REST API for quizzes, questions and results, Google reCAPTCHA on quiz submission, Add-on licence activation ($), Usage tracking that asks the admin first |
| Integrations | ||
| — | Mailchimp ($) | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce ($) |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | WPML |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 5.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | quizandsurveymaster.com, data.quizandsurveymaster.com, api.github.com, www.google.com |
| Blocks | — | 5 |
| Shortcodes | — | 5 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |