Akismet vs weMail
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | weMail v2.1.6 · 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 ($) | weMail |
| 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 | Newsletter builder with HTML and plain-text versions; Signup forms by shortcode, block and Elementor; Abandoned-cart emails for WooCommerce |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Subscriber and campaign data live in the vendor cloud; A weMail account is required before use; Plugin sends data to the vendor API |
| 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 | Newsletter campaigns, Signup forms, WooCommerce checkout opt-in, Abandoned-cart recovery emails, CSV import and export, Gutenberg form block, Elementor form action |
| Integrations | ||
| — | weMail API | |
| Analytics | — | Appsero insights |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | WPForms, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Elementor |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | icanhazip.com, api.getwemail.io |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |