Akismet vs WooCommerce Product Add-Ons
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce Product Add-Ons v8.4.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free 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 ($) | WooCommerce Product Add-Ons |
| 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 | Checkbox, radio, select, custom text, file upload and date picker options; Global add-on groups reused across products; Per-option fees, with Stripe and PayPal compatibility modules |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Options only; not a full product configurator; Each extension needs its own compatibility check after updates; Option display depends on the theme template files |
| 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 | Checkbox, radio, select, custom text and textarea options, Date picker option, Global add-on groups reused across products, Per-option price types, WooCommerce Store API support for add-ons, Abilities API definitions for reading product add-ons, Opt-in usage tracking through the WooCommerce tracker |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe, PayPal |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | — |