Akismet vs Request a Quote for WooCommerce
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Request a Quote for WooCommerce v2.7.3 · 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 ($) | Request a Quote for WooCommerce |
| 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 | Quote basket and request form instead of checkout for chosen products; Rules control which products and customers see quote buttons; Quote emails to the customer and admin, plus PDF quotes |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Quote-covered products cannot be bought directly; Optional Google reCAPTCHA loads Google scripts on the form; Compatibility with other B2B and pricing plugins needs checking |
| 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 | Quote basket and quote request flow, Custom quote form fields, Rules for quote buttons by product or customer, Quote emails to customer and admin, PDF quote templates, Mini quote shortcode, REST API for rules and quotes, Optional Google reCAPTCHA on the quote form, B2B and wholesale compatibility layers |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | WooCommerce Product Add-Ons |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | www.google.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |