Akismet vs Extra Product Options & Add-Ons for WooCommerce
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Extra Product Options & Add-Ons for WooCommerce v7.6.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 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 ($) | Extra Product Options & Add-Ons for WooCommerce (Professional) ($) |
| 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 | Wide range of field types including uploads and associated products; Formula pricing, lookup tables and conditional logic; Compatibility layers for many WooCommerce extensions and currency switchers |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Paid-only plugin with Freemius licensing; Large codebase that hooks deeply into cart and order handling; Option data lives in its own custom post types, tying products to the plugin |
| 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 | Drag and drop option builder ($), Global option forms and templates ($), Math formula pricing ($), Price lookup tables ($), Add other products as options ($), Date and time picker fields ($), Shortcodes to show options and totals ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce ($) |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | WooCommerce Subscriptions ($), WooCommerce Bookings ($), Composite Products ($), Measurement Price Calculator ($), WPML ($), Aelia Currency Switcher ($), WOOCS currency switcher ($) |
| Other | Akismet | Freemius ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4.1 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 9.0 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | api.freemius.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 6 |