Akismet vs FunnelKit Automations Pro
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | FunnelKit Automations Pro v3.8.5 · 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 ($) | FunnelKit Automations Pro ($) |
| 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 | Triggers and merge tags for WooCommerce Subscriptions and LearnDash; SMS sending through Twilio; Stripe upsell offer links and Zapier actions |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Requires the free FunnelKit Automations plugin; Licence key needed for updates; Usage data is collected without an opt-in check |
| 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 | SMS sending through Twilio ($), Hosted transactional email templates ($), Email delivery and bounce webhooks ($), Stripe upsell offer recovery links ($), LearnDash triggers and merge tags ($), Zapier integration actions ($), Merge tags for third-party form and CRM data ($), Licence activation and automatic updates ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe ($) |
| — | Amazon SES ($) | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce ($) |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | LearnDash ($), WPForms ($) |
| Other | Akismet | Twilio ($), Zapier ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Yes |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | api.twilio.com, app.getautonami.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 60 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |