Akismet vs Gravity Forms to Brevo Add-On
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Gravity Forms to Brevo Add-On v2.6.0 · 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 ($) | Gravity Forms to Brevo Add-On (free) · Gravity Forms to Brevo Add-On ($) |
| 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 | One feed per form with field-to-attribute mapping; Adds contacts to one or more Brevo lists; Optional double opt-in with a Brevo template |
| 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 Gravity Forms and a Brevo account; Updates and licence checks go through the vendor site; Only covers creating and updating contacts, not campaigns |
| 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 | One Brevo feed per Gravity Forms form ($), Map form fields to Brevo attributes ($), Add contacts to selected Brevo lists ($), Double opt-in with a Brevo template and redirect ($), E.164 phone number validation on form submit ($), Brevo sync details shown on the entry screen ($), Update the Brevo contact when a partial entry changes ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | — | Brevo ($) |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Gravity Forms ($) |
| Other | Akismet | WP connect licence server ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | wpconnect.co, api.sendinblue.com |