Akismet vs WPForms Zapier
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | WPForms Zapier v1.8.0 · 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 ($) | WPForms Zapier ($) |
| 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 | Sends submissions to any Zapier webhook URL set per form; Several Zaps can be attached to one form; Field values are formatted into a single delimited string when needed |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Needs a Zapier account and a Zap built on the other side; Updates need a WPForms licence key; Sends submission data to a third party, so check privacy terms |
| 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 | Send each submission to Zapier webhook URLs set per form ($), Connect a Zap from the WPForms builder ($), Format multi-value fields with a delimiter for Zapier ($), Zapier section in the form builder sidebar ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | Zapier ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | cdn.zapier.com |