Akismet vs Zigaform Calculator
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Zigaform Calculator v7.7.20 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 100+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | August 25, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | ZigaForm Calculator and Cost Estimation Form Builder Lite · ZigaForm Pro ($) |
| 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 | Drag-and-drop builder with formula-based cost totals; Admin entry records for submitted estimates; Offline payment and PayPal settings in the free code |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Conditional logic is marked as a Pro feature; Style customiser pulls font list from the Google Fonts API; Many options and shortcodes, so setup takes time |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 2 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | — | Yes |
| Conditional logic | — | Paid |
| Payments | — | Yes |
| File upload | — | Yes |
| Calculations | — | Yes |
| Entries in admin | — | Yes |
| Spam protection | — | Yes |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| 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 | Formula-based cost totals and summary shortcodes, Offline payment gateway, Google Fonts list for the style customiser, Translation management addon, WooCommerce addon |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA, Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | www.google.com, www.googleapis.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 16 |