Akismet vs Zigaform
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Zigaform v7.7.18 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 80+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | August 25, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | ZigaForm Form Builder Lite · ZigaForm Pro ($) |
| 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 a live skin customiser; Wizard forms and stored entries in the admin; Free reCAPTCHA spam protection |
| 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, entry export and form duplication are Pro-only; No payment gateway in the Lite code; Remote reCAPTCHA check needs an external Google service |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 2 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | — | Yes |
| Conditional logic | — | Paid |
| Multi-step forms | — | Yes |
| Payments | — | No |
| File upload | — | Yes |
| Calculations | — | No |
| 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 | Skin customiser with live preview, Wizard forms, Entries stored in the database and managed in the admin, Export of records marked Pro-only ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA, Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 5.4 |
| 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 | — | 7 |