akismet.com
Akismet
Who runs Akismet, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest spam filtering service alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- oopspam.com
Measured from Akismet’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Akismet01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Akismet
Akismet akismet.com
Say goodbye to spam with Akismet – the ultimate spam protection used by millions of websites. Sign up today and never worry about spam again!
Wikidata: company
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Akismet tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
tracker that follows visitors
6 of the 20 alternatives below have fewer, 7 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 1 tool
Advertising and retargeting
Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Akismet
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Akismet, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
oopspam: Automate your Spam and Fraud Detection
Prevent spam and fraud before they impact your business. High accuracy. Zero data compromise.
Very close - 02
CleanTalk
Website security platform with anti-spam, and uptime monitoring. Plugins, API, and online blocklists supported.
Very close - 03
Rspamd — Email Security System
Rspamd is an email-security engine that stops phishing, business email compromise, malware, and spam for enterprises, ESPs, and hosting providers. Open-source detection core with premium support and SLAs.
Very close - 04
#1 in audience engagement and community growth | Disqus
More publishers trust us to engage, grow, and understand their audiences than any other. Build your on-site community with Disqus.
Very close - 05
Automattic – Making the web a better place
We are passionate about making the web a better place. 20 years: explore the Automattic timeline or take a literary jaunt with Year Without Pants. WordPress.com Your blog or websitehas a (free!) home on the web.Your story, your way. Beeper Tower of Babelfragmented messaging woesyou need a Beeper. Tumblr Where your interestsconnect you to your people,one post…
Very close - 06
HYVOR® - Independent Software Foundry
Privacy-first website tools, crafted with care. Trusted by millions, from indie makers to enterprises.
Very close - 07
SpamCop.net - Beware of cheap imitations
Beware of cheap imitations! SpamCop has been protecting the internet community since 1998. Automatically file spam reports with the network administrators who can stop unsolicited email at the source. Subscribe, and filter your email before it reaches your inbox.
Very close - 08
Nomorobo: The #1 Spam Call & Text Blocking App
Stop annoying robocalls and spam texts forever. Automatically protect your entire network from scammers, spammers, and swindlers. Get started now.
Very close - 09
The Text & Spam Call Blocker App That Actually Works | Robokiller
Block 99% of spam calls and texts with the leading spam call blocker app. Create a world without spam calls and get some sweet revenge along the way!
Very close - 10
Jetpack — Security, Performance & AI for WordPress
Jetpack keeps your WordPress site secure, fast, and growing, with real-time backups, malware scanning, speed tools, and AI that works on your site.
Very close - 11
Sucuri - Complete Website Security, Protection & Monitoring
Website security made simple—Sucuri offers fast malware cleanup, reliable monitoring, and powerful protection for any CMS.
Very close - 12
Fastest protection for WordPress security vulnerabilities - Patchstack
Keep your WordPress sites and JavaScript apps safe from vulnerable plugins, themes & npm packages. Protect sites with virtual patching.
Very close - 13
CleanBrowsing | DNS Content Filtering Service
Affordable DNS filtering that blocks malware, adult content, and unwanted sites. Protect schools, families, and businesses at the network level.
Very close - 14
MalCare | WordPress Security Plugin
MalCare is a WordPress security plugin that blocks attacks, scans for malware, and removes it in one click. Protecting 400,000+ sites.
Very close - 15
AI Voice Security & Branded Calling Platform | Hiya
Hiya delivers AI-native voice security and branded caller ID for operators, businesses, and people — blocking spam, scams, and deepfakes at network scale.
Very close - 16
Alinto - Email Solutions Provider
Discover Alinto, email solutions for organisations and service providers. ensure the deliverability, management and the security of your emails.
Very close - 17
Kinsta® - Simply better hosting for WordPress
Voted #1 WordPress Hosting Provider on G2. Enterprise-grade speed, security, and support. See what sets us apart with your first month free.
Very close - 18
URIBL.COM - Realtime URI Blacklist
URIBL.COM is a Realtime URI Blacklist (RHSBL) served via DNS to identify Unsolicitied Bulk and Commercial Email (UCE/UBE) based on the links within the email. URIBL.COM is enabled by default in the popular opensource SpamAssassin.
Close - 19
Agentic Content Intelligence - Siteimprove
Siteimprove’s Agentic Content Intelligence unites accessibility, analytics, SEO, and content strategy to proactively optimize and govern your digital experience.
Very close - 20
Website Security Monitoring & Malware Protection | SiteLock
Secure your website with our security monitoring and protection services. Protect data, prevent cyberattacks, and ensure peace of mind with SiteLock solutions.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Akismet’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Akismet uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Akismet adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 7 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 27 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Akismet’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress meta generator: WordPress.com
- Advertising
- Meta Pixel page source: fbq( 'init'
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.automattic.com include:sendgrid.net include:arias…
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress.com)
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.automattic.com include:sendgrid.net include:arias…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=EtOJu7eEjs0n1iFlkpg-e6Zo7gupmWqxRBVwWaeruDU
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 16/20
- Google Workspace · not on akismet.com 10/20
- HubSpot · not on akismet.com 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on akismet.com 8/20
- Cloudflare · not on akismet.com 7/20
- PHP 7/20
- Google Fonts · not on akismet.com 7/20
- nginx 7/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on akismet.com 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on akismet.com 6/20
- Atlassian · not on akismet.com 6/20
- WordPress 6/20
- Zendesk 6/20
- Amazon SES · not on akismet.com 5/20
- jQuery · not on akismet.com 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on akismet.com 4/20