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.
11 of the 60 sites closest to Akismet match.
- 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
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 - 03
HYVOR® - Independent Software Foundry
Privacy-first website tools, crafted with care. Trusted by millions, from indie makers to enterprises.
Very close - 04
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 - 05
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 - 06
NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet
NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.
Close - 07
Your Free Avatar, Profile, and Link In Bio | Gravatar
Create a global avatar and profile image with Gravatar. Get a free one-page personal site to showcase your identity and connect across the web.
Close - 08
Web Hosting Built for Growth - DreamHost
DreamHost offers domain names, web hosting, managed WordPress hosting, business email, and much more. 100% uptime guarantee, 24/7 support. Sign up today!
Very close - 09
Official Site | TotalAV Award-Winning Antivirus Provider
TotalAV's Award-Winning antivirus instantly blocks harmful malware threats and viruses in real-time, keeping your personal data and identity safe.
Close - 10
InterServer Privacy Policy
InterServer provides world class web hosting, dedicated servers and internet services.
Close - 11
Mullvad VPN - Privacy is for the people
Free the internet from mass surveillance and censorship. Fight for privacy with Mullvad VPN and Mullvad Browser.
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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 = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,216
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 34 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
Sitemaps
, 303 of them guides, blog or magazine pages.
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