🆚 Akismet vs. Cloudflare Turnstile

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Cloudflare Turnstile is slightly more popular than Akismet.
🌍 Cloudflare Turnstile is more popular in the United Kingdom, Spain, and France.
🌎 Akismet is more popular in the United States, Australia, and the Netherlands.

Akismet

Cloudflare Turnstile

Type

Spam protection software solution

Captcha service

About

Akismet is a comment spam filtering service originally developed for WordPress that can also be integrated with other CMS and forums.

Cloudflare Turnstile is a user-friendly CAPTCHA alternative that verifies human visitors without requiring them to solve interactive puzzles or identify objects.

It works by running invisible background tests such as proof-of-work calculations and checks for browser quirks to analyze the visitor's environment and behavior, supports Private Access Tokens (PATs) to validate devices without tracking, and offers a free API.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

akismet.com #119,026

cloudflare.com #20

Pricing

Free version ✔️Personal use only

$14.95/month

Free version ✔️Up to 20 widgets, Cloudflare branding

EnterpriseCustom

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Cloudflare Turnstile captcha service is 1.3 times more popular than Akismet.

Total websites

Market share

Spam Protection

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Cloudflare Turnstile is more popular in the United Kingdom, Spain, and France, while Akismet is more popular in the United States, Australia, and the Netherlands.

United States

United Kingdom

Australia

Spain

France

Germany

Netherlands

Canada

Italy

India

Awards

🥉 Third most popular in Vietnam in the Spam Protection category.
🥉 Third most popular in Iran in the Spam Protection category.
🥉 Third most popular in Ukraine in the Spam Protection category.
🥉 Third most popular in Belarus in the Spam Protection category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Spam Protection category.

🥈 Second most popular in Hungary in the Captchas category.
🥈 Second most popular in Slovakia in the Captchas category.
🥈 Second most popular in Estonia in the Captchas category.
🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Captchas category.
🥉 Third most popular in the United Kingdom in the Captchas category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Cloudflare Turnstile is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki, while Akismet is more commonly used on health, real estate, and sports sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Blogs/Wiki

Online Shopping

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Health

Travel

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Entertainment