🆚 Akismet vs. Friendly Captcha

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Akismet is much more popular than Friendly Captcha.
🌎 Akismet is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
🌍 Friendly Captcha is more popular in Germany and Austria.

Akismet

Friendly Captcha

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.

Friendly Captcha is a European captcha service that protects websites from bots and automated abuse while prioritizing user privacy, security, and accessibility.

It uses a proof-of-work approach that runs in the background without image challenges or tracking cookies, complies with GDPR by avoiding personal data collection, works without user interaction in most cases, and supports WCAG accessibility requirements.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Woerthsee, Germany

Website

akismet.com #119,026

friendlycaptcha.com #56,350

Pricing

Free version ✔️Personal use only

$14.95/month

Free version ✔️Non-commercial use, 1K requests/month

Starter (1 domain, 1K requests)€9/month

Growth (5 domains, 5K requests)€39/month

Advanced (50 domains, 50K requests)€200/month

EnterpriseCustom

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Akismet spam protection software solution is 17 times more popular than Friendly Captcha.

Total websites

Market share

Spam Protection

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Akismet is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while Friendly Captcha is more popular in Germany and Austria.

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