🆚 Akismet vs. hCaptcha

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 hCaptcha is four times more popular than Akismet.
🌎 hCaptcha is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
🌍 Akismet is more popular in Russia, Vietnam, and Ukraine.

Akismet

hCaptcha

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.

hCaptcha is a security service for detecting and preventing human and automated abuse on websites and applications, often used as a drop-in alternative to reCAPTCHA.

It uses machine learning-driven bot detection and risk scoring without collecting personal data for GDPR, CCPA and global privacy compliance, and offers customizable challenge types and passive modes to reduce user friction.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

akismet.com #119,026

hcaptcha.com #1,583

Pricing

Free version ✔️Personal use only

$14.95/month

Free version ✔️Up to 100K requests per month

Pro
(100K monthly evals, No CAPTCHA passive mode)$1,188+/year

Enterprise
(bot categorization, threat signatures)Custom

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The hCaptcha service is 4 times more popular than Akismet.

Total websites

Market share

Spam Protection

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

hCaptcha is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while Akismet is more popular in Russia, Vietnam, and Ukraine.

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United Kingdom

Australia

Germany

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Italy

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