🆚 Akismet vs. hCaptcha

📈 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 Iran.

Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data

Akismet

hCaptcha

Type

Spam protection software

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 Iran.

United States

United Kingdom

Australia

Germany

France

India

Canada

Italy

Spain

Netherlands

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 Belarus in the Spam Protection category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Spam Protection category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Australia in the Spam Protection category.

🥇 Most popular in Pakistan in the Captchas category.
🥇 Most popular in Pakistan in the Spam Protection category.
🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Captchas category.
🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Captchas category.
🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Captchas category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

hCaptcha is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Akismet is more commonly used on travel sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Fashion/Beauty

Blogs/Wiki

Health

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Entertainment

Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#1,888

#5,839

#6,016

#6,161

#7,606

Name

Rank

#18

#46

#49

#74

#98