⚡ Spam Protection in New Zealand

Anti-spam software is a variety of tools that protect websites from automated bots and malicious content.

New Zealand is an Oceanian country with a population of over 5.1 million people.

According to our statistics, spam protection software is used on 25% of websites from New Zealand.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top spam protection software in New Zealand in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is reCAPTCHA, which dominates the market with a substantial 56.6% share.
It is followed by Cloudflare Email Obfuscation with 27.7% and hCaptcha with 19.2%.

reCAPTCHA 56.6%
Cloudflare Email Obfuscation 27.7%
hCaptcha 19.2%
Akismet 4%
Cloudflare Turnstile 3.7%
CleanTalk 3.4%
GeeTest 0.03%
MTCaptcha 0.03%
Friendly Captcha 0.03%
Yidun Captcha 0.03%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top software that is more popular in New Zealand than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

4. Akismet ^(-1)
7. GeeTest ^(-3)
8. MTCaptcha ^(-4)
10. Yidun Captcha ^(-3)

✨ Best Spam Protection Software

Below is a more detailed list of 10 spam protection software solutions used on sites from New Zealand, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	reCAPTCHA Mountain View, California, United States A Google service that protects websites from spam, fraud, and automated abuse by distinguishing human users from bots. Free tier$8+/month	56.6%
2	Cloudflare Email Obfuscation San Francisco, California, United States Cloudflare Email Address Obfuscation hides email addresses on web pages from bots by encrypting them. Free$25+/month	27.7%
3	hCaptcha San Francisco, California, United States A security service for detecting and preventing human and automated abuse on websites and applications, often used as a drop-in alternative to reCAPTCHA. Free$99+/month	19.2%
4	Akismet San Francisco, California, United States A comment spam filtering service originally developed for WordPress that can also be integrated with other CMS and forums. Free$14.95/month	4%
5	Cloudflare Turnstile San Francisco, California, United States A user-friendly CAPTCHA alternative that verifies human visitors without requiring them to solve interactive puzzles or identify objects. Free$$$	3.7%
6	CleanTalk Carson City, Nevada, United States A cloud-based anti-spam protection service that protects websites from spambots. $12+/year	3.4%
7	GeeTest Wuhan, China A Chinese provider of CAPTCHA and bot management solutions. $$$	0.03%
8	MTCaptcha Mountain View, California, United States A GDPR and WCAG compliant enterprise captcha service. Free tier$29+/month	0.03%
9	Friendly Captcha Woerthsee, Germany A European captcha service that protects websites from bots and automated abuse while prioritizing user privacy, security, and accessibility. Free€9+/month	0.03%
10	Yidun Captcha Hangzhou, China A captcha service provided by the Chinese company NetEase.	0.03%

👉 See Also

🌎 Spam Protection in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 13,933 websites from New Zealand.
Statistics were last calculated on March 30, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.