# Akismet Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Akismet Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Anti-spam products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/10004253/Akismet/alternatives --- # Akismet Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on December 14, 2025 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Akismet ## What is Akismet? Akismet has keeps about 7,500,000 pieces of spam off the web, per hour. That means we’re stopping almost twice as much spam as there are people in Los Angeles every single hour. Add Akismet to your site so you don't have to worry about spam again. Use our API to access Akismet’s powerful spam detection. Our developer program provides valuable data and feedback during development. ## What is Akismet used for? [Anti-spam](https://www.capterra.com/anti-spam-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 2 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Contact vendor for pricing Free trial not available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Akismet?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=https://automattic.com&name=Akismet) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Akismet 4.5 (2) VS. [4.6 (563)](https://www.capterra.com/p/168436/SpamTitan/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price $1.26 Per User, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 5.0 (2) Ease Of Use 4.4 (235) Value For Money 4.0 (1) Value For Money 4.5 (186) Customer Service 4.0 (1) Customer Service 4.5 (186) ## Akismet alternatives [4.9 (12)](https://www.capterra.com/p/178083/CLEARNETWORK/#reviews) Starting price $1.50 Per User, Per Month [Microsoft Defender for Office 365](https://www.capterra.com/p/219685/Microsoft-Defender-for-Office-365/) [4.6 (235)](https://www.capterra.com/p/219685/Microsoft-Defender-for-Office-365/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/219685/Microsoft-Defender-for-Office-365/) [ALTOSPAM](https://www.capterra.com/p/176264/ALTOSPAM/) [4.8 (73)](https://www.capterra.com/p/176264/ALTOSPAM/reviews/) Starting price $9.00 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/176264/ALTOSPAM/) Highest Rated [Trustifi](https://www.capterra.com/p/218859/Trustifi/) [4.9 (18)](https://www.capterra.com/p/218859/Trustifi/#reviews) Starting price $6.00 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/218859/Trustifi/) ## Pricing Value for money 4.0 (1) ### Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Free trial not available Value for money 4.0 (1) 4.0 Based on 1 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.0 (1) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.0 (1) 4.0 Based on 1 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.5 Based on 2 reviews Filter by rating 5(1) 4(1) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent IM Itziar M. nutricionista Health, Wellness and Fitness ### "De los mejores anti-spam que conozco para mi web" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 July 14, 2023 Mi experiencia es genial, me ofrece lo que necesito, un anti-spam que cumple su función, fácil de usar, dinámico, estética sencilla y lo más importante, que hasta ahora no he tenido problemas con él, por lo que de momento, no cambiaría a otro. Pros Lo que más que sea gratuito (salvo algunos funciones que son de pago pero no son tan importantes), su facilidad de uso, es bastante intuitiva, con diseño sencillo y fácil de manejar. Estuve barajando entre varias posibilidades para mi página de wordpress y viendo que Akismet tenía tantas buenas reseñas y descargas no me lo pensé más, y hasta ahora, es lo que estoy utilizando. Cons Actualmente no hay nada que me disguste sinceramente, por poner alguna pega, que fuera totalmente gratuito, pero por lo demás, no tengo quejas. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Senior Frontent Developer Computer Software ### "Akismet review" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 June 2, 2023 Great plugin to fight spam activities. Pros Akismet offers great solutions for spam prevention. It's lightweight and runs perfectly on all most all versions of WordPress and it's very affordable.Setup is easy and it unites perfectly with WP Forms to prevent unwanted spam comments or marketing from unknown people. Cons Technical support service is very slow- It's hard to get a particular problem solved on time, that's why I don't even contact them anymore when I'm faced with a trouble. It's not a good practice, we are clients and we do pay for the service- so we deserve all possible attention. Switched from [Wordfence](https://www.capterra.com/p/207389/Wordfence/) Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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