Anti-spam AlternativesAnti-Spam Tools and other similar apps like Anti-spam

Anti-spam is described as 'Plugin blocks automatic spam in comments section. No captcha. Plugin is easy to use: just install it and it just works. Blocked comments can be stored in the Spam area if needed. This can be enabled/disabled via Settings page' and is a Anti-Spam tool in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Anti-spam for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Wordpress, Self-Hosted, SaaS and Linux apps. The best Anti-spam alternative is Antispam Bee, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Anti-spam are Akismet, StopForumSpam, YouTube Spammer Purge and CleanTalk.

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  1. Antispam Bee icon
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    Say Goodbye to comment spam on your WordPress blog or website. Antispam Bee blocks spam comments and trackbacks effectively, without captchas and without sending personal information to third party services. It is free of charge, ad-free and 100% GDPR compliant.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
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  2. Akismet icon
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    Akismet checks your comments and contact form submissions against our global database of spam to prevent your site from publishing malicious content.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
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  3. StopForumSpam icon
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    Your favorite and most trusted "one stop shop" for the prevention of forum & blog spam, trusted by over 200,000 forums...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. It allows you to filter and search for spammer comments on your channel and other's channel(s) in many different ways AND delete/report them all at once (see features below).

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. CleanTalk icon
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    Anti-Spam Features. CleanTalk protects your website from spam bots and spam in Comments, Orders, Widgets, Registrations, Bookings, And any custom web form, Contact Emails, Subscriptions, Checks the existing comments and users for spam.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
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  6. Mollom icon
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    Mollom is a freemium web service to get rid of spam, unwanted content and fake users on your Drupal, Wordpress and Joomla site or blog.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Sblam! icon
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    Open-source implementation of server-side spam filtering of blog comments and forum posts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
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  8. A lightweight (~217 bytes vanila JS at frontend) and privacy-friendly plugin to prevent spam comment in the default commenting system of WordPress. Works instantly. No settings required. No captcha.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
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  9. SpamPatrol provides API and integrations that allow you to analyze messages submitted on your forms to see if they are spam or not. Instead of worrying about block lists, CAPTCHAs, honey pot fields, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
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  10. This simple addition to the wonderful Contact Form 7 (CF7) plugin adds basic honeypot anti-spam functionality to thwart spambots without the need for an ugly captcha.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
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  11. OOPSpam icon
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    The most robust spam protection utilizing AI and a cocktail of unique measurements to safeguard your customers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  12. MxGuard is a cloud-based inbound email security gateway. Domains point their MX records at MxGuard, which scores every message and then rejects, quarantines, tags or forwards it to the customer's existing mail server.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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