Mollom Alternatives

Mollom is described as 'Freemium web service to get rid of spam, unwanted content and fake users on your Drupal, Wordpress and Joomla site or blog' and is an website. There are more than 10 alternatives to Mollom, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Wordpress, SaaS and PHP apps. The best Mollom alternative is Cap Captcha, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Mollom are reCAPTCHA, Antispam Bee, hCaptcha and mCaptcha.

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Mollom alternatives page was last updated Apr 12, 2025
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  1. Cap Captcha icon

    Cap Captcha

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    Lightweight, modern open-source CAPTCHA alternative designed using SHA-256 proof-of-work.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • PT flagPortugal
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    Cap Captcha screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Spam Filter
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Captcha

    Cap Captcha VS Mollom

     

    • Cap Captcha is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Mollom.

    • Cap Captcha is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Mollom.

    • Cap Captcha is Free and Open SourceMollom is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Cap Captcha is Lightweight and Privacy focusedMollom is not according to our users
  2. reCAPTCHA icon

    reCAPTCHA

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    reCAPTCHA is a free service that protects your site from spam and abuse, using risk analysis techniques to tell humans and bots apart.

    27 reCAPTCHA alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    reCAPTCHA screenshot 1

    reCAPTCHA Features

    1.  Spam Filter
    2.  Captcha Recognition

    reCAPTCHA VS Mollom

     
    Comments about reCAPTCHA as an Alternative to Mollom
    smokris
    Negative Jul 26, 2017
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    Mollom analyzes content, whereas reCAPTCHA performs checks on the visitor. Both are useful anti-spam techniques, but they aren't equivalent.

    Mollom Icon
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    • reCAPTCHA is the most popular Web-based alternative to Mollom.

    • reCAPTCHA is Freemium and ProprietaryMollom is also Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Antispam Bee icon

    Antispam Bee

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
    Antispam Bee screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Spam Filter
    2.  No registration required
    3.  GDPR Compliant
    4.  One click installation
    5.  Integrated Spam Protection

    Antispam Bee VS Mollom

     
  5. hCaptcha icon

    hCaptcha

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    hCaptcha is designed to solve the most labor intensive problem in machine learning: labeling massive amounts of data in a timely, affordable, and reliable way.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    hCaptcha screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Captcha
    2.  Bot detection
    3.  Web-Based
    4.  GDPR Compliant

    hCaptcha VS Mollom

     
  6. mCaptcha icon

    mCaptcha

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    A no-nonsense CAPTCHA system with seamless UX | Backend component.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    mCaptcha screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Captcha
    3.  Rust

    mCaptcha VS Mollom

     

    • mCaptcha is the most popular SaaS alternative to Mollom.

    • mCaptcha is Free and Open SourceMollom is Freemium and Proprietary
    • mCaptcha is Privacy focusedMollom is not according to our users
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    mosparo

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    mosparo is the modern solution for protecting your online forms from spam. The protection method is quite simple: mosparo blocks spam using rules matching the form’s data. The detection method is comparable to an e-mail spam filter.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • Drupal
    • Django
    • PHP
    • Mautic
    • Wordpress
    A screenshot from the software mosparo with the empty project list.

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Spam Filter
    2.  Self-hosted
    3. WordPress icon  WordPress Integration
    4. Drupal icon  Drupal Integration

    mosparo VS Mollom

     
  9. Akismet icon

    Akismet

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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.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress

    Akismet Features

    1.  Spam Filter

    Akismet VS Mollom

     
  10. StopForumSpam icon

    StopForumSpam

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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...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online

    StopForumSpam Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Spam Filter
    3.  Free API

    StopForumSpam VS Mollom

     
  11. YouTube Spammer Purge icon

    YouTube Spammer Purge

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    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).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    YouTube Spammer Purge screenshot 1

    YouTube Spammer Purge Features

    1.  Spam Filter
    2. YouTube icon  Youtube integration

    YouTube Spammer Purge VS Mollom

     

    • YouTube Spammer Purge is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Mollom.

    • YouTube Spammer Purge is Free and Open SourceMollom is Freemium and Proprietary
  12. CleanTalk icon

    CleanTalk

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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.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
    CleanTalk screenshot 1

    CleanTalk Features

    1.  Spam Filter

    CleanTalk VS Mollom

     
  13. UniqPin icon

    UniqPin

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    UniqPin is a free for non-commercial use service which destiny improve ability of interfaces detect a human or a computer operate with it.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • PHP
    UniqPin screenshot 1

    UniqPin Features

    1.  Captcha Recognition

    UniqPin VS Mollom

     
  14. Sblam! icon

    Sblam!

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    Open-source implementation of server-side spam filtering of blog comments and forum posts.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online

    Sblam! VS Mollom

     
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