Mollom Alternatives

Mollom has been discontinued. Similar sites and apps include Cap Captcha, which is free and open source. Other options are reCAPTCHA, IronWall, Antispam Bee and PrivateStater. You're spoiled for choice with Anti-Spam Tools like Mollom: we list more than 25 alternatives for self-hosting, Linux, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Cap Captcha icon

    Cap Captcha

     29 likes

    Lightweight, modern open-source CAPTCHA alternative designed using SHA-256 proof-of-work and JS instrumentation

    36 Cap Captcha alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • PT flagPortugal
    • European Union flagEU
    Cap Captcha screenshot 1
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  2. reCAPTCHA icon

    reCAPTCHA

     127 likes

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

    35 reCAPTCHA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
    reCAPTCHA screenshot 1
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  4. IronWall icon

    IronWall

     1 like

    IronWall is a Proof-of-Work (PoW) rate-limiting protocol designed to protect high-value API endpoints (AI generation, Auth, SMS triggers) from automated abuse.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    IronWall screenshot 1
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  5. Antispam Bee icon

    Antispam Bee

     6 likes

    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
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
    Antispam Bee screenshot 1
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  6. PrivateStater icon

    PrivateStater

     1 like

    Analytics, Captcha, Feedback widget in one script.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • KR flagSouth Korea
    PrivateStater screenshot 1
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  8. hCaptcha icon

    hCaptcha

     12 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
    hCaptcha screenshot 1
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  9. mosparo icon

    mosparo

     6 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    mCaptcha

     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • IN flagIndia
    mCaptcha screenshot 1
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  11. Akismet icon

    Akismet

     6 likes

    Akismet checks your comments and contact form submissions against our global database of spam to prevent your site from publishing malicious content.

    17 Akismet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
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  12. StopForumSpam icon

    StopForumSpam

     6 likes

    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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  13. YouTube Spammer Purge icon

    YouTube Spammer Purge

     2 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    YouTube Spammer Purge screenshot 1
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  14. CleanTalk icon

    CleanTalk

     3 likes

    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.

    17 CleanTalk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
    • US flagUnited States
    CleanTalk screenshot 1
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