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Akismet

Akismet is a hosted anti-spam plugin for Wordpress from Aut… [Web App, Tech]

Security·Launched Sep 2015·0 upvotes·akismet.com

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ALIVEverified Jul 16, 2026 · HTTP 200

CohortClass of 2015

What it is

Akismet is a hosted anti-spam plugin for Wordpress from Aut… [Web App, Tech]

HTTP liveness

19 probes since Jun 16

Jun 16Jul 16

AliveHard-dead (404/5xx/parked)RedirectedUnverified (timeout/DNS/block)

Observed events

probes · press · GitHub

Jun 16, 2026
First probe — live
Alive · 200 OK

Moat

Data moat

weak

Akismet's defensibility mechanism is based on its ability to accumulate proprietary data on spam patterns, which improves its real-time anti-spam capabilities.

The dossier evidence for this assessment includes the product's capability for real-time processing and its API-first deployment, which suggests a high volume of data processing.

However, the moat is not strongly protected against competitors, as the comparable set is crowded with similar dev-tools products, and the product's differentiation is not clearly stated.

descriptionAkismet is a hosted anti-spam plugin
tagscapability: real-time
tagsdeployment: cloud
comparablescomparables include Monitorly, StatusPage, Anturis, Pingdom, Super Monitoring

weak · 0.60 confidence · grounded in 4 sources

Grounded analysis from catalog data, tags, and comparables · Jul 2026

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