Antispam Bee vs Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Antispam Bee

by pluginkollektiv

Health A91

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

by Automattic

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Antispam Bee Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Antispam Bee	Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700K–800K	5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	A · 91 ✓	A · 90
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100 ✓	93/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.77★ ✓	4.68★
Reviews	226	1,186 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2d ago ✓	7d ago
Downloads · 30d	319.3K	8.2M ✓
Category	Security	Security

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Antispam Bee Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.