Antispam Bee vs Easy Cloudflare Turnstile
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| Feature | Antispam Bee v2.11.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Easy Cloudflare Turnstile v2.3.12 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 700,000+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | August 23, 2026 | June 3, 2026 |
| Editions | Antispam Bee | Easy Spam Filter |
| Pros | No captchas, so visitors do not solve puzzles; Local spam database and regular expression rules; IP addresses anonymised before country lookups | Protects core login, registration and comment forms; Covers Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms and WooCommerce forms; Free, with no paid edition in this code |
| Cons | Country, language and Gravatar checks call external services; Blunt rules can catch legitimate comments; No readme in the package, so documentation is thin | Needs Cloudflare Turnstile keys from a Cloudflare account; Loads Cloudflare scripts on protected pages; Usage tracking through Appsero is offered, and off until switched on |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Filters comments and trackbacks before they are saved, Comment timing check, Regular expression and spam word checks, Local spam database check, Country allow and deny rules, Comment language check, Gravatar presence check, IP address anonymisation before lookups | Turnstile on login, registration and password reset forms, Turnstile in Contact Form 7 forms, easy_cloudflare_turnstile shortcode for manual placement, Settings screen for Turnstile keys and placement, Server-side verification of Turnstile responses |
| Integrations | ||
| — | Mailchimp | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Elementor, Jetpack, WPUF, wpDiscuz |
| Other | pluginkollektiv language API, IPLocate, Gravatar | Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | — | 5.4 |
| Requires PHP | — | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.0 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.pluginkollektiv.org, www.iplocate.io, www.gravatar.com | icanhazip.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.appsero.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |