Antispam Bee vs Zero Spam for WordPress
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| Feature | Antispam Bee v2.11.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Zero Spam for WordPress v5.7.14 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 700,000+ | 20,000+ |
| Last updated | August 23, 2026 | October 23, 2026 |
| Editions | Antispam Bee | Zero Spam for WordPress |
| Pros | No captchas, so visitors do not solve puzzles; Local spam database and regular expression rules; IP addresses anonymised before country lookups | No captchas or moderation queues for visitors; Blocks IPs and countries from admin settings; Integrations for many form and commerce plugins |
| Cons | Country, language and Gravatar checks call external services; Blunt rules can catch legitimate comments; No readme in the package, so documentation is thin | Quota-limited Zero Spam API; upgrade is needed for higher volumes; Some lookups need your own IP service API keys; Sharing spam data with the vendor is an opt-in setting |
| 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 | Spam and bot blocking with no visitor captcha, Stop Forum Spam reputation lookup, Geolocation lookups with ipstack or ipinfo keys, REST API for network settings, Optional sharing of anonymous spam detections, Integrations for WPForms, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Formidable and others, API usage monitoring and quota alerts |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Gravity Forms, WPForms |
| Other | pluginkollektiv language API, IPLocate, Gravatar | Stop Forum Spam, ipstack, IPinfo, ipbase |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 8.2 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.pluginkollektiv.org, www.iplocate.io, www.gravatar.com | www.zerospam.org, api.stopforumspam.org, api.ipinfo.io, api.ipbase.com, api.ipstack.com |