Comments on: Six Apart to launch free antispam service for blogs

The no-fee, no-restriction comment spam-prevention service is now in beta.


by bernie.mcginn May 29, 2008 2:46 PM PDT: cool!; Like this Reply to this comment


by schellack June 2, 2008 12:06 PM PDT: So this is doing the same thing as WordPress's Akismet, then, reinventing the wheel, so to speak? The Akismet API is also Open Source, and already has a whole bunch of other implementations (see http://akismet.com/development/), including one or two for Moveable Type.; Like this Reply to this comment


by njmp August 11, 2008 10:07 PM PDT: @schellack, I think the main difference is that Akismet isn't free for commercial use... Typepad Antispam is free for whatever you want to use if for... pretty cool imo.
Check out Akismet's pricing:
http://akismet.com/commercial/

I think there are also limits on volume for regular akismet users. Chances are those regular users won't ever hit that volume, but who knows.; Like this Reply to this comment

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