Up to 4 at once.
| Criteria | Admiral | OptinMonster |
|---|---|---|
| Weighted Score | 4.4/5 | 3.1/5 |
| Pricing | Performance-based / revenue-share model with a free tag and free analytics dashboard. Adblock recovery and subscription/paywall modules take a percentage of the revenue recovered/earned; no fixed monthly package prices are published on the current site. (vendor website, fact-checked Aug 2026) | Plans billed annually: Basic $9/month (2,500 impressions), Plus $27/month (10,000), Pro $37/month (25,000), Growth $67/month (100,000). These are first-year introductory prices; renewals are at full price. (vendor pricing page, checked 19 Oct 2026) |
| Platform Type | Adblock recovery | Adblock recovery |
| Recovery rate & revenue recovered | 4.6/5 | 1.0/5 |
| Detection accuracy & circumvention resilience | 4.2/5 | 2.2/5 |
| Acceptable Ads & consent-compliant delivery | 4.0/5 | 0.8/5 |
| Reader experience | 4.1/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Alternative monetisation for blockers | 4.5/5 | 3.2/5 |
| Ad stack compatibility | 3.3/5 | 0.6/5 |
| Recovery reporting | 4.3/5 | 1.0/5 |
| Page speed impact | 4.0/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Integration effort | 4.5/5 | 3.8/5 |
| Legal compliance | 3.5/5 | 2.5/5 |
| Strengths | ✓ Partnerships with prominent publishers including CNBC, Washington Times, and Seattle Times ✓ Particularly effective at recovering lost ad revenue | ✓ Broadest suite of publisher tools on the list ✓ Used on 1.2 million+ sites including Harvard and TripAdvisor |
| Limitations | ✗ Less popular adblock extensions can still slip through detection ✗ Pricing is performance-based (revenue share) with no published fixed tiers, so total cost scales with recovered/earned revenue and isn't easy to estimate upfront | ✗ Adblock detection is barer than dedicated solutions — a multi-use tool, not specialized ✗ Better for small publishers; the top Growth plan caps campaigns at 100,000 impressions a month, limiting enterprise use |
Admiral
4.4
Rating
★ 4.4/5
Pricing
Performance-based / revenue-share model with a free tag and free analytics dashboard. Adblock recovery and subscription/paywall modules take a percentage of the revenue recovered/earned; no fixed monthly package prices are published on the current site. (vendor website, fact-checked Aug 2026)
Platform
Adblock recovery
Scores
Recovery rate & revenue recovered
4.6
Detection accuracy & circumvention resilience
4.2
Acceptable Ads & consent-compliant delivery
4.0
Reader experience
4.1
Alternative monetisation for blockers
4.5
Ad stack compatibility
3.3
Recovery reporting
4.3
Page speed impact
4.0
Integration effort
4.5
Legal compliance
3.5
Strengths
✓ Partnerships with prominent publishers including CNBC, Washington Times, and Seattle Times
✓ Particularly effective at recovering lost ad revenue
Limitations
✗ Less popular adblock extensions can still slip through detection
✗ Pricing is performance-based (revenue share) with no published fixed tiers, so total cost scales with recovered/earned revenue and isn't easy to estimate upfront
OptinMonster
3.1
Rating
★ 3.1/5
Pricing
Plans billed annually: Basic $9/month (2,500 impressions), Plus $27/month (10,000), Pro $37/month (25,000), Growth $67/month (100,000). These are first-year introductory prices; renewals are at full price. (vendor pricing page, checked 19 Oct 2026)
Platform
Adblock recovery
Scores
Recovery rate & revenue recovered
1.0
Detection accuracy & circumvention resilience
2.2
Acceptable Ads & consent-compliant delivery
0.8
Reader experience
3.5
Alternative monetisation for blockers
3.2
Ad stack compatibility
0.6
Recovery reporting
1.0
Page speed impact
3.5
Integration effort
3.8
Legal compliance
2.5
Strengths
✓ Broadest suite of publisher tools on the list
✓ Used on 1.2 million+ sites including Harvard and TripAdvisor
Limitations
✗ Adblock detection is barer than dedicated solutions — a multi-use tool, not specialized
✗ Better for small publishers; the top Growth plan caps campaigns at 100,000 impressions a month, limiting enterprise use
