Up to 4 at once.
| Criteria | Ad-Shield | Admiral |
|---|---|---|
| Weighted Score | 4.0/5 | 4.4/5 |
| Pricing | No upfront costs or SaaS fees; operates on a performance-based revenue share model (pay-if-you-earn). | 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 Type | Adblock recovery | Adblock recovery |
| Recovery rate & revenue recovered | 4.6/5 | 4.6/5 |
| Detection accuracy & circumvention resilience | 4.5/5 | 4.2/5 |
| Acceptable Ads & consent-compliant delivery | 3.2/5 | 4.0/5 |
| Reader experience | 3.0/5 | 4.1/5 |
| Alternative monetisation for blockers | 1.0/5 | 4.5/5 |
| Ad stack compatibility | 3.8/5 | 3.3/5 |
| Recovery reporting | 4.0/5 | 4.3/5 |
| Page speed impact | 2.0/5 | 4.0/5 |
| Integration effort | 4.0/5 | 4.5/5 |
| Legal compliance | 2.4/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Strengths | ✓ Highest ad revenue recovery rates — restores full-stack CPMs for recovered users ✓ Anti-circumvention approach less dependent on user consent than Acceptable Ads | ✓ Partnerships with prominent publishers including CNBC, Washington Times, and Seattle Times ✓ Particularly effective at recovering lost ad revenue |
| Limitations | ✗ More aggressive technical approach may conflict with some adblock vendor agreements ✗ Revenue-share percentage is not published | ✗ 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 |
Ad-Shield
4.0
Rating
★ 4.0/5
Pricing
No upfront costs or SaaS fees; operates on a performance-based revenue share model (pay-if-you-earn).
Platform
Adblock recovery
Scores
Recovery rate & revenue recovered
4.6
Detection accuracy & circumvention resilience
4.5
Acceptable Ads & consent-compliant delivery
3.2
Reader experience
3.0
Alternative monetisation for blockers
1.0
Ad stack compatibility
3.8
Recovery reporting
4.0
Page speed impact
2.0
Integration effort
4.0
Legal compliance
2.4
Strengths
✓ Highest ad revenue recovery rates — restores full-stack CPMs for recovered users
✓ Anti-circumvention approach less dependent on user consent than Acceptable Ads
Limitations
✗ More aggressive technical approach may conflict with some adblock vendor agreements
✗ Revenue-share percentage is not published
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
