Adblock recovery providers fall into three groups: vendors that keep a share of the revenue they recover, ad networks that bundle recovery into a managed service, and tools you run yourself, free or at a flat price. Here are nine of them side by side, AntiAdBlock Core included (we build it), checked on October 11, 2026.
Free plan: 5,000 detections a month. No payment method.
Dimmed providers don't match the filter. All of them stay in the table below.
One row per provider, taken from each provider's own website, help pages or terms. "Not published" means we could not find the figure on the provider's site. The last column gives the source we checked and the date.
| Provider | How it recovers | How it charges | Free plan or trial | Sign-up | Your ad network | Source, checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AntiAdBlock Core · we build itAntiAdBlock Core pricing | Detects ad blockers and shows a wall asking visitors to allow ads on your site | Flat monthly or annual price, no revenue share: $5 to $29.99 a month | Free plan: 5,000 detections a month, no payment method | Online, self-serve | Stays: works with AdSense, Ad Manager, Mediavine, Ezoic or any other | antiadblockcore.com/pricing, Oct 11, 2026 |
| AdmiralAdmiral anti-adblock alternative | Asks visitors to allowlist your site and restores your full ad stack; also Acceptable Ads, proxy-based reinsertion and server-side protection | 30% of recovered ad revenue; full suite from $250 a month | Free adblock analytics and a 7-day free trial | Online sign-up to measure; demo for recovery | Stays: it restores your own stack | getadmiral.com/pricing, Oct 11, 2026 |
| BlockthroughBlockthrough alternative | Serves Acceptable Ads through your ad server or header bidding wrapper; optional one-click allowlist message | Revenue share, percentage not published; no setup fee | Free adblock analytics | Contact form or demo | Stays: it plugs into your ad server | blockthrough.com, Oct 11, 2026 |
| Ad-ShieldAd-Shield alternative | Restores your own ads (Ad Manager, Prebid, SSPs) for ad-block users without asking them | Revenue share on what it recovers, percentage not published; no upfront cost | Free dark-traffic measurement | Contact form that asks your monthly pageviews | Stays: it restores your stack | ad-shield.io, Oct 11, 2026 |
| AdRecover (AdPushup)AdRecover (AdPushup) compared | Reinserts ads that follow the Acceptable Ads standard, with no message to the visitor | Revenue share, standard percentage not published | No free plan; a Q1 2026 offer for sites with $10,000+ a month | Demo request | Inside AdPushup's managed service, for sites with at least $5,000 a month in ad revenue | adpushup.com, Oct 11, 2026 |
| Publisher Collective (with Snigel)Publisher Collective requirements | Shows Acceptable Ads inside its managed AdEngine service | Share of your ad revenue set by contract, percentage not published | None | Contact form; selective: about €300 a day, or 3 million page views a month outside its core categories | Replaced: it manages your ads under exclusive representation | publisher-collective.com, Oct 11, 2026 |
| Newor MediaNewor Media requirements | Shows Acceptable Ads (AdAccept) inside its managed network | Share of your ad revenue: the publisher keeps about 70-75%, according to Newor's blog | None | Online application; the Elevate! program has no page-view minimum | Replaced: requires header bidding exclusivity and a Google Ad Manager account | newormedia.com, Oct 11, 2026 |
| Google ad blocking recoveryAdSense ad blocking recovery compared | Shows a message asking visitors to allow ads (Privacy & messaging, formerly Funding Choices) | No separate fee | Free | Inside your AdSense or Ad Manager account | Requires AdSense or Ad Manager; messages show in desktop browsers only, per Google's help | support.google.com, Oct 11, 2026 |
| BlockAdblockBlockAdblock vs a maintained script | Free script that shows a blocking screen or a reminder | Free | Free | No account: you copy the code | Stays: works with any network | blockadblock.com via Wayback, Oct 11, 2026 |
Six common situations, and the comparison to read for each.
Google's ad blocking recovery costs nothing inside AdSense, but Google's help says its messages only show in desktop browsers. If many of your readers are on phones, or you want your own numbers, read AdSense ad blocking recovery vs AntiAdBlock Core. Our Free plan covers 5,000 detections a month.
BlockAdblock's generator is still free, but it has not been updated since its 2017 sale, and the filter lists of uBlock Origin and AdGuard carry rules against it by name. See how BlockAdblock compares with a maintained script, or install our WordPress plugin.
Admiral bundles recovery with paywalls, registration walls, email capture and its own consent tool, and charges 30% of recovered ad revenue for recovery. If you need the whole suite, it covers more ground. If recovery is the job, see how AntiAdBlock Core compares with Admiral.
Blockthrough serves Acceptable Ads through your ad server, Ad-Shield restores your own ads without asking the reader to do anything, and AdRecover reinserts Acceptable Ads inside AdPushup's service. All three charge a share of what they recover. Compare Blockthrough and AntiAdBlock Core, Ad-Shield and AntiAdBlock Core and AdRecover and AntiAdBlock Core.
Publisher Collective, now merged with Snigel, and Newor Media run your ads for a share of all your ad revenue and include Acceptable Ads recovery. Each has entry rules. Read what Publisher Collective asks of publishers and what Newor Media requires.
uBlock Origin and uBlock Origin Lite leave Acceptable Ads off by default, so Acceptable Ads alone misses part of a technical audience. Measure your rate first: our dashboard includes network-level (DNS) blocking in your rate and also shows it as a separate count. Ad-Shield sells restoration for this traffic. For gaming sites, see anti-adblock for gaming sites.
Detecting the blocker is the first step. What happens next decides which readers see ads again, what they see and how the provider charges.
A message or wall detects the blocker and asks the reader to allow ads on the site. Readers who agree see your normal ads again, from whatever network you use. AntiAdBlock Core works this way, as do Google's ad blocking recovery, BlockAdblock, Freestar Recovered, Publir and the allowlisting side of Admiral and Blockthrough.
Ads that meet the Acceptable Ads Standard reach readers whose blocker allows them, with nothing asked. AdBlock and Adblock Plus switch the program on by default; uBlock Origin and uBlock Origin Lite do not include the Acceptable Ads list by default. Blockthrough, AdRecover, Publisher Collective, Newor Media and Mediavine use it, and Admiral offers it as one option.
The provider delivers ads to ad-block users without asking them to change their blocker settings. Ad-Shield restores the publisher's own stack (Ad Manager, Prebid, SSPs). Admiral offers proxy-based reinsertion and server-side protection. AdDefend reinserts ads through its own alternative ad server. Ad-Shield and Admiral price this as a share of recovered revenue.
Three pricing models, and what each one costs as recovered revenue grows.
The provider keeps a percentage of what it brings back. Admiral publishes its rate: 30% of recovered ad revenue, with no upfront cost. Blockthrough, Ad-Shield and AdRecover also work on a revenue share but do not publish the percentage. You pay nothing when nothing comes back, and more every month that recovery grows.
Managed networks such as Publisher Collective and Newor Media run your whole ad setup and keep part of everything they sell; recovery comes inside that deal. Newor's blog puts the publisher's side at about 70-75%. Publisher Collective sets it in each contract.
Google's recovery messages carry no separate fee inside AdSense and Ad Manager, and BlockAdblock is free. AntiAdBlock Core charges a flat monthly or annual price chosen by detections, from $5 a month, and everything that comes back is yours.
Ad revenue recovered per month (USD, log scale)
30%of recovered ad revenue: Admiral's recovery fee
$16.67recovered a month: from here Admiral's 30% costs more than Pro ($5.00)
$43.30recovered a month: from here Admiral's 30% costs more than Max ($12.99)
$99.97recovered a month: from here Admiral's 30% costs more than Business ($29.99)
Of every $100 of ad revenue recovered
Estimate what blockers cost you today with the ad-block revenue loss calculator, then compare it with AntiAdBlock Core pricing, or read what adblock recovery software does and the two ways it charges.
Free options exist, each with a condition worth knowing.
Many managed networks switch on some form of recovery for their publishers. Check what yours does before you add anything.
Mediavine's Ad Block Recovery serves Acceptable Ads only to readers whose blocker supports Acceptable Ads and who have opted in. Freestar runs Blockthrough by default and offers Freestar Recovered for free. Publisher Collective (AdEngine) and Newor Media (AdAccept) recover with Acceptable Ads, and AdPushup sells AdRecover.
What these have in common is the reach of Acceptable Ads: it depends on readers whose blocker accepts the program, which uBlock Origin and uBlock Origin Lite leave off by default. AntiAdBlock Core is not an ad network. It adds detection and a notice on top of the network you already use, and your dashboard shows your real ad-block rate, network-level (DNS) blocking included. See how it works for publishers.
Each page has a point-by-point table, pricing with sources, the cases where the other provider is the better choice, and the steps to switch.
Recovery vendors
30% of recovered revenue vs a flat price
Acceptable Ads from eyeo vs a notice you control
Revenue-share restoration vs flat-priced detection
Reinsertion inside AdPushup vs keeping your network
Managed ad networks
Entry rules and exclusivity vs no minimum
A managed network vs a layer on your own
Free tools
Desktop-only messages vs desktop and mobile
Not updated since 2017 vs maintained daily
Buyer's guides
We build AntiAdBlock Core, so read this page as a vendor's comparison. What we say about other providers comes from their own websites, help centers, pricing pages and terms, and from public registries, checked on October 11, 2026 unless a row or a source below says otherwise. Where a provider does not publish something, such as its revenue-share percentage, we write "not published" instead of guessing.
We do not score detection or recovery rates we cannot measure on the same traffic, and we are not affiliated with any provider on this page. If something here is out of date, contact us and we will review it.
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Companies and tools that help publishers earn from visitors who use ad blockers. Some ask the visitor to allow ads on the site, some show Acceptable Ads to visitors whose blocker permits them, and some restore or reinsert ads without asking. They range from free tools inside AdSense to managed services that keep a share of your revenue.
In three ways. Most managed vendors keep a share of the revenue they recover: Admiral publishes 30%, while Blockthrough, Ad-Shield and AdRecover do not publish their percentage. Managed ad networks such as Newor Media and Publisher Collective keep a share of all your ad revenue. A few tools are free or flat-priced, like AntiAdBlock Core, from $5 a month.
Yes, with conditions. Google's ad blocking recovery is free inside AdSense and Ad Manager, but Google's help says its messages show only in desktop browsers. Freestar Recovered is free for Freestar publishers. BlockAdblock is free but has not been updated since its 2017 sale. AntiAdBlock Core has a Free plan with 5,000 detections a month and no payment method.
Yes. AdSense and Ad Manager include ad blocking recovery messages in Privacy & messaging, the tool formerly called Funding Choices. There is no separate fee, but according to Google's Ad Manager help the messages appear only in desktop browsers, and one-click allowlisting has ended, so readers get instructions instead. Our AdSense comparison covers when it makes sense to add AntiAdBlock Core.
They reach different readers. Acceptable Ads serves lighter ads only to people whose blocker allows them, mostly AdBlock and Adblock Plus users; uBlock Origin and uBlock Origin Lite leave that list off by default. A wall asks every detected visitor to allow ads and brings back your normal ads, at the cost of some friction. Measuring your ad-block rate first tells you which group is larger on your site.
Often, yes. Admiral and Blockthrough work with your existing ad stack, and Ad-Shield restores your own ads, with a setup its documentation builds around Google Ad Manager. AntiAdBlock Core works with AdSense, Ad Manager, Mediavine, Ezoic or any other network because it is not an ad network. Managed networks such as Publisher Collective and Newor Media include recovery only inside their own service, which asks for exclusivity.
Blockthrough acquired PageFair, and both pagefair.com and uponit.com now redirect to blockthrough.com. Sourcepoint's ad block management page returns an error and the company now focuses on consent management. PubGalaxy's site redirects to Improve Digital. That is why none of them has a row in the table above (checked October 11, 2026).
Install the script or the WordPress plugin, see how many of your visitors block ads, and decide with your own numbers. The Free plan covers 5,000 detections a month on the same detection engine as every paid plan.
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