Yandex SmartCaptcha
Yandex, Moscow, RussiaYandex SmartCaptcha is a captcha and bot protection service from the Russian technology company Yandex.
It analyzes requests using behavioral and risk-based signals, supports invisible verification that challenges only suspicious users, and offers multiple challenge types including checkboxes, sliders, text recognition, silhouettes, and kaleidoscope puzzles.
According to our data, Yandex SmartCaptcha is the 5th most popular captcha service on the web.
It has 0.3% of the captcha market share and is detected on 0.04% of all websites.
- π Website
πΈ Pricing
Yandex SmartCaptcha is available in both free and paid versions.
π Rankings and Market Share
- Captchas
- Rank: 5
- Market share: 0.3%
- Spam Protection
- Rank: 8
- Market share: 0.2%
π Yandex SmartCaptcha Awards
- π₯ Second most popular in Russia in the Captchas category.
- π₯ Third most popular in Russia in the Spam Protection category.
β‘ Sites Using Yandex SmartCaptcha
We have data on 1,350 websites that use the Yandex SmartCaptcha service. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Yandex SmartCaptcha is 
rustore.ru.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rustore.ru |
#1,824 | Russia | Russian |
| 2 | #6,915 | Russia | Russian | |
| 3 | #15,310 | Russia | Russian | |
| 4 | #19,253 | Russia | Russian | |
| 5 | #21,816 | Russia | Russian | |
| 6 | #22,277 | Russia | Russian | |
| 7 | #22,583 | Russia | Russian | |
| 8 | #22,901 | Russia | Russian | |
| 9 | #23,477 | Russia | Russian | |
| 10 | #24,663 | Russia | Russian | |
| 11 | #24,884 | Russia | Russian | |
| 12 | #25,013 | Russia | Russian | |
| 13 | #25,956 | Russia | Russian | |
| 14 | #26,387 | Russia | Russian | |
| 15 | #28,470 | Russia | Russian | |
| 16 | #32,611 | Russia | Russian | |
| 17 | #33,598 | Russia | Russian | |
| 18 | #33,687 | Russia | Russian | |
| 19 | #34,136 | Russia | Russian | |
| 20 | #39,409 | Russia | Russian |
π Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Yandex SmartCaptcha:
- are located in Russia
- have content in Russian
- use the .ru domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Yandex SmartCaptcha are from Russia.
- Russia 96.5%
- Belarus 0.9%
- Kazakhstan 0.6%
- Armenia 0.2%
- Belize 0.2%
- United States 0.2%
- Azerbaijan 0.1%
- Italy 0.1%
- Estonia 0.07%
- Other 1.1%
Most Yandex SmartCaptcha users speak Russian or English.
- Russian 95.4%
- English 3.9%
- Bulgarian 0.1%
- Romanian 0.07%
- Ukrainian 0.07%
- Lithuanian 0.07%
- Estonian 0.07%
- Latvian 0.07%
- Azerbaijani 0.07%
- Other 0.2%
The Yandex SmartCaptcha service is especially popular on .ru and .com top-level domains.
- .ru 80.2%
- .com 6.3%
- .su 1.7%
- .ΡΡ 1.3%
- .net 1.1%
- .by 0.9%
- .pro 0.8%
- .kz 0.6%
- .org 0.5%
- Other 6.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Yandex SmartCaptcha include business, marketing and merchandising, and health.
- Business 20.8%
- Marketing/Merchandising 17.4%
- Health 10.4%
- Online Shopping 8.1%
- Internet Services 7.9%
- General News 4.5%
- Education/Reference 4.2%
- Software/Hardware 3.9%
- Fashion/Beauty 3.1%
- Other 19.7%
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Human Presence㪠Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Yandex SmartCaptcha?
Yandex SmartCaptcha is owned by Yandex LLC, headquartered in Moscow, Russia.
Can I use Yandex SmartCaptcha for free?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
How much does Yandex SmartCaptcha cost?
The price is $0.80.
Which country uses Yandex SmartCaptcha the most?
The majority of Yandex SmartCaptcha users are from Russia.
Who uses Yandex SmartCaptcha?
According to our data, Yandex SmartCaptcha is used on over a thousand sites, including such established ones as rustore.ru, 1c.ru, and
vkusvill.ru.
How does Yandex SmartCaptcha stack up against the competition?
Yandex SmartCaptcha is a moderately popular captcha service, ranking ahead of 8 other captcha services we track.
What are the alternatives to Yandex SmartCaptcha?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Yandex SmartCaptcha may include 
reCAPTCHA, 
hCaptcha, and 
Cloudflare Turnstile.
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ποΈ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,532,692 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.