🆚 AWS WAF Captcha vs. Friendly Captcha

Type

Captcha service
Captcha service

About

AWS WAF Captcha is a feature of the AWS Web Application Firewall that helps protect web applications by requiring requests that match specific criteria to solve a captcha puzzle or silent challenge before proceeding.

It allows users to embed a JavaScript API in client-side applications, apply captcha or silent challenge actions based on rate-based, bot control, or custom inspection rules, and configure token immunity time.

Friendly Captcha is a European captcha service that protects websites from bots and automated abuse while prioritizing user privacy, security, and accessibility.

It uses a proof-of-work approach that runs in the background without image challenges or tracking cookies, complies with GDPR by avoiding personal data collection, works without user interaction in most cases, and supports WCAG accessibility requirements.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States
Woerthsee, Germany

Website

Pricing

Captcha $0.4/1K analyzed attempts
Challenge $0.4/1M responses
AWS WAF
Web ACL $5/month
Rule $1/month
Requests $0.6/1M requests
Free version ✔️ Non-commercial use, 1K requests/month
Starter (1 domain, 1K requests) €9/month
Growth (5 domains, 5K requests) €39/month
Advanced (50 domains, 50K requests) €200/month
Enterprise Custom

Categories

Captchas › Rank #7
Captchas › Rank #5
WAF › Rank #9
Bot Mitigation › Rank #14
Spam Protection › Rank #8

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Friendly Captcha service is 2.3 times more popular than AWS WAF Captcha.
Total websites

Market share

Captchas

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Friendly Captcha is more popular in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, while AWS WAF Captcha is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Singapore.
Germany
United States
Austria
Netherlands
Switzerland
France
United Kingdom
Sweden
Singapore
Indonesia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Friendly Captcha is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while AWS WAF Captcha is more commonly used on entertainment, auctions and classifieds, and blogs and wiki sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Finance/Banking
Health
Education/Reference
Software/Hardware
Real Estate
Internet Services
Fashion/Beauty

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
sportyb*t.com
#721
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Name
Rank
xvideos.com
#59
xnxx.com
#99
xvideos.es
#629
xnxx.es
#639
xnxx-arabic.com
#709
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See also

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