🆚 AWS WAF Captcha vs. hCaptcha

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 hCaptcha is much more popular than AWS WAF Captcha.
🌍 hCaptcha is more popular in all countries.

AWS WAF Captcha

Type

Captcha service

Captcha service

About

AWS WAF Captcha is a feature of the AWS WAF 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.

hCaptcha is a security service for detecting and preventing human and automated abuse on websites and applications, often used as a drop-in alternative to reCAPTCHA.

It uses machine learning-driven bot detection and risk scoring without collecting personal data for GDPR, CCPA and global privacy compliance, and offers customizable challenge types and passive modes to reduce user friction.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/

hcaptcha.com #1,583

Pricing

Captcha$0.4/1K analyzed attempts

Challenge$0.4/1M responses

AWS WAFWeb ACL$5/month
Rule$1/month
Requests$0.6/1M requests

Free version ✔️Up to 100K requests per month

Pro
(100K monthly evals, No CAPTCHA passive mode)$1,188+/year

Enterprise
(bot categorization, threat signatures)Custom

Categories

Captchas › Rank #7

Captchas › Rank #2

Bot Mitigation › Rank #11

Spam Protection › Rank #3

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The hCaptcha service is 162 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.

hCaptcha is more popular than AWS WAF Captcha in all countries.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Australia

India

France

Canada

Italy

Netherlands

Spain

Awards

⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Captchas category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Australia in the Captchas category.
⭐ 5th most popular in the Netherlands in the Captchas category.
⭐ 6th most popular in the Netherlands in the Bot Mitigation category.
⭐ 6th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Captchas category.

🥇 Most popular in Pakistan in the Spam Protection category.
🥇 Most popular in Pakistan in the Captchas category.
🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Captchas category.
🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Captchas category.
🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Captchas category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

hCaptcha is more popular than AWS WAF Captcha in all market segments.

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Business

Fashion/Beauty

Blogs/Wiki

Education/Reference

Sports

Entertainment

Health

Internet Services

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#265

#284

#445

#486

sportyb*t.com

#721

Name

Rank

#18

#46

#49

#74

#98

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See also

hCaptcha technology profile

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Statistics were last calculated on March 30, 2026.
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