🆚 AWS WAF Captcha vs. reCAPTCHA

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 reCAPTCHA is much more popular than AWS WAF Captcha.
🌍 reCAPTCHA 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.

reCAPTCHA is a Google service that protects websites from spam, fraud, and automated abuse by distinguishing human users from bots.

It offers several versions, including v2 with an "I'm not a robot" checkbox and an invisible badge and v3 with background risk scoring.

It also analyzes user behavior signals, supports accessibility alternatives, and integrates with common web frameworks.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States

Mountain View, California, United States

Website

docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/

cloud.google.com

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 tier ✔️Up to 10K assessments per month

From 10K to 100K assessments$8/month

> 100K assessments per month$1/1K

Categories

Captchas › Rank #7

Captchas › Rank #1

Bot Mitigation › Rank #11

Spam Protection › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The reCAPTCHA service is 618 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.

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

United States

United Kingdom

Spain

Japan

Australia

Italy

France

Netherlands

Germany

Canada

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 the United States in the Captchas category.
🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Spam Protection category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Captchas category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Spam Protection category.
🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Captchas category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

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

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Travel

Health

Blogs/Wiki

Entertainment

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#265

#284

#445

#486

sportyb*t.com

#721

Name

Rank

#9

#15

#22

p**nhub.com

#26

#38

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Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
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