🆚 Cap vs. GeeTest

Type

Captcha service
Captcha service

About

Cap is an open-source, self-hosted reCAPTCHA alternative that verifies visitors without visual puzzles, tracking, or third-party services.

It uses a two-layer verification model that combines proof-of-work challenges accelerated with WebAssembly and Web Workers, including SHA-256 hashing and optional GPU-resistant time-locks.

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GeeTest is a Chinese bot management and CAPTCHA platform that uses behavioral analysis, machine learning, and device fingerprinting to distinguish human users from automated traffic.

It features adaptive challenge mechanisms that adjust verification methods based on risk levels, combines behavioral verification with risk scoring and account protection tools, and supports more than 70 languages.

Headquarters

Lisbon, Portugal
Wuhan, China

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️ Open source
Free version ❌
Custom

Categories

Captchas › Rank #12
Captchas › Rank #8
Spam Protection › Rank #15
Spam Protection › Rank #10

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The GeeTest captcha service is 5 times more popular than Cap.
Total websites

Market share

Captchas
Spam Protection

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

GeeTest is more popular in China, the United States, and Israel, while Cap is more popular in Chile, Switzerland, and Germany.
China
United States
Chile
Israel
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Hong Kong
Germany
Canada
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

GeeTest is more popular among sites focused on travel, business, and online shopping, while Cap is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising sites.
Travel
Business
Online Shopping
Finance/Banking
Marketing/Merchandising
Software/Hardware
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Health
Education/Reference

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#329,357
#429,606
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See also

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