🆚 Cloudflare Email Obfuscation vs. reCAPTCHA

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 reCAPTCHA is twice as popular as Cloudflare Email Obfuscation.
🌎 reCAPTCHA is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain.
🌍 Cloudflare Email Obfuscation is more popular in Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam.

Cloudflare Email Obfuscation

reCAPTCHA

Type

Spam protection software solution

Captcha service

About

Cloudflare Email Address Obfuscation hides email addresses on web pages from bots by encrypting them.

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.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Mountain View, California, United States

Website

developers.cloudflare.com

cloud.google.com

Pricing

Free version ✔️

Pro$25/month

Business$250/month

EnterpriseCustom

Free tier ✔️Up to 10K assessments per month

From 10K to 100K assessments$8/month

> 100K assessments per month$1/1K

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The reCAPTCHA service is 2 times more popular than Cloudflare Email Obfuscation.

Total websites

Market share

Spam Protection

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

reCAPTCHA is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain, while Cloudflare Email Obfuscation is more popular in Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam.

United States

United Kingdom

Spain

Australia

Italy

Netherlands

France

Japan

Canada

Brazil

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Security category.
🥇 Most popular in Thailand in the Security category.
🥇 Most popular in Thailand in the Spam Protection category.
🥇 Most popular in India in the Security category.
🥇 Most popular in Canada in the Security 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 among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Cloudflare Email Obfuscation is more commonly used on art, culture and heritage sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Blogs/Wiki

Travel

Health

Entertainment

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO