🆚 Cloudflare Turnstile vs. hCaptcha

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Captcha service
Captcha service

About

Cloudflare Turnstile is a user-friendly CAPTCHA alternative that verifies human visitors without requiring them to solve interactive puzzles or identify objects.

It works by running invisible background tests such as proof-of-work calculations and checks for browser quirks to analyze the visitor's environment and behavior, supports Private Access Tokens (PATs) to validate devices without tracking, and offers a free API.

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

San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Up to 20 widgets, Cloudflare branding
EnterpriseCustom
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 #3
Captchas › Rank #2
Spam Protection › Rank #4
Spam Protection › Rank #3

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The hCaptcha service is 3 times more popular than Cloudflare Turnstile.
Total websites

Market share

Captchas
Spam Protection

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

hCaptcha is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Cloudflare Turnstile is more popular in Hungary, Slovakia, and Belarus.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Australia
India
France
Canada
Italy
Spain
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

hCaptcha is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Cloudflare Turnstile is more commonly used on recreation and hobbies sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
Health
Travel

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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