🆚 Cloudflare Turnstile vs. reCAPTCHA

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 reCAPTCHA is much more popular than Cloudflare Turnstile.
🌍 reCAPTCHA is more popular in all countries.

Cloudflare Turnstile

reCAPTCHA

Type

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.

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

San Francisco, California, United States

Mountain View, California, United States

Website

cloudflare.com #20

cloud.google.com

Pricing

Free version ✔️Up to 20 widgets, Cloudflare branding

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 13 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.

reCAPTCHA is more popular than Cloudflare Turnstile in all countries.

United States

United Kingdom

Spain

Australia

Italy

Japan

France

Netherlands

Germany

Canada

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in Hungary in the Captchas category.
🥈 Second most popular in Slovakia in the Captchas category.
🥈 Second most popular in Estonia in the Captchas category.
🥈 Second most popular in Iran in the Captchas category.
🥉 Third most popular in the United States 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 among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Cloudflare Turnstile is more commonly used on sports sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Travel

Blogs/Wiki

Health

Entertainment

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO