🆚 Friendly Captcha vs. reCAPTCHA

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 reCAPTCHA is much more popular than Friendly Captcha.
🌍 reCAPTCHA is more popular in all countries.
⭐ Friendly Captcha is particularly popular in Germany.

Friendly Captcha

Type

Captcha service

Captcha service

About

Friendly Captcha is a European captcha service that protects websites from bots and automated abuse while prioritizing user privacy, security, and accessibility.

It uses a proof-of-work approach that runs in the background without image challenges or tracking cookies, complies with GDPR by avoiding personal data collection, works without user interaction in most cases, and supports WCAG accessibility requirements.

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

Woerthsee, Germany

Mountain View, California, United States

Website

friendlycaptcha.com #56,350

cloud.google.com

Pricing

Free version ✔️Non-commercial use, 1K requests/month

Starter (1 domain, 1K requests)€9/month

Growth (5 domains, 5K requests)€39/month

Advanced (50 domains, 50K requests)€200/month

EnterpriseCustom

Free tier ✔️Up to 10K assessments per month

From 10K to 100K assessments$8/month

> 100K assessments per month$1/1K

Categories

Captchas › Rank #4

Captchas › Rank #1

Spam Protection › Rank #7

Spam Protection › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The reCAPTCHA service is 255 times more popular than Friendly Captcha.

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 Friendly Captcha in all countries.

United States

United Kingdom

Spain

Japan

Australia

Italy

France

Netherlands

Germany

Canada

Awards

⭐ 4th most popular in Germany in the Captchas category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Austria in the Captchas category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the Netherlands in the Captchas category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Switzerland in the Captchas category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Sweden in the Captchas category.

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

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

reCAPTCHA is more popular than Friendly 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

xvideos.com

#59

xnxx.com

#99

xvideos.es

#629

xnxx.es

#639

index-education.com

#1,249

Name

Rank

#9

#15

#22

p**nhub.com

#26

#38

Compare alternatives

Technologies with similar characteristics.

See also

Friendly Captcha technology profile

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Our service evaluates the popularity of technologies by the number of websites using them.

Statistics were last calculated on March 30, 2026.
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