🆚 GeeTest vs. reCAPTCHA

📈 reCAPTCHA is much more popular than GeeTest.
🌍 reCAPTCHA is more popular in all countries.
⭐ GeeTest is particularly popular in China.

Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data

GeeTest

reCAPTCHA

Type

Captcha service

About

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.

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

Wuhan, China

Mountain View, California, United States

Website

geetest.com/en/ #16,827

cloud.google.com

Pricing

Free version ❌

On request

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 1,163 times more popular than GeeTest.

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 GeeTest in all countries.

United States

United Kingdom

Spain

Japan

France

Italy

Australia

Netherlands

Germany

Canada

Awards

⭐ 6th most popular in China in the Captchas category.
⭐ 6th most popular in the United States in the Captchas category.
⭐ 7th most popular in China in the Spam Protection category.
⭐ 8th 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 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 than GeeTest 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

#156

#212

#340

#2,190

#2,957

Name

Rank

#15

#22

#25

p**nhub.com

#26