Free CAPTCHA to Protect Your Project
Friendly Captcha offers a free CAPTCHA service for non-commercial websites. It works without cookies, tracking, or frustrating image puzzles. Switch to a modern bot protection service with an open-source CAPTCHA SDK.
Modern, Free CAPTCHA Alternative
Ensure Privacy without Tracking and Cookies
Friendly Captcha puts your users’ privacy first, with top-tier data protection that’s engineered for modern compliance.
Meet Global Compliance Standards
Friendly Captcha plays by the rules – delivering compliance that’s lived, not just listed, with full accessibility and privacy built-in.
Get Rid of Frustrating Image Puzzles
Bot protection just works with Friendly Captcha: no traffic lights, no bicycles, no puzzles. It is fully accessible and user-friendly.
Free, Open-Source CAPTCHA SDK
Friendly Captcha works everywhere – it's open-source CAPTCHA frontend and pre-built open-source integrations make it quick and easy to deploy.
Free Captcha Demo
This Is How a Free CAPTCHA Should Work
Friendly Captcha is the first truly invisible CAPTCHA based on proof-of-work. Instead of prompting any visible challenge to the end user, it checks the end user’s device in the background.
Adding Friendly Captcha takes only minutes and just a few lines of code. With our open-source CAPTCHA SDK, you can easily integrate Friendly Captcha into your websites and apps. We also offer ready-to-use, open-source CAPTCHA integrations for popular software, such as WordPress.
Free Captcha Plans
Find the Plan That Fits Your Needs.
Non-Commercial Plan
Free Captcha to protect your non-commercial project.
Includes:
- 1 protected domain
- Up to 1,000 requests / month
- Privacy-friendly protection
- No image labeling tasks for users
- User-friendly and fully accessible
Starter Plan for Commercial Use
Get a free 30-day trial of our Starter Plan, the professional version of our Non-Commercial Plan.
€9 per month
Open-Source Plan
Free Captcha to protect your open-source project.
All the benefits of Starter, and:
- Up to 50 protected domains
- Up to 50,000 requests / month
- Automatic risk detection and smart difficulty scaling
- Dedicated data centers (e.g. EU only)
- User management
Advanced Plan for Commercial Use
Get a free 30-day trial of our Advanced Plan, the professional version of our Open-Source Plan.
€200 per month
Enterprise
High-end security, scalability, and compliance with specialized support for enterprises.
Contact Our Team
Contact us to discuss your requirements.
Custom pricing
All the benefits of Advanced, and:
- Unlimited protected domains
- Unlimited requests / month
- Professional analytics features
- Reporting capabilities
- App-specific difficulty controls
- Single sign-on, enhanced access control and audit logs
- Self-hosted endpoint option
- Software engineer support
- Assistance with your procurement and evaluation processes
FAQ
Yes, there are several free CAPTCHA services available. Traditional CAPTCHA providers use visible challenges, such as selecting an image or checking a box. Modern alternatives, like Friendly Captcha, use invisible technology for bot protection that doesn’t require extensive user interaction.
Friendly Captcha offers a free tier for basic usage and open-source projects. It focuses on invisible background checks and minimal tracking, making it ideal for privacy compliance.
The best free CAPTCHA solution for you depends on your specific needs, particularly regarding privacy compliance (e.g., GDPR), the desired user experience (invisible versus interactive), and ease of implementation. Top choices include Friendly Captcha, which offers a fully privacy-compliant, accessible, invisible, and user-friendly free CAPTCHA.
Yes, Friendly Captcha offers a free plan for non-commercial projects. Additionally, Friendly Captcha offers an advanced free CAPTCHA for open source projects.
Yes, several free bot protection tools and services are available. Friendly Captcha provides free bot protection for non-commercial projects within a certain size limit. It also offers an enhanced plan for open-source projects.
Friendly Captcha provides advanced bot protection for free to developers working on open-source projects. If you are a developer working on an open-source project, you can apply for our free Open Source Plan.
A free CAPTCHA is a bot protection service for websites and applications that is available at no cost. Friendly Captcha offers a free CAPTCHA for non-commercial and open-source projects. It provides comprehensive bot protection with a free CAPTCHA solution.
Yes, there are several free alternatives to reCAPTCHA that offer a better user experience and greater privacy protection. Friendly Captcha is widely considered the best free reCAPTCHA alternative overall. It is invisible to human users and performs background browser checks without requiring users to solve image puzzles.
Additionally, it is highly privacy-focused, does not track users across the internet, and does not sell data for advertising purposes. This makes it GDPR-compliant by design.
Yes, Google reCAPTCHA offers a free tier, but it has limits. Usage beyond 10,000 assessments per month requires a paid plan. More importantly, higher security features require a paid plan as well. Friendly Captcha is a free alternative to Google reCAPTCHA. It provides a free CAPTCHA service for non-commercial and open-source projects.
Cloudflare Turnstile has a limited free plan for small projects that includes less than 20 widgets. It provides basic bot protection, but a paid plan is required for comprehensive bot protection. Friendly Captcha is a free Cloudflare Turnstile alternative for non-commercial projects.
Yes, hCaptcha is free for small websites. It offers a free basic tier with image recognition tasks. Friendly Captcha is a free alternative to hCaptcha that works invisibly in the background and does not require image challenges.
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