Friendly Captcha for
Shopware

Shopware is a modular online store system developed in Germany. It is available both as open source software and in commercial editions. Protect your Shopware store from spam and bots with the best Shopware captcha from Friendly Captcha. Enjoy easy integration and 100 % accessibility.

Field of application/

E-Commerce

Tired of clicking on cars?

Friendly Captcha is the user-friendly way to stop spam and bots - no labeling needed.

Get rid of annoying labeling tasks. Make spam protection easy and privacy compliant.

Happy users, increased conversion rates

With Friendly Captcha no user tasks are needed. It runs automatically in the background.

Fully accessible and WCAG compliant

Don’t exclude any users, Friendly Captcha is entirely barrier-free.

Privacy compliant with GDPR, CCPA, LGPD and PIPL

Friendly Captcha protects users’ privacy at the highest level of data protection.

European servers for maximum data protection

Ensure that your customers’ personal data remains in the EU.

The Shopware Captcha

How the integration works

1.

Create a Friendly Captcha account

Creating an account is completely free, all you need is a valid email address and you’re ready to go. Choose a plan that covers your needs. The first 30 days are free of charge.

2.

Create an 'Application' to get a sitekey

Create an application in the Friendly Captcha dashboard to get a sitekey for your integration, as shown in the screenshot below.

3.

Create an API key to interact with the API

Create an API key in the Friendly Captcha dashboard, as shown in the screenshot below.
Please make sure to copy and save the API key as you can only access it once.

4.

Complete your billing details

To ensure that your account remains functional after the 30-day trial period, make sure to enter your billing information in the Friendly Captcha dashboard.

You can adjust and cancel your Friendly Captcha plan online at any time.

5.

Install the Friendly Captcha plugin in Shopware

Get the Friendly Captcha plugin for Shopware and install it.

6.

Connect Friendly Captcha with Shopware

To finish the integration, access the Friendly Captcha plugin settings in Shopware and paste the Sitekey generated in step 2 and the API key generated in step 3 into the respective fields.

The Friendly Captcha widget will appear in your Shopware frontend.

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FAQs

A Shopware CAPTCHA is used to verify that certain user actions in a Shopware online store are being performed by a human or an automated script. Traditional CAPTCHA vendors typically provide an image recognition or audio challenge. This old-school mechanism helps protect e-commerce sites from spam, fraud, and brute-force attacks. In contrast, modern CAPTCHA providers like Friendly Captcha use a proof-of-work approach. With its background challenges, it invisibly challenges the device, not the human.

Friendly Captcha automatically inserts cryptographic challenges into Shopware forms that are solved in the background. Unlike traditional image- or text-based CAPTCHAs such as Google reCAPTCHA, users never see an image- or audio-based CAPTCHA challenge. Once the cryptographic puzzle is solved, the server validates the solution to confirm legitimate human interaction. This provides robust security without inconveniencing customers.

Friendly Captcha is the best CAPTCHA for Shopware stores. Its privacy-first design and ease of use will convince you. Friendly Captcha is completely invisible and therefore fully accessible, yet WCAG compliant. This not only improves the user experience, but also provides reliable protection against spam and bot abuse. It also complies with international privacy requirements such as GDPR or CCPA, making it a suitable solution for your business.

Enabling a CAPTCHA is especially important if your Shopware store handles user data, registration, contact forms, newsletter pages, or payment information, as it helps prevent malicious activity. Automated attacks can overload your site and create serious security risks. By integrating a modern CAPTCHA like Friendly Captcha, you minimize spam and fraudulent transactions while maintaining a smooth experience for legitimate customers.

A CAPTCHA for Shopware filters out unwanted traffic and spam, ensuring that site interactions come from real customers. This conserves server resources and optimizes the user experience. But this only works with a modern CAPTCHA such as Friendly Captcha. Thanks to its invisible, proof-of-work approach, people usually don’t even notice that a CAPTCHA challenge is being carried out. This makes Friendly Captcha the best, most user-friendly CAPTCHA for a more trustworthy e-commerce environment available.

You can install Friendly Captcha SDK for Shopware and add the appropriate code snippets to your Shopware shop pages and forms. The cryptographic puzzle will run in the background when a user performs certain actions after the SDK is configured. For detailed instructions, read the Friendly Captcha documentation.

If you choose a Shopware CAPTCHA like Friendly Captcha, yes. It doesn’t rely on clicking like Google reCAPTCHA does, making it easier for people with disabilities. By running challenges in the background, Friendly Captcha supports a fully accessible design. Everyone can interact with your store equally, which is essential for both compliance and good customer relations.

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