Friendly Captcha AlternativesAnti-Spam Tools and other similar apps like Friendly Captcha

Friendly Captcha is described as 'Tool for preventing spam on your website' and is a Anti-Spam tool in the security & privacy category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Friendly Captcha for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, SaaS, JavaScript and Wordpress apps. The best Friendly Captcha alternative is Cap Captcha, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Friendly Captcha are Anubis, reCAPTCHA, Procaptcha and Private Captcha.

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  1. Cap Captcha icon
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    Lightweight, modern open-source CAPTCHA alternative designed using SHA-256 proof-of-work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • Cap Captcha is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Friendly Captcha.

    • Cap Captcha is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Friendly Captcha.

    • Cap Captcha is Free and Open SourceFriendly Captcha is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Cap Captcha is Customizable and LightweightFriendly Captcha is not according to our users
  2. Anubis icon
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    Applies sha256 proof-of-work challenges to incoming HTTP requests, targeting AI crawlers, bots that ignore robots.txt, and automated scrapers, protecting server resources and preventing unwanted search engine indexing for privacy-focused sites.

    47 Anubis alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
     
  3. reCAPTCHA icon
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    reCAPTCHA is a free service that protects your site from spam and abuse, using risk analysis techniques to tell humans and bots apart.

    28 reCAPTCHA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • reCAPTCHA is the most popular Web-based alternative to Friendly Captcha.

    • reCAPTCHA is Freemium and ProprietaryFriendly Captcha is also Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Procaptcha icon
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    Prosopo Procaptcha redefines user verification with a unique approach that emphasizes privacy and security. It's a pioneering solution designed to offer an alternative to conventional CAPTCHA systems that often compromise user privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Wordpress
     
    • Procaptcha is the most popular SaaS alternative to Friendly Captcha.

    • Procaptcha is Freemium and Open SourceFriendly Captcha is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Private Captcha icon
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    Private Captcha is an independent, privacy-first, self-hostable Proof-of-Work CAPTCHA service made in EU. Instead of asking users to solve complex puzzles or track their behavior, Private Captcha solves an invisible cryptographic task in the background.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  6. IronWall icon
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    IronWall is a Proof-of-Work (PoW) rate-limiting protocol designed to protect high-value API endpoints (AI generation, Auth, SMS triggers) from automated abuse.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. hCaptcha icon
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    hCaptcha is designed to solve the most labor intensive problem in machine learning: labeling massive amounts of data in a timely, affordable, and reliable way.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Turnstile is Cloudflare's smart CAPTCHA alternative. It automatically chooses from a rotating suite of non-intrusive browser challenges based on telemetry and client behavior exhibited during a session.

    19 Cloudflare Turnstile alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • JavaScript
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. ALTCHA icon
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    ALTCHA is a privacy-first solution built to help developers and website owners stop bots, spam, and automated abuse — without making things harder for real users. It replaces traditional CAPTCHA systems with a smarter, quieter approach to verification and threat detection.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. mCaptcha icon
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    A no-nonsense CAPTCHA system with seamless UX | Backend component.

    30 mCaptcha alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. mosparo icon
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    mosparo is the modern solution for protecting your online forms from spam. The protection method is quite simple: mosparo blocks spam using rules matching the form’s data. The detection method is comparable to an e-mail spam filter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • Drupal
    • Django
    • PHP
    • Mautic
    • Wordpress
     
  12. TrustCaptcha icon
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    TrustCaptcha is a privacy-first, invisible CAPTCHA that protects your website from bots and spam—without disrupting your users.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Spring
    • Kotlin
    • Rust
    • Ruby
    • Python
    • .NET Framework
    • Craft CMS
    • React
    • Groovy
    • JavaScript
    • Angular
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Scala
    • PHP
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Typescript
    • Java
    • Wordpress
    • Node.JS
    • Vue.js
     
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