InputGuard Alternatives

InputGuard is described as 'The privacy friendly alternative to reCAPTCHA or other captcha tools' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to InputGuard for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, SaaS, Docker and Wordpress apps. The best InputGuard alternative is Cap Captcha, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like InputGuard are Anubis, reCAPTCHA, Procaptcha and hCaptcha.

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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 InputGuard.

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

    • Cap Captcha is Free and Open SourceInputGuard is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Cap Captcha is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedInputGuard 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 InputGuard.

    • reCAPTCHA is Freemium and ProprietaryInputGuard 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 InputGuard.

    • Procaptcha is Freemium and Open SourceInputGuard is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Procaptcha is Privacy focusedInputGuard is not according to our users
  5. 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.

    30 hCaptcha alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. 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)
     
  7. 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
     
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    Friendly Captcha is a tool for preventing spam on your website.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. MTcaptcha icon
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    MTCaptcha is a smart captcha service that prioritizes privacy and accessibility. It offers an adaptive invisible noCaptcha that is easy for humans but hard for bots, making verification frictionless. MTCaptcha is GDPR and WCAG compliant, ensuring that your data is never sold or...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. Captcha icon
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    Protect your business from bots and spam while ensuring 100% data privacy compliance. No puzzles, no tracking – just invisible security that works.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
     
    • Captcha is the most popular commercial alternative to InputGuard.

    • Captcha is Paid and ProprietaryInputGuard is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Multilingual captcha developed by and for EU countries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Captcheck icon
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    Open source reCAPTCHA alternative.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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