Independent · sourced · Updated June 2026
Best Captcha Services (2026)
The cheapest captcha services is Cloudflare Turnstile at $0/mo. 6 offer a free tier (Cloudflare Turnstile, Friendly Captcha, GeeTest). This page compares 7 options on entry price, free tier, HIPAA/SOC 2 and best-for — every figure linked to its source, updated June 2026.
7 options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked cheapest-first. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it; quote-only tiers show “—”, never a guess.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Cloudflare Turnstile at $0/mo (Free).
- Typical paid price: from $8/mo, median $29/mo, up to $139/mo — across 3 with published pricing.
- Free tier: Cloudflare Turnstile, Friendly Captcha, GeeTest, hCaptcha, MTCaptcha, reCAPTCHA Enterprise.
- HIPAA-ready: reCAPTCHA Enterprise, Arkose Labs.
- Tracked: 7 vendors, data current through 2026-06-15.
Comparison
| # | Captcha Service | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloudflare Turnstile | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | Yes | developers and indie builders needing free unlimited captcha | developers.cloudflare.com |
| 2 | Friendly Captcha | $0/mo Free | Yes | No | No | EU-based businesses | friendlycaptcha.com |
| 3 | GeeTest | $0/mo Free Trial | Yes | No | No | Asia-Pacific market enterprises | geetest.com |
| 4 | hCaptcha | $0/mo Basic | Yes | No | Yes | privacy-conscious teams | hcaptcha.com |
| 5 | MTCaptcha | $0/mo Free | Yes | No | No | accessibility-sensitive applications | mtcaptcha.com |
| 6 | reCAPTCHA Enterprise | $0/mo Essentials | Yes | Yes | — | Google Cloud-native apps | docs.cloud.google.com |
| 7 | Arkose Labs | — | No | Yes | Yes | large enterprises with high fraud-farm exposure | quote-only |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest captcha services?
Cloudflare Turnstile has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Free), as of 2026-06-15.
How much does captcha services cost per month?
Across the 3 captcha services with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $29/mo, ranging from $8/mo to $139/mo, as of 2026-06-15. 6 also offer a free tier. 1 are quote-only.
Which captcha services have a free plan?
Cloudflare Turnstile, Friendly Captcha, GeeTest, hCaptcha, MTCaptcha, reCAPTCHA Enterprise offer a free tier.
Which captcha services support HIPAA?
reCAPTCHA Enterprise, Arkose Labs state HIPAA support (a BAA). Always confirm current scope with the vendor.
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How we compiled this
Published self-serve USD pricing collected from each vendor's official pricing page or authoritative third-party listing, accessed 2026-06-15. Telephony fields (minutesIncluded, callsIncluded, overagePerMin, overagePerCall) are null on all plans — non-telephony vertical. monthlyUsd reflects effective monthly cost at the smallest self-serve tier: annualized where only annual billing is published, month-to-month where available. Friendly Captcha publishes prices only in EUR on their website (friendlycaptcha.com); no vendor-confirmed USD price exists, so all its paid tiers carry monthlyUsd=null with a note (a GetApp listing's '$9'/'$39' are par symbol-swaps of the EUR figures, not real conversions, and are not treated as confirmed). GeeTest and Arkose Labs have no published self-serve pricing — all tiers are contact-sales/custom; monthlyUsd=null throughout. Cloudflare Turnstile Free tier is genuinely $0 with no rate limits on verifications; Enterprise requires contacting sales. reCAPTCHA Enterprise Premium tier: 0–10,000 assessments/month free, 10,001–100,000 assessments = $8 flat fee, above 100,000 = $0.001/assessment ($1 per 1,000); effective monthlyUsd=$8 reflects the smallest paid commitment. annualDiscountPct=null for reCAPTCHA as pricing is pay-as-you-go with no published annual discount.
Last verified 2026-06-15. We re-check published prices and compliance on a recurring cadence and update this page when they change.
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