Best Captcha Services · head-to-head
Friendly Captcha vs hCaptcha
A sourced, side-by-side comparison for captcha services. Friendly Captcha has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Friendly Captcha has the lower entry price — Friendly Captcha starts at $0/mo, hCaptcha at $0/mo. Free tier: Friendly Captcha Yes, hCaptcha Yes. HIPAA: Friendly Captcha No, hCaptcha No.
As of 2026-10-12 · figures link to their source below STALE
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Friendly Captcha
$0/mo entryhCaptcha
$0/mo entrySources — Friendly Captcha: friendlycaptcha.com (verified 2026-09-02) STALE · 2026-09-02 · hCaptcha: hcaptcha.com (verified 2026-10-12)
Key features
Friendly Captcha: EU-hosted, GDPR-compliant by design: no cookies, no cross-site tracking, IP anonymized via one-way hash; Proof-of-work verification — no personal data required to solve challenge; Supports NIS2 and DORA compliance frameworks (per security page); 30-day free trial on all paid plans
hCaptcha: Privacy-first: no cross-site user tracking, zero-PII mode for Enterprise; SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701 certified (per certifications page); 99.9% passive mode on Pro (no visible challenge for most users); Paid publishers program — sites earn revenue from the free tier