Frugal & fair pricing.
Because C and H2O run on almost nothing, our server costs are a fraction of traditional CAPTCHA services. We pass that directly to you.
Hobbyist
Always free
Personal projects, portfolios, and open source apps.
- 50,000 verifications/mo
- Invisible PoW + puzzle fallback
- Community support
- Analytics dashboard
- Custom puzzle styling
Starter
Free during beta
Small commercial sites and early-stage startups.
- 100,000 verifications/mo
- Invisible PoW + puzzle fallback
- Analytics dashboard
- Email support
- Custom puzzle styling
Growth
Free during beta
Growing SaaS, e-commerce, and content platforms.
- 500,000 verifications/mo
- Invisible PoW + puzzle fallback
- Custom puzzle styling
- Priority email support
- Advanced analytics
Scale
Free during beta
High-traffic applications with demanding security requirements.
- 1,000,000 verifications/mo
- Everything in Growth
- Webhook event log
- Direct engineer access
- SLA commitment
Need more than 1M verifications/month? Contact us for Enterprise.
Included in every single plan
Zero cookies
No tracking ever
EU hosted
GDPR by design
No IP blocking
Humans never refused
~16 KB script
Zero dependencies
Self-verifiable
Ed25519 tokens
Open logic
No black boxes
How we compare
Captxa was built from scratch to fix what is broken in every existing CAPTCHA solution. Here is an honest side-by-side.
Pricing at a glance
| Plan / Tier | Captxa | reCAPTCHA v3 | hCaptcha | Cloudflare Turnstile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier |
50K/mo always free |
Unlimited* *privacy cost |
1M/mo non-private |
1M/mo Cloudflare account |
| Entry paid plan |
$9/mo 100K verifications |
$0 Enterprise: custom $$$ |
$99/mo Publisher privacy plan |
N/A Bundled with CF plans |
| 500K verifications/mo | $29/mo | Free* | ~$99–199/mo | Free via CF |
| 1M verifications/mo | $49/mo | Free* | ~$199–399/mo | Free via CF |
* reCAPTCHA v3 is free but monetises your users' behavioral data at scale. reCAPTCHA Enterprise starts at ~$1 per 1,000 assessments.
Feature & privacy breakdown
| Feature | Captxa | reCAPTCHA v3 | hCaptcha | Cloudflare Turnstile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invisible to users | Always | Mostly | Sometimes | Always |
| Tracking & fingerprinting | None | Extensive | Some | Minimal |
| GDPR / privacy-first | By design | Problematic | Partial | Partial |
| Token self-verifiable | Yes | No | No | No |
| Open, auditable logic | Fully | Black box | Black box | Black box |
| Script weight | ~16 KB | ~500 KB | ~300 KB | ~30 KB |
| No Big Tech dependency | Yes | No (is Google) | Yes | No (is Cloudflare) |
| EU-only data processing | Yes | No (US servers) | No (US servers) | Partial |
| Proof-of-Work (CPU-based) | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| No IP-based blocking | Guaranteed | Uses IP signals | Uses IP signals | Uses IP signals |
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