- SPECIMEN
Wehatecaptchas
- FILED AS
Filed without a one-line summary.
- INTAKE DATE
- 2026-07-14
- CLASS
- Analytics
- METHOD
- desk research, filed before the Lab logged its counts
No dimension scores were recorded for this specimen, so no Koda Score is published. Read the verdict instead.
Modern, invisible CAPTCHA. Replace squiggly text and image grids with a single click while a proof-of-work puzzle runs in the background.
Open it
The verdict.
Friendly Captcha is the right pick if you want spam protection that does not treat legitimate visitors like suspects. It is fully accessible, GDPR compliant, and requires no cookies or trackers, which makes it a genuinely better experience than reCAPTCHA or hCaptcha for most European-facing sites. The catch is cost: the free tier caps at 1,000 requests per month for non-commercial use only, and real bot intelligence lives in the €200 Advanced plan. Small sites with low volume will love it. High-traffic operations should price the tiers carefully before committing.
Pricing, straight.
All prices in euros. Request limits are per month.
Free (non-commercial)
€0
- 1 protected domain
- Up to 1,000 requests
- Privacy-friendly protection
- No image labeling tasks
- Fully accessible
Starter
€9/mo
- 1 protected domain
- Up to 1,000 requests
- Privacy-friendly protection
- No image labeling tasks
- Fully accessible
Growth
€39/mo
- Up to 5 protected domains
- Up to 5,000 requests
- Usage statistics
Advanced
€200/mo
- Up to 50 domains, 50,000 requests
- Automatic risk detection and smart difficulty scaling
- Real-time risk intelligence
- Dedicated EU data centers
- 99.9% guaranteed uptime
- User management and online support
Enterprise
Custom
- Unlimited domains and requests
- Professional analytics and reporting
- App-specific difficulty controls
- Single sign-on, access control, audit logs
- Self-hosted endpoint option
- Software engineer support and procurement assistance
Pricing as captured on 2026-07-14. Check the live site before you commit.
What it actually does.
One click, no puzzles
A proof-of-work calculation runs in the background so users never label crosswalks or decode warped text.
WCAG 2.2 AA certified
Fully accessible for users relying on screen readers or keyboard navigation, an area where image CAPTCHAs consistently fail.
GDPR compliant
Built as a privacy-first solution, with dedicated EU-only data centers available on higher tiers.
No cookies or trackers
Nothing follows your visitors around, which sidesteps the consent-banner problems that come with Google's reCAPTCHA.
Enterprise-grade security
Smart difficulty scaling and real-time risk intelligence step up the challenge for suspicious traffic on Advanced and above.
Broad integrations
Official support for WordPress, Magento, React, Vue, and Angular covers most common stacks out of the box.
Who it is for.
Sites that need bot protection without friction. Contact forms, signups, and comment sections all benefit from a click-only challenge that does not stall conversions.
Organizations that answer to privacy regulators. If you serve EU users and want to avoid Google's data collection, the no-cookie, GDPR-compliant model is a clean answer.
Developers who care about accessibility. The WCAG 2.2 AA certification means you can drop it in without excluding users who rely on assistive tech.
The honest part.
- The free tier is capped at 1,000 requests per month and is non-commercial only. Any real business needs a paid plan.
- The Starter plan at €9 is thin. You get the core CAPTCHA but no usage statistics and only a single domain.
- The genuinely smart features, automatic risk detection and real-time intelligence, only appear on the €200 Advanced tier, which is a steep jump for small businesses.
- Request-based pricing means a spike in legitimate traffic can push you into a higher bracket, so budget with headroom.
- Proof-of-work challenges use client CPU cycles, which can be slightly slower on old or low-power devices compared with an instant checkbox.