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GDPR-compliant CAPTCHA alternative that protects websites from bots automatically. No image puzzles, full accessibility, made in Germany with EU standards.
German privacy-friendly CAPTCHA that works without tracking users.
Friendly Captcha is a privacy-first bot protection service from Germany that replaces image-labelling CAPTCHAs with silent proof-of-work challenges solved in the background by the user's browser. There's nothing to click, nothing to label, and nothing personal stored — while fraudsters pay a compute cost that makes automation uneconomical.
Trusted by the European Union, Porsche, SAP, IONOS, Birkenstock, and the Red Cross, Friendly Captcha has become one of Europe's most deployed privacy-preserving CAPTCHA alternatives — fully accessible and GDPR/CCPA compliant out of the box.
Key features:
- Truly invisible — no puzzles, no clicks, solved automatically in the background
- Proof-of-work — makes bot attacks economically expensive without burdening users
- Privacy-first — no personal data, no tracking cookies, GDPR + CCPA compliant
- WCAG accessibility certified — works with screen readers and keyboard navigation
- Risk intelligence — bot, IP, and browser fingerprinting for advanced filtering
- Open-source SDKs — React, Vue, Angular, WordPress, Magento, and more
- 99.9% uptime SLA — global data centres in EU, US, and Asia
Pricing starts at €9/month for the Starter plan (1 domain, 1,000 requests) with Growth (€39), Advanced (€200), and Enterprise tiers. Free tier available for non-commercial use.
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