Checkbox · Puzzle
hCaptcha
Intuition Machines · USA (Delaware) · since 2018-04
The reCAPTCHA alternative that pays publishers per solve (Publisher mode). Same image puzzles as reCAPTCHA but trained on enterprise data instead of Google's. Privacy story is mixed: free tier monetizes label work, Pro tier doesn't.
AuditedFreemium
Free quota
1M requests/month free (Publisher tier)
Pricing
Pro from $99/mo, Enterprise custom
// pros
- + Publisher mode pays out (small amounts but real)
- + Drop-in for reCAPTCHA codepaths
- + Used by Cloudflare itself for years
// cons
- − Free tier sells labeling data
- − Puzzles can be slow on mobile
- − Accessibility complaints persist
// highlights
- ▸Free Publisher tier with revenue share
- ▸Same drop-in API as reCAPTCHA
- ▸Image labeling tasks
- ▸Enterprise SLA available
- ▸EU data residency on paid
// specs
- Pricing
- freemium
- Open source
- No
- Self-host
- No
- Audited
- Yes
- HQ
- USA (Delaware)
- Since
- 2018-04
- License
- Proprietary
- Frameworks
- 7 supported