Replaces hCaptcha
European alternatives to hCaptcha
Bot protection for forms, run from Europe
Browse the category: Captcha services · Web analytics services
hCaptcha is a captcha service based in the United States. Website owners put it in front of sign-up forms, comment boxes and login pages to keep automated abuse out, and visitors either solve a short challenge or pass an invisible check. It has a free tier and positions itself as a privacy conscious option, and it is a common replacement for other captcha widgets.
A captcha loads on the pages where visitors are already handing over personal details, and it involves a third party script that receives an IP address and browser signals from every visitor. A European alternative to hCaptcha keeps that check with an EU or EFTA supplier. Friendly Captcha and Trustcaptcha offer challenges designed to stay unobtrusive, CaptchaFox and Private Captcha protect forms without heavy interaction, and Myra EU CAPTCHA comes from a European security provider.
European options 11
Our pick
Trustcaptcha
Privacy friendly captcha from Germany
Trustcaptcha is a captcha service from Germany. It keeps bots and spam away from your website without making visitors solve puzzles or complete other tasks, so the protection works in the background instead of costing every user time. A free demo is available on the company website.
GermanyEU hosted
Friendly Captcha
Captcha service from Germany
Germany
CaptchaFox
Privacy focused captcha service from Germany
GermanyEU hosted
Private Captcha
Privacy friendly captcha service from Estonia
EstoniaEU hosted
Myra EU CAPTCHA
Privacy first captcha service built in Germany
GermanyEU hosted
Captcha
Captcha service from Austria
AustriaEU hosted
Swetrix CAPTCHA
Privacy focused captcha from Ukraine
UkraineOpen source
Swetrix
Open source privacy analytics from Ukraine
UkraineOpen source
ALTCHA
Open source captcha from the Czech Republic
Czech RepublicEU hostedOpen sourceFree planSelf-hosted and open source
Open source projects you can run yourself. Not necessarily made in Europe, but nobody else holds your data.
Open source
SwitzerlandQuestions
How hard is it to swap out?
In most cases you replace the widget snippet on the page and the verification call on the server. Friendly Captcha, CaptchaFox and Trustcaptcha publish integration guides for the common frameworks and content management systems.
Do visitors still have to solve puzzles?
Not always: several providers here, including Friendly Captcha and Private Captcha, work without asking the visitor to identify images. Check what happens for suspicious traffic, since the fallback behaviour differs.
Is there a free European captcha service?
Some options have a free tier for small sites, and Swetrix CAPTCHA is offered alongside Swetrix analytics. Compare the request limits on each provider's own page before you deploy it on a busy site.