European Alternatives to reCAPTCHA

reCAPTCHA is a CAPTCHA service owned by Google. It is completely free, but has been criticized for its poor privacy practices. This pages lists European reCAPTCHA alternatives from companies based in a member state of the European Union (EU) or the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

Friendly Captcha

Germany

Friendly Captcha is the German GDPR-compliant captcha – privacy-friendly, accessible, proof-of-work based, no tracking.

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CaptchaFox

Germany

CaptchaFox is the German privacy-focused CAPTCHA – GDPR compliant, no cookies, accessible, EU hosted.

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Private CAPTCHA

Private CAPTCHA is privacy-focused CAPTCHA – no tracking, GDPR compliant.

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TrustCaptcha

Germany

TrustCaptcha is the German privacy CAPTCHA – proof-of-work, no tracking, German company.

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Captcha.eu

Austria (EU)

Captcha.eu is the Austrian GDPR-compliant CAPTCHA – privacy-first, EU data, no tracking, accessible.

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Swetrix CAPTCHA

Ukraine/UK (EU servers)

Swetrix CAPTCHA is privacy-focused CAPTCHA – part of Swetrix analytics, open source.

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Swetrix

Ukraine

Swetrix is the Ukrainian privacy-focused analytics – cookieless, open-source, GDPR compliant, affordable.

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ALTCHA

Open Source

ALTCHA is the open-source CAPTCHA alternative – proof-of-work based, no tracking, privacy-friendly, self-hosted.

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mCaptcha

Open Source

mCaptcha is the open-source CAPTCHA – proof-of-work based, no tracking, privacy-friendly.

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mosparo

Open Source (Switzerland origin)

mosparo is the open-source spam protection – no CAPTCHA puzzles, self-hosted, privacy-focused.

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