From 2fb2d12e72ffd85686f56c2224f5c51936844dac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tiago <70700766+tiagorangel1@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:49:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add mCAPTCHA to the alternatives list --- docs/guide/alternatives.md | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/guide/alternatives.md b/docs/guide/alternatives.md index 6b25200..b741133 100644 --- a/docs/guide/alternatives.md +++ b/docs/guide/alternatives.md @@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ | GeeTest | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟨 | ❌ | βœ… | βœ… | ❌ | 🟨 | 🟨 | | Arkose Labs | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | βœ… | 🟨 | ❌ | ❌ | -#### Notes: - -- "Hard for bots" does not include solvers like 2captcha or BrightData, as I cannot verify their legitimacy myself. -- Arkose Labs is considered "Easy for Bots" as their audio CAPTCHA is easy to solve by multi-modal LLMs. +**Note:** "Hard for bots" does not consider solvers like 2captcha, XEvil solver, or BrightData, as I cannot verify their legitimacy myself. However, they're extremely cheap. ## All alternatives @@ -31,13 +28,17 @@ Not only is Cap significantly smaller and faster than reCAPTCHA, it's open-sourc Pretty much the same as reCAPTCHA, although hCAPTCHA is significantly more secure. Personally it's the best alternative to Cap, even though the widget's bundle size alone is significantly bigger. -Fun fact about hCAPTCHA, an attacker can easily solve it for $1.05/1k results while _you_ (the site owner) need to pay hCAPTCHA $1/1k solves just for the captcha, even if the content behind the captcha doesn't cost you anything. - -Imagine if anyone could drain $100 dollars from your bank account just by knowing your name and paying $105 - pretty scary, right? +Unfortunately, hCAPTCHA is extremely expensive to use. At the time of writing, it's [$1/1k solutions](https://www.hcaptcha.com/pricing) ### Altcha -Cap is slightly smaller than altcha and easier to integrate, but if you don't care about that and want a more popular solution I would highly recommend checking it out. +Cap is slightly smaller than Altcha and includes extra features like checkpoints, progress tracking, and a simpler dashboard. if you don’t need those and prefer a more mature solution, Altcha is a still a solid choice. + +### mCAPTCHA + +mCAPTCHA is similar to both Cap and Altcha, but unfortunately mCAPTCHA doesn't look actively maintained anymore (the last commit was over a year ago). + +Its bundle is also significantly larger, with the widget iframe being at 250kb! (150kb of that is just for a shield png) ### FriendlyCaptcha