2Captcha
The veteran human-powered CAPTCHA solver, running since 2009 with near-universal challenge coverage.
About
2Captcha is one of the oldest CAPTCHA solving services, operating since 2009 on a distributed network of human workers. Because real people solve the challenges, it covers virtually every CAPTCHA type: reCAPTCHA v2, Invisible, v3, and Enterprise, hCaptcha, Arkose FunCaptcha, GeeTest, TikTok captchas, rotation and puzzle CAPTCHAs, and simple image and text challenges. You submit the challenge through a straightforward HTTP API and poll for the answer; SDKs exist for PHP, JavaScript, Go, C#, Java, and Python, and browser extensions cover Chrome and Firefox. Failed solves can be resent without charge, and you pay only for completed solutions.
The tradeoff for human accuracy is speed: simple image CAPTCHAs take about 5 to 15 seconds, while hard challenges like reCAPTCHA v2 average 10 to 40 seconds depending on worker load. Pricing runs roughly $0.50 to $1 per 1,000 simple CAPTCHAs and up to about $2.99 per 1,000 for reCAPTCHA v2/v3, with a minimum deposit around $1 to $3 depending on payment method. A free demo page lets you test every CAPTCHA type without spending credits. Worker quality and solve times vary with demand, which is the main thing to plan around in production.
What it can do
- Human-worker solving for 20+ CAPTCHA types
- reCAPTCHA v2, v3, Invisible, and Enterprise support
- hCaptcha, FunCaptcha, GeeTest, and TikTok challenge support
- Free re-solve on wrong answers, pay only for solved CAPTCHAs
- HTTP API with SDKs for major languages
- Chrome and Firefox browser extensions
- Free demo mode for testing integrations
Setup
Register at 2captcha.com, add funds, copy your API key from the dashboard, and submit challenges via the HTTP API.
Prerequisites
A 2Captcha account with balance; a script that can extract CAPTCHA parameters and submit the solved token.
Use cases
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Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: 2captcha.com documents the API, pricing, and demo mode; independent 2026 comparisons corroborate the 2009 founding, challenge coverage, and the ~$0.50 to $2.99 per 1,000 price bands. Strengths: longest track record in the category, near-universal challenge coverage, free demo for integration testing. Docked for: (1) human workers mean 10 to 40 second solve times, much slower than AI-only rivals; (2) solve speed and worker availability fluctuate with demand; (3) fully proprietary with no published accuracy audit. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 7.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 7.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 2.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · Human-worker CAPTCHA solving service operating since 2009
- · Covers 20+ challenge types: reCAPTCHA v2/v3/Enterprise, hCaptcha, FunCaptcha, GeeTest, TikTok, image/text
- · ~$0.50-$1/1k simple CAPTCHAs, up to ~$2.99/1k reCAPTCHA (third-party figures)
- · Solve times 5-40s depending on type and worker load; free demo mode available
- · Free re-solve on wrong answers; SDKs for PHP, JS, Go, C#, Java, Python
Sources
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