10 Best CAPTCHA Solving Services in 2026: AI & Human Solvers Compared

To find the best CAPTCHA solvers, we conducted a laboratory test, routing 100 distinct requests through each vendor’s network against a “worst-case” scenario: Cloudflare’s Enterprise-grade protection in “Under Attack” mode.

Our research focused on identifying which tools provide a seamless automated bypass and which require too much human intervention.

CAPTCHA solver benchmark results

The following chart shows the completion rates for 100 requests sent through each vendor while the target was protected by Cloudflare’s “Under Attack” mode.

See the methodology for detailed information.

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10 best CAPTCHA solving services

Bright Data

Bright Data Web Unlocker is an all-in-one solution integrated with their proxy network. We manually identified two web domains where we, as human users, needed to solve CAPTCHA. After enabling the CAPTCHA solver in the web unblocker, we received successful responses from 20 URLs across these two domains.

Types of CAPTCHA: They handle various CAPTCHA types, including:

• reCAPTCHA v2 and v3
• hCAPTCHA
• Image-based CAPTCHAs
• Text-based CAPTCHAs

Pricing:

• Pay-as-you-go: $1.5 per 1000 results
• Starting price (Pay-per-solve): $500 /month(2.30 per 1,000 API calls)

2Captcha

While 2Captcha supports multiple APIs, it is particularly popular for Python implementations. Historically, 2Captcha was built on a vast network of human solvers. They solve CAPTCHA, and their solutions are then returned to the client. This method ensures high accuracy, particularly for unusual image-based CAPTCHA that AI might struggle with.

2Captcha has invested in AI and machine learning to handle modern challenges, such as reCAPTCHA v2/v3 and hCAPTCHA, by generating tokens through browser environment emulation and behavioral analysis.

The provider also offers proxies for general web scraping and a CAPTCHA-solving service. 2Captcha offers Chrome, Edge, and Firefox extensions for bypassing captchas.

Supported CAPTCHA types:

• Image CAPTCHA: Text-based, arithmetic, distorted, rotated, click-on-images, etc. (solved by humans).
• reCAPTCHA: v2 (checkbox, invisible), v3 (action-based), Enterprise (AI-driven token generation).
• hCAPTCHA: AI-driven token generation.
• FunCaptcha (Arkose Labs): Often a hybrid approach, or AI for specific variants.
• Cloudflare Turnstile: Newer support, AI-driven.
• GeeTest: Supported.

Pricing:

• 2Captcha charges per 1000 solved CAPTCHA.
• Image CAPTCHA: Starts around $0.50-1.00 per 1000.
• reCAPTCHA v2/hCAPTCHA: Often around $2.99 per 1000.
• reCAPTCHA v3/Enterprise: Can be higher, $5.00+ per 1000

Anti-CAPTCHA

Anti-CAPTCHA is one of the older and well-established CAPTCHA-solving services. Their solving method is primarily human-powered. They also leverage machine learning for pre-processing and routing, especially for reCAPTCHA and hCAPTCHA. Anti-CAPTCHA offers browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

Supported CAPTCHA Types:

• Image CAPTCHA: Strong for all varieties of text, arithmetic, geometric, and rotated image CAPTCHA.
• reCAPTCHA: v2 (checkbox, invisible), v3 (score-based token).
• hCAPTCHA: Token generation.
• FunCaptcha: Supported.
• KeyCAPTCHA, DLE Captcha, and many custom image CAPTCHAs.

Pricing:

• Charges per 1000 solved CAPTCHA.
• Prices vary by CAPTCHA type, with image CAPTCHA typically being cheaper than reCAPTCHA or hCAPTCHA. They often have volume discounts. For instance, reCAPTCHA v2 might cost around $2.99 per 1000, while a basic image CAPTCHA could be lower.

CapSolver

CapSolver is an AI-first CAPTCHA-solving service that simulates realistic user behavior in a browser environment to generate valid tokens that pass the challenge, including mouse movements, clicks, and timing.

Supported CAPTCHA types:

• reCAPTCHA: v2, v3, and enterprise (often considered their specialty).
• hCAPTCHA: (A key focus, providing fast token solutions).
• FunCaptcha (Arkose Labs): (Strong support for these complex interactive CAPTCHAs).
• Cloudflare Turnstile: (Excellent support).
• GeeTest: (Supported).
• Image CAPTCHA: While not their primary focus, they do offer AI-based OCR for simple image CAPTCHA.

Pricing:

• Charges per 1000 solved CAPTCHA.
• reCAPTCHA v2/hCAPTCHA: Often around $2.00-3.00 per 1000
• reCAPTCHA v3/Enterprise/FunCaptcha/Turnstile: Can be higher, often $5.00-10.00 per 1000

YesCaptcha

YesCaptcha combines a network of human solvers with advanced AI algorithms. Human solvers handle complex visual tasks, while AI is deployed to deliver faster, more scalable solutions for specific CAPTCHA challenges. CAPTCHA is intelligently routed to the most appropriate solver type (human or AI) based on its characteristics.

Supported CAPTCHA types:

• Image CAPTCHA: Standard, distorted, custom variations (human-solved).
• reCAPTCHA: v2 (checkbox, invisible), v3 (token generation).
• hCAPTCHA: (Token generation).
• FunCaptcha (Arkose Labs): (Supported, often a hybrid approach).
• Cloudflare Challenges: (Can provide solutions for various Cloudflare protection mechanisms).
• GeeTest, DataDome: (Supported).

Pricing:

• Charges per 1000 solved CAPTCHA.
• Image CAPTCHA: Can be as low as $0.50-0.80 per 1000.
• reCAPTCHA v2/hCAPTCHA: Often around $2.00-2.50 per 1000.

Oxylabs

Oxylabs does not offer a dedicated CAPTCHA API; instead, it provides a unblocking browser that handles CAPTCHAs as part of its request pipeline.

Its Unblocker uses machine learning to simulate real user behavior, including header management and proxy rotation. Because the solver is integrated, users don’t need to manage separate CAPTCHA credits.

Supported CAPTCHA: 

Since it is an unblocker, it handles challenges “under the hood.” It is highly effective against Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha Enterprise, and reCAPTCHA v2/v3.

Pricing:

• Subscription: Starts at $45/month for enterprise-grade features, including 8 GB.

Zyte

Zyte offers an all-in-one API that enables “Clean HTML” delivery by automatically bypassing blocks.

Zyte’s approach is automatic bypass. You send a URL to the Zyte API, and their system decides the best way to bypass the CAPTCHA.

Supported CAPTCHA: 

It is particularly strong at solving transparent challenges and per-request blocks without requiring manual site-key extraction.

Pricing:

• Pay-as-you-go:
  • HTTP Response: $0.13 – $1.27 per 1,000 responses.
  • Browser Rendered: $1.01 – $16.08 per 1,000 responses (Necessary for most modern CAPTCHA challenges).
• Monthly commitments: $100. Reduces costs to $0.10 (HTTP) or $0.75 (Browser) per 1k.

Decodo

Decodo is a high-performance specialist in the unblocking space, delivering strong results in our internal benchmarks. The provider focuses on high-difficulty targets. Our benchmark results showed a 67% success rate against Cloudflare’s “Under Attack” mode, placing it among the top tier of unblocking solutions.

Supported CAPTCHA:

Integrated bypass for Cloudflare Turnstile and advanced browser-based challenges.

Pricing:

• Starter: $10/month for 1 GB

CAP Monster Cloud

CAP Monster Cloud is fundamentally different from the other CAPTCHA solver APIs. It’s not an external service you send CAPTCHA to for their workers/AI to solve. Instead, it’s a software solution. You need to set up your own local or private cloud CAPTCHA solving engine, providing maximum control, privacy, and potentially lower long-term costs.

The user configures the solving engine. It uses AI and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) modules to recognize and solve CAPTCHAs. The solving method is dependent on how you train and configure it.

Supported CAPTCHA types:

• Image CAPTCHA: Pattern-based image CAPTCHA, once trained (e.g., text, arithmetic, simple distortions). Can struggle with highly complex, random, or interactive image CAPTCHAs without significant custom training.
• reCAPTCHA v2/v3, hCAPTCHA: It has built-in modules to simulate solving these by generating tokens, but this requires significant local resources (browser instances) and configuration.
• Act as a proxy: It can be configured to act as an API endpoint and, if it can’t solve a CAPTCHA, forward it to an external service (like 2Captcha).

Pricing:

You typically buy a software license, not pay per solve. For high volumes of specific, consistent CAPTCHAs, it can be significantly cheaper than external services in the long run.

DeathByCaptcha

DeathByCaptcha uses a hybrid approach combining OCR (AI) and human workers to bypass CAPTCHAs. It is one of the best choices for a custom image CAPTCHA.

The vendor also offers CAPTCHA solver extensions for Chrome and Firefox.

Supported CAPTCHA:

• reCAPTCHA v2 / v3
• hCaptcha & FunCaptcha
• Classic Text & Image CAPTCHA (Solved by humans)

Pricing:

• Starting price: $0.99 – $2.00 / 1,000 solves.

What is a CAPTCHA Solver?

A CAPTCHA solver is an automated tool or service designed to recognize and solve CAPTCHA challenges (such as reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, or Cloudflare Turnstile).

In the context of web scraping, it allows automated processes to bypass security measures intended to stop bots, which typically require human intervention.

AI vs. human CAPTCHA solving: Which is better?

1. AI-first solvers (CapSolver, CapMonster): Use machine learning to solve challenges. They are significantly cheaper ($0.60/1k) and faster, but can be detected by “invisible” reCAPTCHA v3.
2. Human farms (2Captcha, DeathByCaptcha): Rely on real people. They are slower but have higher “human-like” success rates for complex logic.

Solving modern challenges: hCaptcha Enterprise & Cloudflare Turnstile

With hCaptcha interest up, the trend is moving toward integrated unblockers. Services such as Decodo and Zyte solve CAPTCHA and prevent it from appearing by emulating browser integrity.

CAPTCHA solver benchmark methodology

This benchmark is part of our web unblocker benchmark, designed to evaluate the capabilities of leading web data vendors against strict anti-bot techniques. For this specific dataset, we isolated the vendors’ ability to solve Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA under the most aggressive security configurations available.

1. Participant selection

We focused on the largest market leaders by employee count (>100 employees) and product scope. We tested their unblocker, a specialized tool that automatically handles CAPTCHAs and browser fingerprints.

The specific products configured for this test were:

• Bright Data: Web Unlocker
• Decodo: Site Unblocker
• Oxylabs: Web Unblocker
• Zyte: API (configured in proxy mode)

2. Lab test environment

The tests were conducted on a controlled endpoint hosted on aimultiple.com. To ensure the results reflected a “worst-case” scenario for data extraction, we utilized Cloudflare’s enterprise-grade anti-bot protection with the following configurations:

• Security Level: High
• Features Enabled: Browser integrity check
• Challenge Mode: “Under Attack Mode” (UA Mode)

3. The challenge mechanism

In standard configurations, Cloudflare may only show CAPTCHA to suspicious traffic. However, enabling “Under Attack Mode” forced an interactive challenge (Cloudflare Turnstile) on every request.

4. Success metrics

We routed 100 distinct requests through each vendor’s network to the target endpoint.

• Success: A request was recorded as successful only if the vendor solved the Turnstile challenge and the target server returned an OK status code.
• Failure: Any request resulting in a forbidden error, a timeout, or an unresolved CAPTCHA loop was recorded as a failure.

Why are they a problem for web scrapers?

When you encounter a CAPTCHA, your browser sends a request to the server. Your solution is sent back to the server for verification. If correct, you’re allowed to proceed; if not, you might be given a new challenge or blocked.

A scraper without a CAPTCHA solver can’t “see” an image, “read” distorted text, or “click” a checkbox based on an understanding of intent. Scrapers employ various strategies, but each comes with costs and complexities:

• CAPTCHA solving services: Sending CAPTCHA images to human solvers who manually solve them. This is slow, expensive, and adds a human dependency to an automated process.
• AI models and image recognition services: Training custom AI models to solve specific types of CAPTCHAs. This requires vast datasets and significant computational resources.
• Proxy servers: Using a pool of rotating IP addresses to bypass CAPTCHA and appear as too many requests from one source, which can trigger CAPTCHA.
• Browser emulation (headless browsers): Using tools like Selenium or Puppeteer to control a real web browser to mimic human browsing more closely.

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