ZeroBot vs hCaptcha
A reCAPTCHA alternative — still a post-submit checkbox.
Who is hCaptcha?
hCaptcha replaces reCAPTCHA for teams that want to avoid Google. It pays websites for labeled data from solved challenges and offers a paid Enterprise tier (hCaptcha Enterprise / BotStop). It's a drop-in widget, so the integration story is familiar — but so are the limitations: it fires at form submit, not on page load.
Pricing: Free for basic use (you may be asked to label AI data). Enterprise pricing from ~$99/month. Bot Stop product is pay-as-you-go.
Feature comparison
Side-by-side on the things customers actually ask about.
| Feature | ZeroBot | hCaptcha |
|---|---|---|
| Blocks bots BEFORE page render | ✓ | — |
| No checkbox friction for humans | ✓ | Partial |
| No dependence on data labeling | ✓ | — |
| IP/ASN/country filters | ✓ | — |
| Real-time attack log | ✓ | Partial |
| Whitelist & blacklist rules | ✓ | — |
| WordPress plugin | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mobile-friendly | ✓ | ✓ |
| Silent / invisible mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Your own dashboard, not theirs | ✓ | — |
Why teams choose ZeroBot over hCaptcha
Stops bots before they see your content
hCaptcha fires at form submit. A scraper already downloaded your page. ZeroBot screens at page load — the HTML never leaves your server for a blocked IP.
No friction tax on real users
Even "invisible" CAPTCHAs fall back to puzzle grids under load. ZeroBot's soft-challenge is a single slider that takes <2s, only on suspicious traffic.
You own the logs
hCaptcha analytics live on their domain. ZeroBot's dashboard shows every visitor with their IP, ISP, ASN, country, and block reason — all on your account.
More than a checkbox
hCaptcha gives you a widget. ZeroBot gives you firewall, hosting, a redirect generator, IP intelligence, and captcha all in one.
Domain count, not puzzle count
Free hCaptcha throttles and paid tiers charge per puzzle. ZeroBot plans are flat per-domain — predictable costs even under a traffic spike.
Verdict: hCaptcha fixes one problem with reCAPTCHA (Google tracking). It doesn't fix the architectural one — CAPTCHAs only run at form submit. ZeroBot blocks bots before they scrape, spam, or probe your site.
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