Pro FAQ
How does hCaptcha Pro differ from hCaptcha Free?
hCaptcha Pro offers features like a low friction self-optimizing challenge mode, custom themes, and more. hCaptcha Free is a classic CAPTCHA experience, in which most users will generally be shown a challenge.
How does hCaptcha Pro differ from hCaptcha Enterprise?
hCaptcha Enterprise is a complete anti-abuse and bot mitigation platform. It is used by many of the largest online services to protect their users from fraud and abuse of all kinds, both human and automated.
Features unique to hCaptcha Enterprise include passive (No-CAPTCHA) modes, risk scores, custom threat models, rich analytics and tagging interfaces, role-based access controls, SAML SSO, strong SLAs, and much more.
When should I choose hCaptcha Pro vs. hCaptcha Enterprise?
hCaptcha Pro is the right choice when you want a simple tool that you can enable in minutes, letting our system manage configuration.
hCaptcha Enterprise is the right choice when you need not just low friction but sophisticated defenses against account takeovers, advanced persistent threats, API integration, and more.
If your hCaptcha volume is greater than one million evaluations per month then hCaptcha Enterprise can also be more cost-effective, as committed volume discounts are available.
How is hCaptcha Pro billed?
hCaptcha Pro is billed either annually or monthly for the base subscription, which includes 100,000 evaluations per month. Additional evaluations are billed at $0.99 per 1000 requests, which will be charged to your credit card periodically once the 100,000 evaluation capacity quota is consumed.
Annual Billing Example: if your total usage in a given month is 115,000 requests and you have selected annual billing, you will see a single charge for the annual-billed amount when you sign up, and an overage charge for $14.85 in the month you consumed more than 100,000 requests.
Monthly Billing Example: if your total usage in a given month is 115,000 requests and you have selected monthly billing, you will see a charge for the monthly-billed amount when you sign up and on each subsequent month, and an overage charge for $14.85 in the month you consumed more than 100,000 requests.
