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Should I Use Prosopo?

prosopo.io·Analyzed 6 hours ago··Based on 10 sources

Establish trust on every request. Welcome real users and AI agents, stop abusive bots — GDPR-compliant, risk-based verification that minimises friction.

Worth it

Worth it

Buy if you're a developer or WordPress site owner wanting privacy-first CAPTCHA with a real free tier.

Open-source GDPR CAPTCHA, free to 10k/mo. Great for devs & WordPress; too small a vendor for enterprise bot defense.

Confidence: Medium

4.9/5

G2 rating

7 reviews

Yes

Free tier

10,000 verifications/month

20

Trustpilot reviews

as of Jan 2025

5.0/5

WordPress plugin rating

6 ratings, official directory

Value for money4

Free to 10k/month; published pricing

Ease of use4

Checkbox for 99% of users; WordPress plugin

Feature depth3

CAPTCHA plus spam filter, access control; not full WAF

Security posture4

Open source, GDPR; solver bypass documented

Pros

  • Free up to 10,000 verifications/month, no credit card²
  • Open-source, privacy-first, GDPR-compliant³
  • Low friction: 99% of users just click a checkbox⁶
  • Official WordPress plugin, rated 5.0/5
  • Strong ratings: 4.9/5 on G2⁴

Cons

  • Tiny review base: 7 G2, 20 Trustpilot reviews⁵
  • 2Captcha publicly sells a working Procaptcha bypass⁷
  • Young, grant-funded startup — unproven at scale

Gotchas

  • highCAPTCHA solver services openly bypass it — treat as friction, not a hard wall⁷
  • mediumFree tier caps at 10,000 verifications/month; check paid overage rates before launch¹
  • mediumWordPress integration previously broke other plugins' scripts (Mailchimp fix)
  • mediumVery small company; plan an exit path if it shuts down

Best for

  • WordPress sites
  • GDPR-sensitive apps
  • Developer-led startups
  • Web3 / dApp teams

Not for

  • High-traffic enterprises needing managed WAF-scale bot defense
  • Buyers who need zero bypass risk — 2Captcha already solves it
  • Non-technical teams with no developer to integrate it
  • Anyone wanting a vendor with a long, well-reviewed track record

Companies that use it

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Up to 10,000 verification requests/month
  • No credit card required

Higher-volume tiers

Published on pricing page

  • Every tier's pricing is published
  • Exact paid prices not shown in sources reviewed

Security

Privacy-first, open source, GDPR/CCPA compliant; no known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

  • Commercial solver bypass available2Captcha launched token-based solving of Procaptcha, so determined bots can get through.⁷

What users say

Developers praise the low-friction checkbox and easy WordPress setup, though the review base is small.

“Try out Prosopo - 99% of users will simply need to click a checkbox.”
— Reddit, r/webdev
“I then switched to Prosopo Procaptcha which has a WordPress”
— Reddit, r/ProWordPress

Alternatives

Compare Prosopo with each alternative.

Friendly Captcha

Privacy-focused proof-of-work CAPTCHA; direct GDPR-friendly rival

Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources: G2, Trustpilot, Reddit, WordPress directory, 2Captcha, and vendor pages.

Sources

  1. Prosopo Pricingprosopo.io
    official
  2. Procaptcha cost compared to reCAPTCHAprosopo.io
    official
  3. Prosopo on GitHub (open source)github.com
    official
  4. Procaptcha pros and cons on G2g2.com
    review
  5. Trustpilot reviews of prosopo.iotrustpilot.com
    review
  6. Reddit r/webdev best captcha threadreddit.com
    review
  7. 2Captcha: ProCaptcha solving launched2captcha.com
    security
  8. Prosopo Trust page (GDPR, DPA)prosopo.io
    official
  9. Prosopo case study: Polkadotbshdo.co
    news
  10. CAPTCHA alternatives roundup (Turnstile, hCaptcha)capmonster.cloud
    news

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