Friendly Captcha offers an invisible, privacy‑first anti‑bot solution that runs a cryptographic proof‑of‑work puzzle on a user's device, automatically blocking bots without requiring any user interaction. The service is GDPR/CCPA compliant, provides adaptive risk‑intelligence scoring, and integrates via lightweight JavaScript and pre‑built SDKs for popular web frameworks and platforms.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Websites and applications are vulnerable to automated bots that generate spam, fraud, and abuse, while traditional CAPTCHAs require users to complete visible challenges that harm accessibility and privacy.
Solution
Friendly Captcha provides an invisible, privacy‑first anti‑bot service that runs a cryptographic proof‑of‑work puzzle in the background of a user's device. The puzzle difficulty is adjusted using risk‑intelligence signals, so legitimate users experience no interaction while bots are deterred. The solution complies with GDPR, CCPA, and other global regulations by not storing personal data or tracking users. Integration is handled via lightweight JavaScript and a simple HTML widget, with optional APIs for deeper risk analysis. The service scales across global data centers, offering high availability and real‑time risk scores for advanced security use cases.
Target Audience
Primary customers are web developers, product teams, and security engineers who need bot protection for websites, SaaS applications, e‑commerce stores, and online services, especially those requiring strong privacy compliance.
Features
- Proof‑of‑work cryptographic puzzle generated per request, solved automatically on the client side
- Adaptive difficulty based on real‑time risk‑intelligence (risk scores, IP intelligence, browser identification, bot detection)
- Fully invisible to users, requiring no interaction and meeting WCAG accessibility standards
- GDPR, CCPA, and EU‑only data handling with no personal data storage or tracking
- Developer‑friendly integration: a few lines of script, pre‑built SDKs for React, Vue, Angular, and libraries for backend languages
- Ready‑made plugins for popular platforms (WordPress, Magento, Drupal, Shopify, etc.) and mobile SDKs (Android, iOS, Flutter)
- Optional risk‑intelligence API delivering detailed risk data for custom fraud‑prevention workflows