Category: Captcha & Bot Detection
6 European alternatives to Private Captcha — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Privacy-first CAPTCHA/bot-protection service made and hosted in the EU, built by Estonian company Intmaker OU, offering EU-only endpoints, no cookies/tracking, and a self-hosting option for full data control.
Facts
- Headquarters
- EE (EU)
- Category
- Captcha & Bot Detection
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- No
- Data hosting
- EU
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Private Captcha
- Captcha.eu↗
Proof-of-work based, cookieless CAPTCHA alternative operated by Captcha GmbH (Vienna, Austria, registered at Handelsgericht Wien), hosted entirely in Austria, with active customers including OBB and Bauer Media Group as of 2026.
AT · commercial
- Myra EU CAPTCHA↗
GDPR-compliant, cookieless bot-protection CAPTCHA product from Myra Security GmbH, a Munich-based, ISO 27001/BSI C5/PCI DSS certified German security vendor, marketed explicitly as independent from US CLOUD Act/FISA 702 jurisdiction.
DE · commercial
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to Private Captcha?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Private Captcha include ALTCHA, Captcha.eu and CaptchaFox. On this page you can compare 6 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to Private Captcha?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Private Captcha include ALTCHA. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is Private Captcha GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
Private Captcha is headquartered in EE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Private Captcha an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.