The Anti-Captcha Alternative With No Per-Solve Meter
CapSkip is a local, unlimited flat-rate CAPTCHA solver with drop-in Anti-Captcha API emulation: add the Anti-Captcha API to your hosts file in the CapSkip app and your existing client code is solved locally, unchanged.
- Unlimited solving
- Local and private
- 90-100% accuracy
- One flat price
your code unchangedsolved locallyHunting for an Anti-Captcha alternative usually comes down to one thing: getting off per-1,000-solve billing. Anti-Captcha charges for every reCAPTCHA, image CAPTCHA, and Turnstile challenge you send to its remote farm. CapSkip replaces that with a single flat price for unlimited high-speed solving and unlimited threads, no metering, no surprise balance top-ups.
CapSkip is a desktop AI CAPTCHA solver that runs locally on your own Windows machine or VPS rather than a third-party human farm. You get roughly 0.1-second image CAPTCHA solves, 90-100% accuracy, and full local privacy across reCAPTCHA v2, v3, Enterprise, Cloudflare Turnstile, GeeTest v3, and thousands of image CAPTCHA types, all solved on hardware you control.
If you already have an Anti-Captcha integration, CapSkip's local HTTP API ships API emulation that is drop-in compatible with existing Anti-Captcha client code: set the Anti-Captcha emulator in the CapSkip app and click 'Add to hosts file', and every request to the Anti-Captcha API is routed to CapSkip and solved locally, with no code changes. Start on a $1 seven-day trial (1,000 solves), then go unlimited from $10/mo on Bronze, and the $99 one-time lifetime license is included.
No coding required. Run the CapSkip app and the browser extension connects automatically, then solves CAPTCHAs right in the page. Already using another service? Migrating is easy: CapSkip is a drop-in captcha solver that emulates 2Captcha, RuCaptcha, Anti-Captcha, CapMonster Cloud, CapSolver, DeathByCaptcha, SolveCaptcha and Captchas.io. Add your service to the hosts file in the CapSkip app and your existing code is routed to CapSkip and solved locally, with no changes.
Why CapSkip is the best Anti-Captcha alternative
Unlimited solving, flat price
One flat price: a one-time $99 lifetime license plus a low monthly subscription from $10/mo. No credits to top up, no per-solve billing, no throttling.
Fast, high-volume solving
Image CAPTCHAs clear in about 0.1 seconds, while reCAPTCHA, Turnstile and GeeTest usually solve within a few seconds, with unlimited threads.
90-100% accuracy
High success rates on real, live challenges, plus free model training the moment a new CAPTCHA type shows up.
Local and private
CapSkip solves on your own machine or VPS. Challenge data never leaves for a third-party human-solving farm.
API emulation
A local HTTP API that emulates 2Captcha, Anti-Captcha, CapSolver and more. Point your code at CapSkip and keep the rest.
Extension + SDKs
A no-code browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, plus official Python, Node.js, PHP and C# SDKs for automation.
Three ways to replace Anti-Captcha
import time
import requests
# Anti-Captcha's createTask / getTaskResult flow, answered by CapSkip
# on your own machine instead of api.anti-captcha.com.
CAPSKIP = "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
KEY = "ANY_STRING" # a real key only if you enable validation in CapSkip
task = requests.post(f"{CAPSKIP}/createTask", json={
"clientKey": KEY,
"task": {
"type": "RecaptchaV2TaskProxyless",
"websiteURL": "https://example.com/",
"websiteKey": "YOUR_SITEKEY",
},
}).json()
while True:
time.sleep(5)
res = requests.post(f"{CAPSKIP}/getTaskResult", json={
"clientKey": KEY,
"taskId": task["taskId"],
}).json()
if res["status"] == "ready":
print(res["solution"]["gRecaptchaResponse"])
breakAnti-Captcha's createTask and getTaskResult flow, answered locally by CapSkip. With the hosts-file switch your code keeps calling api.anti-captcha.com unchanged.
No-code browser extension
Install the CapSkip extension and it detects the widget on any page and solves it for you, with nothing to script.
Official SDKs
Automate solving from your own code with the Python, Node.js, PHP and C# clients. A few lines returns a valid token.
Local HTTP API
Prefer raw HTTP? CapSkip exposes a local endpoint with 2Captcha and Anti-Captcha API emulation, so any HTTP client works.
See it work on a real challenge
We host live, interactive demo pages for every CAPTCHA type. Load the real widget, run CapSkip, and watch the token come back.
How to replace Anti-Captcha with CapSkip
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Install CapSkip
Download the desktop app for Windows (or run it on a VPS) and launch it. The local solver starts automatically.
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Sign in to the app
Buy the $1 trial or a Bronze / Silver / Gold license and your login details arrive by email straight away, with the license live the moment you pay. Sign in to the app with them and you are ready to solve. The setup guide walks through it.
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Solve automatically
Use the browser extension for no-code solving, or call the SDK / HTTP API from your automation.
Anti-Captcha API emulation in detail
Everything below is answered on your own machine. Nothing is forwarded to Anti-Captcha.
| API family | JSON: createTask to submit, getTaskResult to poll |
|---|---|
| Hostnames the hosts-file switch covers | api.anti-captcha.com and anti-captcha.com |
| Local address | http://127.0.0.1:8080 by default; change it under Settings in the app |
| Task types answered | RecaptchaV2TaskProxyless, NoCaptchaTaskProxyless, RecaptchaV3TaskProxyless, RecaptchaV2EnterpriseTaskProxyless, TurnstileTaskProxyless, GeeTestTaskProxyless and ImageToTextTask |
| clientKey | Any string, unless you turn on API key validation in CapSkip |
| getBalance | Answered with a stand-in balance, so code that checks funds keeps running |
| Not answered | hCaptcha and FunCaptcha requests, since CapSkip does not solve them |
CapSkip vs Anti-Captcha
| Feature | CapSkip | Anti-Captcha |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat unlimited: $10/mo Bronze, plus a $99 one-time lifetime license, no per-solve fees | Pay per 1,000 solves (e.g. ~$2 per 1,000 reCAPTCHA), scales with volume |
| Where solving runs | Locally on your own Windows machine or VPS | Remote Anti-Captcha servers and worker farm |
| Privacy of challenge data | Stays on your device, never sent to a third-party farm | Challenges uploaded to a remote human-powered farm |
| Speed | Image CAPTCHAs in ~0.1s with on-device AI | Bound by remote queue and worker availability |
| Migration effort | Drop-in Anti-Captcha API emulation, no code changes | Native Anti-Captcha/Antigate API (the baseline you are replacing) |
| Throughput / threads | Unlimited threads and unlimited solving included | Throughput effectively capped by account balance |
| CAPTCHA coverage | Image, reCAPTCHA v2/v3/Enterprise, Turnstile, GeeTest v3, ALTCHA, CaptchaFox, Capy, Friendly | Broad coverage but billed per solved CAPTCHA |
Anti-Captcha pricing vs CapSkip
Anti-Captcha's pay-as-you-go prices per 1,000 solves, and what a steady 100,000 solves a month costs at those rates.
| CAPTCHA type | Anti-Captcha, per 1,000 | Anti-Captcha, 100,000 a month | CapSkip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image CAPTCHA | $0.50 to $0.70 | $50 to $70 | Included, unlimited |
| reCAPTCHA v2 | $0.95 to $2 | $95 to $200 | Included, unlimited |
| reCAPTCHA v3 | $1 to $2 | $100 to $200 | Included, unlimited |
| reCAPTCHA Enterprise | $5 | $500 | Included, unlimited |
| Cloudflare Turnstile | $2 | $200 | Included, unlimited |
| GeeTest v3 | $1.80 | $180 | Included, unlimited |
Rates from Anti-Captcha's price table, checked September 2026. Its lower figures come with volume discounts, and reCAPTCHA v3 varies with the score. CapSkip Bronze costs $10 a month for unlimited solving, the same as roughly 5,000 to 10,500 reCAPTCHA v2 solves a month at Anti-Captcha's rates.
Pricing
Stop paying per solve
Per-solve services bill you for every single challenge, forever. CapSkip bills one flat monthly rate and solves as many as your hardware can take. Here is what that difference is worth at your volume.
100KCAPTCHAs a month
20K2M
Mostly which types
Blended at $2.99 per 1,000 solves.
A per-solve service$299.00
every month, and it rises with every solve
CapSkip, flat$10.00
every month, whatever the volume
That is $289.00 a month you stop spending.
Year one: $3,588 on a per-solve service against $219 here.
Choose your license
Bronze License
$10/ month
+ $99 one-time licenseyours to keep
Subscribe to BronzeInstant license activation
Cancel the monthly whenever you like; the license stays yours.
All three licenses are the same product.
Bronze, Silver and Gold differ by one thing only: how many machines you run it on.
- Unlimited solving, no daily cap
- Unlimited threads, speed scales with your hardware
- 90% to 100% recognition accuracy
- Drop-in replacement for the major solving service APIs
- Works with almost any tool, no coding required
- REST API, SDKs and a browser extension
- Free training when a new CAPTCHA type appears
- Runs on your machine, nothing leaves it
Every CAPTCHA type CapSkip solves is on every license. See the coverage band
Just want to try it first?
Start with a 7-day trial for $1 and solve 1,000 CAPTCHAs of any type on your own targets.
Anti-Captcha alternatives compared
Anti-Captcha is the all-human option. Most alternatives now lean on machine learning, which changes both the price and the speed.
| Service | How it solves | reCAPTCHA v2, per 1,000 | API |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapSkip | On-device AI on your own Windows PC or VPS | Unlimited: $99 once, then from $10/mo | Emulates in.php, createTask and DeathByCaptcha APIs |
| 2Captcha | AI first, human workers for low-confidence tasks | $1 to $2.99 | in.php / res.php, plus JSON createTask (API v2) |
| CapMonster Cloud | Machine learning only, no human workers | $0.60 | JSON createTask / getTaskResult |
| CapSolver | Machine learning in the cloud | $0.80 | JSON createTask / getTaskResult |
| DeathByCaptcha | AI OCR plus a 24/7 human team | $2.89 | Its own HTTP and socket API |
Prices from each vendor's own price list, checked September 2026. CapSkip does not solve hCaptcha or FunCaptcha.
When Anti-Captcha is still the better fit
CapSkip is not the right tool for every workload. Staying with Anti-Captcha makes sense if one of these is true.
Your volume is small
CapSkip Bronze costs $10 a month. At Anti-Captcha's reCAPTCHA v2 rates that pays off above roughly 5,000 to 10,500 solves a month, so a light workload is cheaper per solve.
You need hCaptcha or FunCaptcha
CapSkip does not solve hCaptcha or FunCaptcha (Arkose Labs). If your targets use them, check what Anti-Captcha currently supports before you move.
Related CAPTCHA solvers & guides
How to switch from Anti-Captcha to CapSkip
Leaving Anti-Captcha takes no code changes. In the CapSkip app, set the service emulator to Anti-Captcha and click 'Add to hosts file'. Every request your code sends to the Anti-Captcha API is then routed to CapSkip and solved locally, so your existing createTask / getTaskResult integration keeps working exactly as-is, only now unlimited, private and flat-rate. Prefer no code? The free CapSkip browser extension for Chrome and Firefox auto-detects and solves widgets right in the page. Building something fresh? The CapSkip Python SDK (pip install capskip) solves any CAPTCHA in just a few lines, with Node.js, PHP and .NET SDKs too.
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Ready to replace Anti-Captcha?
Download CapSkip, activate a license, and solve unlimited CAPTCHAs from your browser or your code. One flat price, no per-solve billing.
