The SolveCaptcha Alternative Without Per-Solve Fees
SolveCaptcha charges little per solve, but it charges for every one. CapSkip takes the jobs your SolveCaptcha setup already sends and clears them locally, at a monthly price that does not move with volume.
- Keeps SolveCaptcha code
- No per-1,000 meter
- No human solvers
your code unchangedsolved locallyA SolveCaptcha alternative has to change how you pay, not just what you pay, because SolveCaptcha's rates already sit among the lowest per solve. The catch is that a low rate is still a meter. Every reCAPTCHA, every Turnstile check, every image and every retry is counted, so the bill climbs in step with your workload. CapSkip takes the meter away: one monthly price, and as many solves as your hardware can handle.
CapSkip is an AI CAPTCHA solver that you install on your own Windows PC, VPS or server. SolveCaptcha passes the harder challenges to human workers; CapSkip handles every type it supports with local AI, so no outside person or service ever sees the sites you automate. Reading an image challenge takes about 0.1 seconds. The checkbox, invisible and score-based reCAPTCHA, plus Enterprise, all sit on the same plan, along with Cloudflare Turnstile, GeeTest v3 sliders, Capy Puzzle pieces, ALTCHA, CaptchaFox and the Friendly Captcha widget.
Leaving does not mean rebuilding. Inside the CapSkip app, tell it to behave like SolveCaptcha and turn on the hosts-file redirect; from then on, whatever bots and tools you built around SolveCaptcha are served by your own computer. Run the free trial against your real targets first, then stop topping up SolveCaptcha once you are sure.
Nothing in your SolveCaptcha setup has to change. CapSkip speaks the same language as SolveCaptcha, so your tools go on sending what they send today and get their answers from your own computer, with no charge per solve. You flip one switch in the app, and the same jobs keep running. Read the setup guide
What leaving the SolveCaptcha meter changes
A bill that ignores your volume
SolveCaptcha's total grows with every thousand solves. CapSkip charges an identical amount whether your month is slow or your jobs run around the clock.
Retries stop adding to the cost
An expired pass, a rejected answer or a page that asks twice means another solve. A meter bills each of those; on CapSkip they are covered by the same monthly price.
SolveCaptcha tools keep their setup
Bots, scripts and programs written for SolveCaptcha send exactly what they sent before. CapSkip replies in the same way, so there is nothing to rewrite and little to retest.
No human solvers in the chain
SolveCaptcha hands the harder challenges to people. CapSkip uses local AI for every type it supports, so no stranger ever looks at the pages your automation visits.
No premium for the harder types
SolveCaptcha charges more for reCAPTCHA v3, Turnstile and GeeTest than for the v2 checkbox. With CapSkip every supported type, from images to Friendly Captcha, sits under one price.
Answers without a remote queue
Challenges are worked on your own hardware instead of waiting in line elsewhere. Images take about 0.1 seconds, and parallel jobs are limited only by your CPU and memory.
Three routes away from SolveCaptcha
import time
import requests
# The in.php / res.php calls a SolveCaptcha integration already makes,
# answered by CapSkip on your own machine instead of api.solvecaptcha.com.
CAPSKIP = "http://127.0.0.1:8086"
KEY = "ANY_STRING" # a real key only if you enable validation in CapSkip
task = requests.post(f"{CAPSKIP}/in.php", data={
"key": KEY,
"method": "userrecaptcha",
"googlekey": "YOUR_SITEKEY",
"pageurl": "https://example.com/",
"json": 1,
}).json()
while True:
time.sleep(5)
res = requests.get(f"{CAPSKIP}/res.php", params={
"key": KEY, "action": "get", "id": task["request"], "json": 1,
}).json()
if res["request"] != "CAPCHA_NOT_READY":
print(res["request"]) # the reCAPTCHA token
breakThe submit-and-check calls a SolveCaptcha integration makes, sent here to CapSkip on your PC. With the hosts file switch on, your code keeps its old address.
No code: the browser extension
Working by hand in Chrome or Firefox? The extension spots supported CAPTCHAs and solves them in place, as long as CapSkip is open on that PC. No key to paste, no balance to watch.
Official SDKs for new projects
Starting fresh rather than porting old code? There are official libraries in four languages (Python, Node.js, PHP, .NET), each turning a CAPTCHA type into one short call, as the API reference shows.
Your SolveCaptcha integration, kept
Anything built around SolveCaptcha, or another 2Captcha-style service, carries on sending jobs as before. Turn on SolveCaptcha in the app and CapSkip answers them locally.
See it solve before you switch
Our demo pages load real CAPTCHA widgets. Start CapSkip, open a demo and see the challenge clear on your own PC, then compare the result with what SolveCaptcha gives you today.
Leave SolveCaptcha in three short steps
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Install CapSkip next to your jobs
Put CapSkip on the machine that already runs your SolveCaptcha work, whether that is a Windows desktop, VPS or server. It starts a local solver and waits quietly for requests. Download the installer
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Activate the trial or a monthly plan
Use the free trial to compare results with SolveCaptcha on your own targets, or choose a plan by how many machines will solve. Sign in once in the app afterwards. Compare the plans
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Point your SolveCaptcha work at it
In the app, choose SolveCaptcha and switch on its redirect. Your existing tools keep running, and their answers now come from your own machine. Open the API docs
Switching from SolveCaptcha, in plain terms
Here is what stays, what you change, and what your current SolveCaptcha setup can hand to CapSkip once the switch is on.
| What keeps working | Your SolveCaptcha bots, scripts and tools, sending the same requests as before |
|---|---|
| What you change | A setting and a button: SolveCaptcha becomes the imitated service, and the hosts file gets its entry |
| Your API key | Keep the one you have; CapSkip ignores keys unless you enable validation |
| Balance checks | Answered with a stand-in figure, so tools that check funds keep going |
| CAPTCHA types you can send | reCAPTCHA v2 and v3 (Enterprise too), Turnstile, GeeTest v3 slides and image CAPTCHAs, with Capy Puzzle, ALTCHA, CaptchaFox, AWS WAF CAPTCHA, DataDome, hCaptcha, MTCaptcha plus Friendly Captcha on top |
| Other computers | The switch works on the CapSkip PC; tools elsewhere on your network send their jobs to that PC |
| Not covered | No FunCaptcha, no GeeTest v4, no reCAPTCHA Mobile |
SolveCaptcha vs CapSkip on cost, retries and privacy
SolveCaptcha is cheaper per solve at low volume. This table shows where that flips and what else differs as your jobs grow.
| Feature | CapSkip | SolveCaptcha |
|---|---|---|
| reCAPTCHA v2 cost | $35 a month on Bronze, at any volume | $0.55 per 1,000, among the lowest rates |
| Cheaper option | Above about 63,600 solves a month | Below about 63,600 solves a month |
| reCAPTCHA v3 and Turnstile | Same plan, no surcharge | $0.80 per 1,000 each |
| Retries and expired passes | No extra cost | Each new solve is billed |
| Who solves the hard ones | The same local AI | Human solvers, after AI takes the simple ones |
| Your target sites | Never leave your machine | Sent to the remote service |
| Existing SolveCaptcha code | Keeps working, answered on your PC | Sends every job to SolveCaptcha servers |
What SolveCaptcha charges next to one flat plan
SolveCaptcha's own per-1,000 rates, what 100,000 solves in a month add up to there, and what the same work costs on CapSkip.
| CAPTCHA type | SolveCaptcha per 1,000 | SolveCaptcha at 100,000 a month | CapSkip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image CAPTCHA | $0.35 | $35 | Included, no per-solve charge |
| reCAPTCHA v2 | $0.55 | $55 | Included, no per-solve charge |
| reCAPTCHA v3 | $0.80 | $80 | Included, no per-solve charge |
| reCAPTCHA Enterprise | $0.55 | $55 | Included, no per-solve charge |
| Cloudflare Turnstile | $0.80 | $80 | Included, no per-solve charge |
| GeeTest v3 | $0.80 | $80 | Included, no per-solve charge |
SolveCaptcha published these rates on its pricing page; we checked them in September 2026. Since they are among the lowest per solve, CapSkip Bronze ($35 a month) pulls ahead only past about 63,600 reCAPTCHA v2 solves a month, or about 43,750 for the $0.80 types.
Pricing
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Same features. More machines, more throughput.
Every machine solves as fast as its own CPU and memory allow. More machines run more threads at the same time, so Silver solves twice as many CAPTCHAs at once and Gold three times as many.
- 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 free 3-day trial and solve 500 CAPTCHAs of any type on your own targets.
Other SolveCaptcha alternatives compared
SolveCaptcha is hard to beat on rate alone, so the useful comparison is who does the solving and whether your current requests still work.
| Service | Who solves | reCAPTCHA v2, per 1,000 | Compared with SolveCaptcha |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapSkip | Local AI only, nobody in the loop | Unlimited for one monthly fee from $35, no setup fee | Takes SolveCaptcha requests unchanged, at one fixed price |
| 2Captcha | AI first, human workers for uncertain tasks | $1 to $2.99 | Same request style and, per SolveCaptcha's terms, the same operator; costs more per solve |
| RuCaptcha | AI, with people on the harder tasks | 65 to 160 ₽ | Same request style, billed in rubles |
| CapMonster Cloud | Machine learning on ZennoLab servers | $0.60 | No human solvers, but a different request format means code changes |
Rates were taken from each vendor's own page and checked September 2026. Note for anyone moving off SolveCaptcha: CapSkip cannot solve FunCaptcha.
When SolveCaptcha still costs less
A low rate wins while volume stays low. These are the two cases where staying put is the cheaper choice.
Below about 63,600 reCAPTCHA v2 a month
Paying $0.55 per 1,000 keeps SolveCaptcha under a $35 Bronze month until roughly 63,600 solves. If your count sits below that and rarely spikes, the meter is the cheaper choice.
Mostly image CAPTCHAs
SolveCaptcha reads images for $0.35 a thousand, so the flat plan only pulls ahead past about 100,000 a month. Image-only work under that line is cheaper on the meter.
Related CAPTCHA solvers & guides
Why a low per-solve rate still adds up
SolveCaptcha's prices really are low. Its own list, checked in September 2026, puts reCAPTCHA v2 at $0.55 per 1,000, one of the cheapest rates you will find. If you solve a few thousand challenges a month, that is small change, and a flat plan would cost you more. The trouble starts when your automation grows, because a meter never stops counting.
Volume is the obvious driver. Double the jobs and the bill doubles with them, and the types many workflows depend on cost more: reCAPTCHA v3, Turnstile and GeeTest are $0.80 per 1,000 there. A rate that once looked negligible turns into a line item you forecast, watch and top up.
Retries are the quieter driver. A pass that expires before your bot submits it, an answer a site turns down, a form that reloads and asks again: each is a fresh request, and a per-solve plan charges for it like the first. The tougher the target, the more often it happens, and the further your real cost per success drifts above the headline rate.
A fixed price removes both effects. On Bronze you pay $35 a month, retries included, because the solving happens on your own machine rather than on a service that counts every request. Measured against SolveCaptcha's v2 rate, the break-even sits near 63,600 solves a month; for v3, Turnstile and GeeTest it comes sooner, at about 43,750. Past those lines, each extra solve adds nothing.
So the honest advice is simple. If your volume is small and steady, stay where you are. If it is growing, or your targets make you retry often, even the cheapest meter ends up costing more than a price that does not move.
Is CapSkip actually cheaper than SolveCaptcha?
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Swap the SolveCaptcha meter for one price
Install CapSkip, choose SolveCaptcha as the service it mimics, and your existing jobs run on your own machine from then on. The monthly price stays the same, however many solves and retries they need.
