2Captcha FAQ — Everything You Wanted to Ask

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So you’ve heard about 2Captcha, the magical CAPTCHA-solving service that saves you from clicking on blurry bicycles, hydrants, or upside-down traffic lights.

Here’s a no-fluff, real-world FAQ for developers, scrapers, and curious automation nerds.



🤖 What is 2Captcha?​


2Captcha is an online CAPTCHA-solving service. You send it a CAPTCHA, and it sends you the answer. It can solve both old-school image CAPTCHAs and modern ones like:
  • ✅ reCAPTCHA v2 (checkbox/image)
  • ✅ reCAPTCHA v3 (invisible)
  • ✅ hCaptcha
  • ✅ Cloudflare Turnstile
  • ✅ GeeTest
  • ✅ FunCaptcha
  • ✅ Text/image CAPTCHAs
  • ✅ Even audio CAPTCHAs


⚙️ How does 2Captcha work?​

  1. You send the CAPTCHA data (image, site key, etc.) via their API.
  2. 2Captcha routes the request to a real human or a bot.
  3. You poll their API to get the result.
  4. You use the result (usually a token or plain text) in your request.

Simple? Yes. Magical? Also yes.



🧑‍💻 What languages does it support?​


The API works with anything that can make HTTP requests. But they provide ready-to-use examples and libraries for:
  • PHP
  • Python
  • JavaScript (Node.js)
  • Java
  • C#
  • Go
  • cURL

You could probably run this on a smart toaster if it supports POST requests.



⏱️ How fast is it?​


Typically:
  • 🕐 reCAPTCHA/hCaptcha: 10–30 seconds
  • 🕐 Image/text CAPTCHAs: 5–10 seconds
  • 🕐 Audio CAPTCHAs: 20–40 seconds

It depends on traffic and how many humans are working. (Yes, there are real people doing this in the background. Like CAPTCHA ninjas.)



💰 How much does it cost?​

Super cheap. Like “wait, is this legal?” cheap.
  • 🧾 Image CAPTCHA: ~$0.50 per 1,000 solves
  • 🧾 reCAPTCHA/hCaptcha: ~$2.99 per 1,000
  • 🧾 GeeTest / Turnstile / Audio: Similar

No subscriptions. No contracts. Pay-as-you-go with PayPal, crypto, bank cards, etc.



🧪 Can it solve Google reCAPTCHA v3?​


Yes — with proxy.


reCAPTCHA v3 is score-based, so it gives your user a score between 0 and 1. If you want high scores (like 0.9+), 2Captcha supports it — just be sure to send good-quality proxies with your requests.



🕵️‍♂️ Can I use it with Puppeteer/Selenium?​


Absolutely.

You can easily:
  • Use 2Captcha tokens to solve CAPTCHAs in headless browsers
  • Insert tokens into g-recaptcha-response
  • Automate the full flow

There are lots of tutorials out there — or ask me, I’ve done this more times than I’d like to admit 😅



🔐 Is 2Captcha safe?​


Yes — if you use it responsibly.


They don’t ask for your passwords or sensitive info. You’re only sending CAPTCHA data (site keys, image files, etc.). That said, don’t use unknown extensions or random scripts with your bank accounts, okay?



🧱 Is it legal?​


⚠️ Here’s the deal:
Using CAPTCHA-solving tools can violate terms of service of the websites you're targeting.


2Captcha is a tool. What you do with it is your responsibility. Use it for testing, scraping public data, or your own websites — and don’t be evil.



🆓 Is there a free plan?​


There’s no full free plan, but you can:
  • Register and get a few free test credits
  • Earn credits via referral program
  • Use only when needed — you only pay for usage


📲 Do I need a proxy?​

Only for:
  • reCAPTCHA v3 (to get good scores)
  • Certain restricted websites
  • Simulating different regions

For simple image-based CAPTCHAs — no proxy needed.



🧠 What’s the difference between 2Captcha and a regular OCR?​


OCR (like Tesseract) works only for very clean image CAPTCHAs.

2Captcha works for:
  • Noisy distorted images
  • Complex Google CAPTCHAs
  • Interactive CAPTCHAs
  • Dynamic site key-based flows

It’s not even close. OCR is good for toy problems. 2Captcha handles the real thing.



🤝 How do I get started?​

  1. Go to 2Captcha.com
  2. Sign up
  3. Top up a few bucks (or just test with the demo)
  4. Get your API key
  5. Plug it into your code

Profit. 💸



👏 Why should I use 2Captcha?​

  • 🧠 It’s smarter than OCR
  • 🧑‍🔬 It’s built for devs
  • 🔄 It’s battle-tested
  • 💸 It’s cheap
  • 🔌 It’s easy to integrate
  • 🤯 It works even when everything else fails


🟢 Final Thoughts​


2Captcha is that quiet, hardworking sidekick in your automation project that just gets things done. You don’t see it. You don’t hear it. But it’s solving puzzles in the background so you don’t have to.


👉 Sign up now and try it — you'll wonder how you ever automated anything without it.
 
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bobr

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im trying to use puppeteer + 2captcha to scrap youtube emails but with no luck. i added the plugin to the puppeteer chrome session and it press on the "show email" field which brings up the capatcha and i see the 2capatcha button and it changes to "capatcha solved" but nothing is happening on the page itself and the "press here to prove you are human" stays the same
 
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