Captcha solving service
A captcha solving service clears a challenge and returns the token, billed per 1,000 solves. Proxy Compare reads 10 of them across 45 challenge types, 3 Oct 2026, ranging from $0.1 to $50 per 1,000. The rate changes with the challenge, so no service has one price.
Why it costs you money
It is a second bill on top of bandwidth, and it does not scale with the same thing. A proxy charges for the bytes you move; a solver charges for the challenges you hit, which is a function of the target rather than of your traffic. The two move independently, so a cheaper proxy that draws more challenges can raise your total.
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Related terms
- CAPTCHA rateHow often a target serves a challenge instead of the page. A softer signal than a ban and it costs the same bytes.
- Solve rateThe price for clearing 1,000 challenges of one type. The unit every captcha solving service quotes, and it differs per type.
- Captcha worker payWhat a solving service pays the person clearing a challenge, published on its own recruitment pages and rarely beside its prices.
- JavaScript renderingRunning a page's own scripts in a browser before returning it. Scraping APIs charge more for it, sometimes five times a plain fetch.
- Success-only billingCompare successful-request billing policies, including chargeable errors, early cancellations and failed-request protection.
- Every term we define
Questions
How is it billed?
Per 1,000 solves, and at a different rate for each type of challenge. Across the 10 services read 3 Oct 2026, published rates run from $0.1 to $50 per 1,000 depending on the type, so a single price for a service does not exist.
Is it the same thing as a proxy?
No. A proxy sells you an address to send the request from and bills for the traffic. A solving service sells you the answer to a challenge and bills per solve. Most scraping jobs that need one need both, and the two bills scale on different things.
Do I need one if my scraping API already handles challenges?
Usually not, and that is the difference between the products. A scraping API folds solving into its per-request price, so you pay for it either way and cannot see the line item. Buying separately makes the cost visible and lets you change one supplier without the other.