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# hCaptcha: bot management vendor profile | Agent Ready Crawlers

> hCaptcha: bot management vendor profile covering hCaptcha Enterprise with Agent Controls and hCaptcha Pro. Sources, standards and limits, read 2026-11-05.

Source: https://agentreadycrawlers.com/vendors/hcaptcha
Site: Agent Ready Crawlers
Last reviewed: 2026-11-05

Bot management vendor

# hCaptcha

In short

hCaptcha limits agent identification to its Enterprise tier, whose rules can let an assistant browse a catalogue but demand verification before it reserves inventory, and suggests running such rules in logging mode before enforcing them. Enterprise carries no listed price, whereas the lighter Pro tier is billed monthly with a quota of evaluations.

Type

[Bot management](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/vendors/by-type/bot-management/)

Operator

Intuition Machines, Inc.

Homepage

[hcaptcha.com](https://www.hcaptcha.com)

In one line

Bot detection and CAPTCHA vendor whose Enterprise Agent Controls identify AI agents, verify partner platforms that sign with Web Bot Auth, and let sites allow browsing while requiring verification before an agent reserves inventory.

Last read

2026-11-05

## What hCaptcha does for this layer

### From the vendor's own pages

hCaptcha's Agent Controls page says hCaptcha Enterprise identifies agents even when they try to hide from detection, and supports Web Bot Auth verification for partner platforms that sign their requests. ([hcaptcha.com](https://www.hcaptcha.com/agent-controls)) hCaptcha's example agent policy lets an assistant browse a catalog, requires verification before it reserves inventory, and denies requests that break policy. ([hcaptcha.com](https://www.hcaptcha.com/agent-controls)) hCaptcha advises starting agent rules in logging mode, targeted by sitekey, before applying a response. ([hcaptcha.com](https://www.hcaptcha.com/agent-controls)) hCaptcha Pro costs USD 139 a month billed monthly with 100,000 evaluations included, then USD 0.99 per 1,000; the Basic plan is free. ([hcaptcha.com](https://www.hcaptcha.com/pricing))

hCaptcha describes a Zero-PII architecture and lists compliance with GDPR, CCPA, LGPD and PIPL. ([hcaptcha.com](https://www.hcaptcha.com/)) hCaptcha is a registered trademark of Intuition Machines, Inc., per the site footer. ([hcaptcha.com](https://www.hcaptcha.com/))

### Claims the vendor makes about itself

hCaptcha says its Advanced Threat Signatures cluster attackers across thousands of IPs and devices while grouping good traffic into one or a few signatures. ([hcaptcha.com](https://www.hcaptcha.com/))

## Products and plans

| Product | What it does | Price model | From | As of |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| hCaptcha Enterprise with Agent Controls | Agent identification, Web Bot Auth verification for signing partners, and a rules engine per sitekey. | contact sales Enterprise price not listed. | Not published | 2026-11-05 |
| hCaptcha Pro | Low-friction CAPTCHA with passive mode. | monthly plus usage 100K evaluations included, then USD 0.99 per 1,000. | USD 139 | 2026-11-05 |

## Standards

| Standard | Status | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Web Bot Auth | Supports | Agent Controls support Web Bot Auth verification for partner platforms that sign. (hcaptcha.com) |
| Visa Trusted Agent Protocol | No statement | No statement on the hCaptcha pages read 2026-11-05. |
| Mastercard Agent Pay | No statement | No statement on the hCaptcha pages read 2026-11-05. |

## Our checks

| Check | Result | Method | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Homepage fetch | HTTP 200 | GET with the crawl user agent after a robots.txt check | 2026-11-05 |

## What hCaptcha does not do

-   hCaptcha describes agent identification for hCaptcha Enterprise; the free Basic plan is a CAPTCHA service without Agent Controls listed.
-   hCaptcha offers no charging or licensing route for AI crawlers.

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## Sources

-   [hcaptcha.com](https://www.hcaptcha.com) read 2026-11-05
-   [Agent Controls: Detect and Manage Agents | hCaptcha](https://www.hcaptcha.com/agent-controls) read 2026-11-05
-   [hCaptcha Pricing | Pro & Enterprise Plans](https://www.hcaptcha.com/pricing) read 2026-11-05
-   [hCaptcha: Real-Time Bot Detection & Fraud Prevention](https://www.hcaptcha.com/) read 2026-11-05

Last reviewed 2026-11-05