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Thread-based CAPTCHA solving slashes costs at high volume
Solving reCAPTCHA at scale costs far less with thread-based pricing than per-1,000-solve plans. At 10 million solves per month, thread plans can bring effective cost to $0.015 per 1,000, versus $20,000 on usage-based. The trade-off: thread plans require sizing to peak concurrency, not total volume.
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The article's cost comparison is compelling, but it glosses over that thread-based plans require consistent concurrency; bursty workloads still favor usage-based pricing.
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