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reCAPTCHA Enterprise Google Cloud Fraud Defense

Bot management, account takeover protection, and fraud detection service powered by continuous risk analysis.

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  1. reCAPTCHA Enterprise

    · Beta Launch (GA Jan 2020)

    Enterprise bot and fraud detection service built on Google Cloud.

  2. reCAPTCHA

    · Tier Simplification

    Product name simplified from reCAPTCHA Enterprise to reCAPTCHA across Essentials, Standard, and Enterprise tiers.

  3. Google Cloud Fraud DefenseCurrent name

    · Suite Rebrand

    Documentation and suite rebranded to Google Cloud Fraud Defense (with reCAPTCHA as part of Fraud Defense).

What is reCAPTCHA Enterprise called now?

reCAPTCHA Enterprise is now called Google Cloud Fraud Defense, with the latest change on 22 April 2026 (Suite Rebrand). Bot management, account takeover protection, and fraud detection service powered by continuous risk analysis. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.

Also known as

  • reCAPTCHA
  • Fraud Defense Mobile SDK

Technical identifiers

Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.

REST / gRPC APIsrecaptchaenterprise.googleapis.com
gcloud / CLI Commandsgcloud recaptcha
IAM Predefined Rolesroles/recaptchaenterprise.*
Terraform Resourcesgoogle_recaptcha_enterprise_key

API endpoint remains recaptchaenterprise.googleapis.com and CLI remains gcloud recaptcha.

Notes & disambiguation

  • On June 1, 2024, Google Cloud simplified 'reCAPTCHA Enterprise' to 'reCAPTCHA' with three tiers: reCAPTCHA Essentials, reCAPTCHA Standard, and reCAPTCHA Enterprise.
  • In April 2026, the official documentation hub and product suite rebranded to 'Google Cloud Fraud Defense', positioning reCAPTCHA as a core component of Fraud Defense alongside the Fraud Defense Mobile SDK.
  • Underlying API endpoint (recaptchaenterprise.googleapis.com), IAM roles (roles/recaptchaenterprise.*), and Terraform resources remain unchanged.

Sources & official documentation

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