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Privacy-Friendly Spam Protection with Cloudflare Turnstile

Cloudflare Turnstile offers a user-friendly, privacy-focused alternative to traditional CAPTCHAs. Unlike reCAPTCHA, Turnstile never shows visual puzzles or image challenges. It runs silently in the background, validating users through non-intrusive browser challenges that don't track users across the web. FormsList's Turnstile integration gives you the best of both worlds: powerful bot detection without sacrificing user experience or privacy. Turnstile is GDPR-friendly and doesn't use cookies for tracking, making it ideal for European websites and privacy-conscious projects. Setup is straightforward. Get your Turnstile site key and secret key from the Cloudflare dashboard, add the Turnstile widget to your form, and configure the secret key in FormsList. Every submission is validated server-side, ensuring bots can't bypass the protection.

Requires Pro plan

How to set up Cloudflare Turnstile

1

Get Turnstile keys from Cloudflare

Log into your Cloudflare dashboard, go to Turnstile, and create a new site widget. Copy the site key and secret key.

2

Add Turnstile to your form

Add the Cloudflare Turnstile script and widget div to your form HTML. The widget renders as an invisible or managed challenge.

3

Configure in FormsList

In the FormsList dashboard, go to Spam Protection settings for your form. Enable Cloudflare Turnstile and enter your secret key.

4

Test the protection

Submit a test form entry to verify Turnstile is working. Check the FormsList dashboard to confirm the submission passed validation.

Benefits

No visual puzzles or image challenges for users
Privacy-focused — no cross-site tracking cookies
GDPR-friendly spam protection
Free tier with generous limits from Cloudflare
Faster than traditional CAPTCHAs
Server-side validation prevents bypass attempts

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