# Captchator down - backup instances? **URL:** \ **Category:** Captchator\ **Created:** [December 3, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captchator-down-backup-instances/226460 "2012-12-03T05:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike-moscow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captchator-down-backup-instances/226460/1 "2012-12-03T05:21:57Z")
Requests to [captchator.com/captcha](http://captchator.com/captcha) are currently getting a 502 response. I have temporarily disabled captchas on my site, but the spam posts are beginning to flow in. Are there any backup instances of captchator available to point my site at while this problem is happening? How do others’ apps handle captchator downtime? ---
**Author:** ![mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike-moscow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captchator-down-backup-instances/226460/2 "2012-12-03T16:09:16Z")
I’m switching to reCAPTCHA. I’ll probably use the recaptcha gem by ambethia: [GitHub - ambethia/recaptcha: ReCaptcha helpers for ruby apps · GitHub](https://github.com/ambethia/recaptcha) Mike Mcc wrote in post #1087586: > Requests to [Domain Details Page](http://captchator.com/captcha) are currently getting a 502 response. > I have temporarily disabled captchas on my site, but the spam posts are > beginning to flow in. > > Are there any backup instances of captchator available to point my site > at while this problem is happening? > > How do others’ apps handle captchator downtime? ---
**Author:** ![mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike-moscow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captchator-down-backup-instances/226460/3 "2012-12-03T17:00:26Z")
Hi there ! Do you plan to fix the problem soon or do we have to move to another captcha system ? Thanks for your answer !!! ---
**Author:** ![mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike-moscow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captchator-down-backup-instances/226460/4 "2012-12-03T17:44:01Z")
Users of my site have found reCaptcha to be too difficult. [EasyCaptchas.com](http://EasyCaptchas.com) is quite similar to captchator in implementation and ease of passing. They are so similar that I’ve just made an application setting that switches which which service is used. ---
**Author:** ![mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike-moscow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captchator-down-backup-instances/226460/5 "2012-12-03T22:31:00Z")
We are also a user of Captchator and am wondering if we need to replace it ASAP on our sites or if it is a temporary outage??? ---
**Author:** ![mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike-moscow)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captchator-down-backup-instances/226460/6 "2013-01-27T04:18:01Z")
I suggest to use RainCaptcha service ( [http://raincaptcha.driversworld.us/](http://raincaptcha.driversworld.us/) ). It can be implemented exactly the same way as Captchator. The only difference is the URL you use to get captcha images and check responses.