Bot management
Asked as “bot management solution”, and as “bot detection and mitigation tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 55 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
60%
Clear leader
60Cloudflare Bot Management15DataDome07Cloudflare Bot Manager18others
60% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+4Since October 2026: 56% → 60%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Cloudflare Bot Management held the lead, +4 points on 56%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Cloudflare Bot Management82%Clear leader▲+22Since October 2026: 60% → 82%, +22 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-marketCloudflare Bot Management60%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 56% → 60%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseCloudflare Bot Management36%Contested▼−5Since October 2026: 41% → 36%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Cloudflare Bot Management82%Clear leader▲+22Since October 2026: 60% → 82%, +22 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-marketCloudflare Bot Management60%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 56% → 60%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseCloudflare Bot Management36%Contested▼−5Since October 2026: 41% → 36%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Cloudflare Bot Management60%7%58endorsed leader▲+4Since October 2026: 56% → 60%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.56% → 60%
Cloudflare Bot Management60%7%58endorsed leader▲+4Since October 2026: 56% → 60%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.56% → 60%02
DataDome15%20%59accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 22% → 15%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.22% → 15%
DataDome15%20%59accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 22% → 15%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.22% → 15%03
Imperva Advanced Bot Protection2%22%40accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Imperva Advanced Bot Protection2%22%40accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%04
HUMAN Bot Defender2%29%31criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
HUMAN Bot Defender2%29%31criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%05
Indusface AppTrana2%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Indusface AppTrana2%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the seven products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
12F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense0%36%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
08
Akamai Bot Manager0%35%43criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Akamai Bot Manager0%35%43criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%11
hCaptcha0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
hCaptcha0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Radware Bot Manager0%12%16accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Radware Bot Manager0%12%16accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%07
Cequence Bot Management0%9%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cequence Bot Management0%9%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%06Arkose Labs Bot Manager0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
09
Netacea0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Netacea0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
Head to head
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
One product takes 60% of first choices here, so the chart would put eleven markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Three products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Eight of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
DataDome20%
12 of 59 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget - DataDome — starts at $3,830/month (enterprise-grade, overkill for most SMBs)” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
Akamai Bot Manager35%
15 of 43 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Many models explicitly advise avoiding Akamai due to its high cost and complexity for smaller organizations.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
HUMAN Bot Defender29%
9 of 31 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget ... enterprise pricing, quoted on request (typically high)” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
Imperva Advanced Bot Protection22%
9 of 40 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid premium enterprise solutions like Akamai or Imperva unless scaling up” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
73 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 896 links across 204 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 58 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Cloudflare33 answers · 55 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G232 answers · 57 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Cloudflare24 answers · 55 citations · 9 models
vendor site · hCaptcha22 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Cequence21 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 30 citations · 9 models
vendor site · HUMAN Security20 answers · 27 citations · 12 models
19 answers · 30 citations · 8 models
18 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
vendor site · DataDome17 answers · 25 citations · 11 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
17 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best bot management solution”, “bot management solution”, “bot management solutions”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare Bot Management 60%, Cloudflare Bot Manager 7% | 67% | 165 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| DataDome datadome.co DataDome 15%, DataDome Bot Protect 2% | 16% | 168 | 1,900 | 33 | 15,592 | $364 | 120 | 6 |
| Imperva imperva.com Imperva Advanced Bot Protection 2%, Imperva Application Security Platform 2% | 4% | 92 | 3,600 | 184 | 417,309 company | 6 | ||
| Cloudflare's Bot Management cloudflare.com Cloudflare's Bot Management 2%, Cloudflare's bot protection 2% | 4% | 1 | 4,995,413 | 111 | 2 | |||
| HUMAN Bot Defender humansecurity.com | 2% | 90 | 20 | 0 | 165,749 | 23 | 5 | |
| Indusface AppTrana indusface.com | 2% | 51 | 10 | 0 | 15,007 | 0 | 4 | |
| Netacea Bot Management | 2% | |||||||
| AppTrana Bot Protection | 2% | |||||||
| Turnstile | 2% | |||||||
| Arkose Labs Bot Manager arkoselabs.com | 0% | 30 | 1,249 | 1 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cequence.ai, cloudflare.com, datadome.co, humansecurity.com). The first result for “best bot management solution” is gartner.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best bot management solution for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which bot detection and mitigation tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top bot management solutions and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best bot management solution for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a bot management solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which bot management solutions should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cloudflare Bot ManagementDataDome, Netacea Bot ManagementChangedno first choiceIndusface AppTranaagainst: GeeTest CAPTCHAno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
DataDome, Netacea Bot ManagementOne alternative
Cloudflare Bot ManagementFour alternatives
AWS WAF + Bot Control, Barracuda Advanced Bot Protection, Cloudflare's Free/Pro Bot Fight Mode, DataDomeGPT-5.4 miniCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Fastly Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot Protectionno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFour alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, HUMAN Bot Defender, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionOne alternative
AWS WAFGemini 3.5 FlashCloudflare Bot ManagementDataDomeChangedCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot Protectionno first choiceagainst: AWS WAF, Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, DataDome, Google reCAPTCHA, HUMAN Bot Defender, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, hCaptcha
Four alternatives
CHEQ, DataDome, HUMAN Bot Defender, Indusface AppTranaThree alternatives
AWS Bot Control for AWS WAF, Cloudflare Bot Management, Google reCAPTCHAFive alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, HUMAN Bot Defender, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFive alternatives
ALTCHA, AWS WAF + Bot Control, Arcjet, CrowdSec, ZeroBotSix alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, DataDome, Fastly Next-Gen WAF, HUMAN Bot Defender, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionPerplexity SonarCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldno first choiceCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Radware Bot Managerno first choicenothing named
Six alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cequence Bot Management, DataDome, GeeTest, HUMAN Bot Defender, Indusface AppTranaFour alternatives
Arkose Labs Bot Manager, DataDome, Radware Bot Manager, hCaptchaSix alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Arkose Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Radware Bot ManagerTwo alternatives
Indusface AppTrana, csideGrok 4.20Cloudflare Bot Managementagainst: F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Radware Bot ManagerCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, reCAPTCHADataDomeCloudflare's Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot Manageragainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, hCaptcha, reCAPTCHA
Three alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionThree alternatives
DataDome, HUMAN Bot Defender, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFive alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cequence Bot Management, Cloudflare Bot Management, HUMAN Bot Defender, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFour alternatives
ClickCease, ClickGuard, Fail2ban, reCAPTCHATwo alternatives
DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionMistral SmallImperva Application Security PlatformCloudflare Bot Manager, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionChangedAkamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Manager, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionAppTrana Bot Protection, Cloudflare Bot Managerno first choiceagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, HUMAN Bot Defender, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Two alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare OneTwo alternatives
Akto, Queue-it Virtual Waiting RoomFour alternatives
Arkose Labs Bot Manager, Cequence Bot Management, DataDome, HUMAN Bot DefenderTwo alternatives
Basic CAPTCHA or Cloud Firewall, CHEQ Essential Bot MitigationDeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Arkose Labs Bot Manager, ClickCease, ClickGuardDataDome, HUMAN Bot DefenderCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: DataDome, Fingerprint, HUMAN Bot DefenderCloudflare Bot Management, DataDomeagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Imperva Advanced Bot Protectionagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, ClickCease, DataDome, DoubleVerify, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, HUMAN Bot Defender, HUMAN Sightline, Integral Ad Science, Kasada Bot Defense
One alternative
DataDomeTwo alternatives
DataDome, FingerprintFour alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Arkose Labs Bot Manager, Cequence Bot Management, Cloudflare Bot ManagementThree alternatives
AWS WAF + Bot Control, ClickCease, CrowdSecTwo alternatives
HUMAN Bot Defender, hCaptchaLlama 4 MaverickCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldno first choiceCloudflare Bot Managementno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Radware Bot ManagerThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, hCaptchaTwo alternatives
Barracuda Advanced Bot Protection, Indusface AppTranaQwen 3.7 FlashCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldagainst: Akamai Bot ManagerCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, PerimeterXno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare Bot Management, DataDome, HUMAN Bot Defender
Three alternatives
DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Indusface AppTranaTwo alternatives
DataDome, PerimeterXSix alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Arkose Labs Bot Manager, DataDome, HUMAN Bot Defender, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Kasada Bot DefenseFive alternatives
Chatwoot, Fail2ban, Google reCAPTCHA, Octane AI, TidioKimi K2Cloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, ClickCease, HUMAN Bot DefenderDataDome, HUMAN Bot DefenderCloudflare Bot Managementno first choiceagainst: DataDome, Google reCAPTCHA, HUMAN Bot Defender, Microsoft Bot Management/Copilot Studio
Two alternatives
DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionOne alternative
DataDomeFour alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Arkose Labs Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, NetaceaOne alternative
CrowdSecGLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflare Bot Management, DataDomeCloudflare Bot Management, DataDomeHeldno first choiceCloudflare Bot Managerno first choiceagainst: Azure Health Bot Service, Cequence Bot Management, DataDome, HUMAN Bot Defender
Three alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, HUMAN Bot Defender, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionTwo alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS WAF + Bot Control, ClickCease, ClickStopper, CrowdSecMiniMax M2.5DataDomeCloudflare Bot ManagementChangedDataDome, HUMAN Bot DefenderCloudflare Bot Manager, DataDomeDataDome, HUMAN Bot Defendernothing named
Three alternatives
Cloudflare Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Kasada Bot DefenseTwo alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, PerimeterX Bot DefenderFive alternatives
Cequence Bot Management, Cloudflare Bot Management, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Fingerprint, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionOne alternative
Cloudflare Bot ManagementGPT-6 LunaCloudflare's bot protectionCloudflare Bot ManagementChangedno first choiceCloudflare Bot Managementno first choicenothing named
One alternative
DataDomeOne alternative
DataDomeTwo alternatives
AWS WAF + Bot Control, TurnstileMuse Glimmer 30BCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Management, DataDome Bot ProtectChangedCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Management, Turnstileagainst: DataDomeno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare Bot Management, DataDome, Fingerprint, HUMAN Bot Defender
One alternative
DataDomeTwo alternatives
Arkose Labs Bot Manager, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionSeven alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Arkose Bot Manager, Cequence Bot Management, DataDome Bot Protect, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Kasada Bot Defense, Netacea Bot ManagementFour alternatives
Botpress, Google reCAPTCHA, Indusface AppTrana, Yellow.aiBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:16 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:03 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:55 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:15 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:49 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:05 | yes | 20 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:44 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:15 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:03 | yes | 24 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:11 | yes | 25 | 116 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:28 | yes | 23 | 46 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:37 | yes | 4 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:01 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:20 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:41 | yes | 6 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:44 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:38 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:03 | yes | 10 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:15 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:27 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:35 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:13 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:21 | yes | 20 | 76 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 15 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:16 | yes | 10 | 62 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:02 | yes | 2 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:13 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:53 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:45 | yes | 8 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:35 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:30 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:17 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:44 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:35 | yes | 24 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:23 | yes | 10 | 45 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:58 | yes | 19 | 31 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:32 | yes | 25 | 27 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:48 | yes | 10 | 15 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:22 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:15 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:48 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:42 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:56 | yes | 6 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:05 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:53 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:44 | yes | 10 | 47 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:19 | yes | 15 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:10 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:00 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:27 | yes | 2 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:47 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:14 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:20 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:55 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:03 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:30 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:00 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:16 | yes | 23 | 46 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:22 | yes | 6 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:47 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:24 | yes | 14 | 57 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:37 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:43 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:51 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:17 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:23 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:12 | yes | 3 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:46 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:38 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:35 | yes | 15 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:49 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:13 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:35 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:37 | yes | 25 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:24 | yes | 25 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:29 | yes | 19 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:55 | yes | 1 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:59 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
Normalization in this category
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Akamai read as Akamai Bot Manager
Arkose Labs read as Arkose Labs Bot Manager
Barracuda read as Barracuda Advanced Bot Protection
Barracuda Bot Protection read as Barracuda Advanced Bot Protection
Cequence read as Cequence Bot Management
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare Bot Management
Cloudflare (Bot Management / Super Bot Fight Mode) read as Cloudflare Bot Management
Cloudflare Business read as Cloudflare Bot Management
Cloudflare Enterprise read as Cloudflare Bot Management
F5 read as F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
F5 (Shape) read as F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
F5 Bot Defense read as F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Fastly read as Fastly Bot Management
HUMAN read as HUMAN Bot Defender
HUMAN (MediaGuard) read as HUMAN Bot Defender
HUMAN (formerly Human Defense) read as HUMAN Bot Defender
HUMAN (formerly PerimeterX) read as HUMAN Bot Defender
HUMAN (formerly White Ops) read as HUMAN Bot Defender
HUMAN Security read as HUMAN Bot Defender
HUMAN Security (HUMAN Bot Defender) read as HUMAN Bot Defender
HUMAN Security (formerly PerimeterX) read as HUMAN Bot Defender
HUMAN Security (formerly White Ops) read as HUMAN Bot Defender
Human Security read as HUMAN Bot Defender
Human Security (PerimeterX) read as HUMAN Bot Defender
Human Security (formerly White Ops) read as HUMAN Bot Defender
Imperva read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva (Incapsula / PerimeterX) read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva Advanced Bot Management read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva Advanced Bot Management (formerly Distil Networks) read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva Bot Management read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva Bot Management (formerly Distil Networks) read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Kasada read as Kasada Bot Defense
Radware read as Radware Bot Manager
Unresolved, counted raw
ALTCHA
AWS Bot Control for AWS WAF
Azure Health Bot Service
Basic CAPTCHA or Cloud Firewall
BotMate
ClickStopper
Cloudflare's Bot Management
Cloudflare's Free/Pro Bot Fight Mode
Cloudflare's bot protection
Custom WAF Rules
DoubleVerify (DV)
Friendly Captcha
GeeTest CAPTCHA
Humanitix
Integral Ad Science (IAS)
Microsoft Bot Management/Copilot Studio
ZeroBot
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.