# Akamai Bot Manager alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 197 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Akamai Bot Manager holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/akamai-bot-manager/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Cloudflare Bot Management: 89
- DataDome: 12
- Cloudflare Bot Manager: 6
- Cloudflare Super Bot Fight Mode: 4
- HUMAN Bot Defender: 3
- AppTrana Bot Protection: 2

## Bot management

**Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Bot Manager (Akamai Bot Manager is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- Cloudflare Bot Management: first choice in 52 of those 81
- Cloudflare Super Bot Fight Mode: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Cloudflare Bot Manager: first choice in 2 of those 81
- DataDome: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Indusface AppTrana: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Turnstile: first choice in 2 of those 81
- AppTrana Bot Protection: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Arcjet: first choice in 1 of those 81

**Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Bot Manager (Akamai Bot Manager is #8 of 12 at 0%).

- Cloudflare Bot Management: first choice in 26 of those 65
- DataDome: first choice in 8 of those 65
- Cloudflare Bot Manager: first choice in 4 of those 65
- HUMAN Bot Defender: first choice in 2 of those 65
- AppTrana Bot Protection: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Cloudflare's Bot Management: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Cloudflare's bot protection: first choice in 1 of those 65
- DataDome Bot Protect: first choice in 1 of those 65

**Enterprise**: 51 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Bot Manager (Akamai Bot Manager is #3 of 11 at 8%).

- Cloudflare Bot Management: first choice in 11 of those 51
- DataDome: first choice in 2 of those 51
- Akamai Bot & Agent Control / Bot Manager: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Akamai Bot Manager Premier: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Cloudflare Enterprise with Bot Management: first choice in 1 of those 51
- F5 Advanced WAF: first choice in 1 of those 51
- HUMAN (formerly White Ops) – HUMAN Bot Defender / Sightline Cyberfraud Defense: first choice in 1 of those 51
- HUMAN Bot Defender: first choice in 1 of those 51

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