# Cloudflare Bot Management alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 104 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cloudflare Bot Management 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/cloudflare-bot-management/alternatives

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

- Cloudflare Bot Manager: 8
- Cloudflare Super Bot Fight Mode: 4
- DataDome: 4
- Akamai Bot Manager: 3
- AppTrana Bot Protection: 2
- Imperva Advanced Bot Protection: 2

## Bot management

**Small business**: 29 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Bot Management (Cloudflare Bot Management is #1 of 12 at 82%).

- Cloudflare Super Bot Fight Mode: first choice in 4 of those 29
- Cloudflare Bot Manager: first choice in 2 of those 29
- AppTrana Bot Protection: first choice in 1 of those 29
- Arcjet: first choice in 1 of those 29
- Botpress: first choice in 1 of those 29
- CHEQ: first choice in 1 of those 29
- ClickCease: first choice in 1 of those 29
- ClickGuard: first choice in 1 of those 29

**Mid-market**: 36 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Bot Management (Cloudflare Bot Management is #1 of 12 at 60%).

- Cloudflare Bot Manager: first choice in 5 of those 36
- DataDome: first choice in 2 of those 36
- Imperva Advanced Bot Protection: first choice in 2 of those 36
- Akamai Bot Manager: first choice in 1 of those 36
- AppTrana Bot Protection: first choice in 1 of those 36
- Cloudflare's Bot Management: first choice in 1 of those 36
- Cloudflare's bot protection: first choice in 1 of those 36
- Imperva Application Security Platform: first choice in 1 of those 36

**Enterprise**: 39 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Bot Management (Cloudflare Bot Management is #1 of 11 at 36%).

- Akamai Bot Manager: first choice in 2 of those 39
- DataDome: first choice in 2 of those 39
- Akamai Bot & Agent Control / Bot Manager: first choice in 1 of those 39
- Cloudflare Bot Manager: first choice in 1 of those 39
- Cloudflare Enterprise with Bot Management: first choice in 1 of those 39
- DataDome Bot Protect: first choice in 1 of those 39
- Radware Bot Manager: first choice in 1 of those 39
- hCaptcha: first choice in 1 of those 39

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