Bot management
Asked as “bot management solution”, and as “bot detection and mitigation tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 50 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
56%
Clear leader
56Cloudflare Bot Management22DataDome04Cloudflare Bot Fight Mode / Super Bot Fight Mode18others
56% of first choices, clear leader.
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.
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 September 2026
01
Cloudflare Bot Management56%7%59endorsed leadernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 56% now.
Cloudflare Bot Management56%7%59endorsed leadernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 56% now.03
Fastly Bot Management4%0%12accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 4% now.
Fastly Bot Management4%0%12accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 4% now.06
Akamai Bot Manager2%27%37criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.
Akamai Bot Manager2%27%37criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
09F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense0%40%10criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
08
Radware Bot Manager0%36%11criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
Radware Bot Manager0%36%11criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.07
Imperva Advanced Bot Protection0%17%35accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
Imperva Advanced Bot Protection0%17%35accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.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 is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. 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 fifteen head-to-head pages: the top six products, each against each
Cloudflare Bot Management vs Indusface AppTranaCloudflare Bot Management vs Akamai Bot ManagerDataDome vs Fastly Bot ManagementDataDome vs HUMAN SecurityDataDome vs Indusface AppTranaDataDome vs Akamai Bot ManagerFastly Bot Management vs HUMAN SecurityFastly Bot Management vs Indusface AppTranaFastly Bot Management vs Akamai Bot ManagerHUMAN Security vs Indusface AppTranaHUMAN Security vs Akamai Bot ManagerIndusface AppTrana vs Akamai Bot Manager
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
Key
01Cloudflare Bot Management56%
Cloudflare Bot Management56%02DataDome22%
DataDome22%03Fastly Bot Management4%
Fastly Bot Management4%04HUMAN Security2%
HUMAN Security2%05Indusface AppTrana2%
Indusface AppTrana2%06Akamai Bot Manager2%
Akamai Bot Manager2%07Imperva Advanced Bot Protection0%
Imperva Advanced Bot Protection0%08Radware Bot Manager0%
Radware Bot Manager0%09F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense0%
What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.5 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.
Akamai Bot Manager27%
10 of 37 labels negative · 8 of 14 models
“Enterprise-focused tools (Akamai, Imperva) often have high costs for advanced features, unsuitable for SMBs.” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
DataDome12%
6 of 49 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“If you are currently evaluating dedicated bot-management vendors (such as DataDome, HUMAN, Kasada, Akamai, or F5), watch out for these contract and technical warning signs” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
reCAPTCHA
100%
5 of 5 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Traditional, Interactive CAPTCHAs (like reCAPTCHA v2 / v3) ... AI Can Beat Them Easily ... Privacy and Compliance Risks” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Cloudflare Bot Management7%
4 of 59 labels negative · 4 of 14 models
“Cloudflare notes that Bot Fight Mode and Super Bot Fight Mode can cause false positives and are intentionally aggressive, so they can block legitimate traffic if left on without careful review.” GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
78 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. 1046 links across 164 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · Cequence34 answers · 59 citations · 12 models
34 answers · 52 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Indusface34 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Radware33 answers · 64 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G229 answers · 46 citations · 10 models
vendor site · DataDome25 answers · 31 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Cloudflare24 answers · 55 citations · 9 models
vendor site · cside23 answers · 36 citations · 10 models
vendor site · HUMAN Security22 answers · 37 citations · 10 models
22 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Akamai21 answers · 23 citations · 13 models
21 answers · 22 citations · 10 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.
33 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 8 models
23 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 8 models
19 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 11 models
17 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 10 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 56%, Cloudflare Bot Fight Mode / Super Bot Fight Mode 4%, Cloudflare Bot Manager 2% | 62% | 163 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| DataDome datadome.co DataDome 22%, DataDome Bot Protect 0% | 22% | 138 | 1,900 | 33 | 15,592 | $364 | 120 | 6 |
| Fastly fastly.com Fastly Bot Management 4% | 4% | 21 | 18,100 | 950 | 107,961 company | $2,460 | 120 | 2 |
| HUMAN Security humansecurity.com HUMAN Security 2%, HUMAN Bot Defender 0% | 2% | 94 | 1,300 | 408 | 165,749 | 23 | 5 | |
| Indusface AppTrana indusface.com | 2% | 81 | 10 | 0 | 15,007 | 0 | 4 | |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Bot Manager 2% | 2% | 132 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| Barracuda parent site Barracuda Bot Protection 2% | 2% | 10 | 201,000 | 10,561 | ||||
| PerimeterX | 2% | 590 | 6 | |||||
| AppTrana Bot Management | 2% | |||||||
| Imperva imperva.com Imperva Advanced Bot Protection 0% | 0% | 99 | 3,600 | 184 | 417,309 company | 6 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 6 of them are among the sites the models cited here (akamai.com, cequence.ai, datadome.co, humansecurity.com, indusface.com, radware.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 4.5AppTrana Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementChangedagainst: Akamai Bot Managerno first choiceCloudflare Bot Managementno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
DataDome, Netacea Bot Management, Radware Bot ManagerTwo alternatives
DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionTwo alternatives
DataDome, Indusface AppTranaGPT-5.4 miniCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Managementno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare Bot Management
Three alternatives
Arkose Labs, DataDome, HUMAN SecurityTwo alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Super Bot Fight ModeFive alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Arkose Labs Bot Manager, DataDome Bot Protect, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFive alternatives
AWS WAF, Amazon CloudFront, Azure Front Door, Fastly Bot Management, Google Cloud ArmorGemini 3.5 FlashDataDomeCloudflare Bot Management, DataDomeChangedDataDomeCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, HUMAN Security, reCAPTCHAno first choiceagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, HUMAN Security, Kasada, reCAPTCHA
Three alternatives
Cequence Security, Cloudflare Bot Management, Indusface AppTranaTwo alternatives
Indusface AppTrana, csideFive alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Arkose Labs, Cloudflare Bot Management, HUMAN Security, KasadaFive alternatives
CrowdSec, Indusface AppTrana, Tirreno, Turnstile, hCaptchaPerplexity SonarCloudflare Bot ManagementDataDomeChangedno first choiceCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Radware Bot Managerno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Indusface AppTrana, Radware Bot ManagerThree alternatives
Cloudflare Bot Management, HUMAN Security, hCaptchaOne alternative
Indusface AppTranaGrok 4.1 FastCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Arkose Labs, KasadaCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Radware Bot ManagerDataDome, HUMAN SecurityCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Botpress, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Rasa, reCAPTCHACloudflare Bot Management, DataDome, HUMAN Securityagainst: WAAPagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Radware Bot Manager
Two alternatives
DataDome, HUMAN SecurityFour alternatives
Barracuda Bot Protection, Cloudbric, DataDome, Indusface AppTranaThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFour alternatives
Cloudflare Turnstile, CrowdSec, WebDecoy, hCaptchaMistral SmallDataDome, Fastly Bot ManagementAkamai Bot Manager, DataDomeChangedCloudflare Bot ManagerBarracuda Bot Protection, Cloudflare Bot Managementno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Cloudflare Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionTwo alternatives
Cloudflare Bot Management, SEONThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, CHEQ Essentials Bot Mitigation, Cequence Bot ManagementDeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: KasadaCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldagainst: DataDomeDataDome, HUMAN SecurityCloudflare Bot ManagementDataDomeagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Radware Bot Manageragainst: AWS WAF basic rules, Arkose, Barracuda WAF, F5 Bot Management, F5 WAF, Fail2ban, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Two alternatives
CHEQ, DataDomeTwo alternatives
HUMAN Bot Defender, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFour alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, KasadaTwo alternatives
AWS WAF + Bot Control, AppTrana Bot ProtectionOne alternative
Cloudflare Bot ManagementLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceIndusface AppTranaChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFour alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Fastly Bot Management, Myra Bot ManagementQwen 3.7 FlashCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Management, PerimeterXChangedCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot ManagerCloudflare Bot Managementno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Indusface AppTranaThree alternatives
AWS WAF + Bot Control, Akamai Bot Manager, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionThree alternatives
Arkose Labs, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionOne alternative
SucuriKimi K2DataDomeagainst: F5 Distributed Cloud Bot DefenseCloudflare Bot ManagementChangedCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Managementno first choiceagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, reCAPTCHA
Two alternatives
Cloudflare Bot Management, Fastly Bot ManagementTwo alternatives
ClickCease, DataDomeFour alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionThree alternatives
CrowdSec, Indusface AppTrana, open-appsecGLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot ManagerCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldno first choiceCloudflare Bot Fight Mode / Super Bot Fight Modeagainst: DataDomeno first choiceagainst: F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, General WAF-only Solutions, In-House/Built-in Bot Management, Software-based Bot Protection
Two alternatives
DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionThree alternatives
CHEQ Essentials Bot Mitigation, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFive alternatives
Botpress, Indusface – AppTrana, Kore.ai, WotNot, cside – Device Intelligence + AI Agent DetectionMiniMax M2.5DataDome, Fastly Bot ManagementDataDomeChangedCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Managerno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Cloudflare Bot Management, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Manager, FingerprintJSThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Imposta Bot ManagementTwo alternatives
ClickCease, Cloudbric Bot ProtectionGPT-6 LunaCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldagainst: DataDomeno first choiceCloudflare Bot Managementno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
DataDome, Fastly Bot ManagementOne alternative
AWS WAF + Bot ControlOne alternative
AWS WAF + Bot ControlMuse Glimmer 30BDataDomeCloudflare Bot ManagementChangedno first choiceCloudflare Bot Fight Mode / Super Bot Fight Modeagainst: AWS WAF + Bot Controlno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare Bot Management, HUMAN Security — formerly PerimeterX, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, reCAPTCHA
Four alternatives
Barracuda Bot Protection, Cloudbric Bot Protection, Cloudflare Bot Management, Fastly Bot ManagementOne alternative
DataDome Bot ProtectTwo alternatives
CrowdSec, SafeLineBold 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. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
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 | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:49 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:51 | yes | 17 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:07 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 22 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:36 | yes | 8 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:51 | yes | 22 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:30 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:35 | yes | 9 | 46 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:55 | yes | 11 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:52 | yes | 23 | 47 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:02 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 22 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:10 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:56 | yes | 8 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:43 | yes | 21 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:34 | yes | 13 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:57 | yes | 22 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:04 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:28 | yes | 13 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:05 | yes | 25 | 174 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 8 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 17 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 9 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 16 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 18 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 21 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:25 | yes | 12 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:52 | yes | 23 | 63 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:29 | yes | 14 | 51 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:37 | yes | 10 | 15 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:18 | yes | 7 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:54 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:29 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:51 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:07 | yes | 17 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:47 | yes | 14 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 25 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:43 | yes | 6 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:49 | yes | 20 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 23 | 56 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 8 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:13 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:49 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:21 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:21 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:03 | yes | 15 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:11 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 18 | 58 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:49 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:13 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 5 | 53 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 15 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:05 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:15 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:17 | yes | 11 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:21 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:37 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 14 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 25 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:21 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 22 | 52 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:37 | yes | 9 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 24 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:00 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:45 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Akamai read as Akamai Bot Manager
Akamai (PerimeterX) read as Akamai Bot Manager
Akamai Technologies read as Akamai Bot Manager
Barracuda read as Barracuda Bot Protection
Cequence read as Cequence Bot Management
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare Bot Management
Cloudflare Free read as Cloudflare Bot Management
Cloudflare Pro read as Cloudflare Bot Management
F5 read as F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
F5 (Shape/ Distributed Cloud Bot Defense) read as F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
F5 Shape read as F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Fastly read as Fastly Bot Management
HUMAN read as HUMAN Security
HUMAN (Human Defense Platform) read as HUMAN Security
HUMAN (PerimeterX) read as HUMAN Security
HUMAN (formerly PerimeterX) read as HUMAN Security
Imperva read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva Advanced Bot Management read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva Bot Management read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Indusface read as Indusface AppTrana
Radware read as Radware Bot Manager
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS WAF basic rules
Anubis
AppTrana Bot Management
Arkose Labs Bot Manager
Cloudbric
F5 Bot Management
F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defence
F5 WAF
Fingerprint Device intelligence
FingerprintJS
Forter
General WAF-only Solutions
HUMAN Security — formerly PerimeterX
Imperva PerimeterX
Imperva's bot management solutions
Imposta Bot Management
In-House/Built-in Bot Management
Indusface – AppTrana (Bot Management)
Myra Bot Management
Netacea Bot Management
Sift
Software-based Bot Protection
Tirreno
WAAP
WotNot
cside – Device Intelligence + AI Agent Detection
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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