Bot management for enterprise buyers
Asked as “bot management solution”, and as “bot detection and mitigation tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 54 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
37%
Contested · DataDome 17%
37Cloudflare Bot Management17DataDome11Akamai Bot Manager35others
37% of first choices, contested.
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 an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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.
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
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
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01Cloudflare Bot Management37%
Cloudflare Bot Management37%02DataDome17%
DataDome17%03Akamai Bot Manager11%
Akamai Bot Manager11%04HUMAN Security4%
HUMAN Security4%05Kasada2%
Kasada2%06Radware Bot Manager2%
Radware Bot Manager2%07Imperva Advanced Bot Protection0%
Imperva Advanced Bot Protection0%08F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense0%
What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, 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.
Akamai Bot Manager15%
9 of 61 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“CDN-integrated bot managers (e.g., Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management) if your organization utilizes a multi-CDN or hybrid-cloud architecture.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Cloudflare Bot Management7%
4 of 60 labels negative · 4 of 14 models
“Cloudflare documents that **Bot Fight Mode** is domain-wide and cannot be customized or bypassed with WAF rules... don't mistake them for a nuanced control plane” GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt
Imperva Advanced Bot Protection11%
5 of 44 labels negative · 4 of 14 models
“Vendors like Cloudflare, Akamai, or Imperva offer bot modules, but basic plans often limit to rate-limiting/static rules.” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
AWS WAF + Bot Control
50%
3 of 6 labels negative · 3 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Examples to avoid using as a primary defense: Basic WAF configurations (e.g., standard AWS WAF Bot Control, basic CDN firewalls relying on static rule sets).” Gemini 3.5 Flash, 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
80 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. 1220 links across 261 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 · Cequence46 answers · 88 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Radware39 answers · 65 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Indusface31 answers · 41 citations · 12 models
vendor site · GeeTest28 answers · 29 citations · 12 models
vendor site · HUMAN Security27 answers · 45 citations · 11 models
27 answers · 34 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G225 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
24 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Akamai23 answers · 32 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Spendbase23 answers · 25 citations · 11 models
23 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Cloudflare22 answers · 44 citations · 8 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.
31 answers · 12 models
27 answers · 10 models
26 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 8 models
20 answers · 12 models
20 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 11 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 |
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| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare Bot Management 37%, Cloudflare Bot Management for Enterprise 4% | 41% | 163 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| DataDome datadome.co | 17% | 138 | 1,900 | 33 | 15,592 | $364 | 120 | 6 |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Bot Manager 11% | 11% | 132 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| HUMAN Security humansecurity.com HUMAN Security 4%, HUMAN Bot Defender 2% | 6% | 94 | 1,300 | 408 | 165,749 | 23 | 5 | |
| Indusface AppTrana indusface.com | 4% | 81 | 10 | 0 | 15,007 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kasada kasada.io | 2% | 33 | 880 | 13 | 724 | 6 | 2 | |
| Radware radware.com Radware Bot Manager 2% | 2% | 43 | 1,900 | 116 | 43,076 company | $21 | 13 | 8 |
| Cequence Bot Management cequence.ai | 2% | 13 | 0 | 950 | 10 | 8 | ||
| PerimeterX | 2% | 590 | 6 | |||||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Power Automate 2% | 2% | 314 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 |
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, geetest.com, 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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which bot detection and mitigation tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade bot management solutions and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best bot management solution for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a bot management solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which bot management solutions should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cequence Bot ManagementAkamai Bot ManagerChangedAkamai Bot ManagerCloudflare Bot Managementno first choiceagainst: DataDome Bot Protect, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, HUMAN Bot Defender, HUMAN Sightline
Four alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionThree alternatives
DataDome, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFive alternatives
Cloudflare Bot Management, DataDome, Fingerprint, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Radware Bot ManagerOne alternative
Zoho SalesIQGPT-5.4 miniCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Management for EnterpriseChangedCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Management for Enterpriseno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Radware Bot ManagerTwo alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, HUMAN SecurityFive alternatives
Arkose Labs, DataDome, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Radware Bot ManagerTwo alternatives
DataDome, Radware Bot ManagerGemini 3.5 FlashDataDomeDataDomeHeldDataDomeIndusface AppTranaagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, DataDomeno first choiceagainst: AWS WAF + Bot Control, Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, Google reCAPTCHA
Four alternatives
CHEQ, Cloudflare Bot Management, HUMAN Security, KasadaThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, HUMAN Security, KasadaSix alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Arkose Labs, Cloudflare Bot Management, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, HUMAN Security, KasadaFour alternatives
Amazon CloudFront, Cloudflare Bot Management, Cloudflare One, Zscaler Internet AccessPerplexity SonarAkamai Bot ManagerAkamai Bot Manager, DataDomeChangedagainst: HUMAN Securityno first choiceCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot Managerno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Cequence Bot Management, DataDome, Fastly Bot Management, HUMAN SecurityOne alternative
Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionGrok 4.1 FastDataDome, HUMAN SecurityCloudflare Bot ManagementChangedDataDome, HUMAN SecurityCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: AWS WAF + Bot ControlCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, CHEQ, Cloudflare Bot Management, Google reCAPTCHA, HUMAN Sightline, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, hCaptcha
Three alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFour alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFour alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Radware Bot ManagerThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionTwo alternatives
DataDome, ReblazeMistral SmallAkamai Bot Manager, HUMAN Bot DefenderCloudflare Bot Management, hCaptchaChangedCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Managementno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Imperva Bot Attack MitigationTwo alternatives
DataDome, Radware Bot ManagerThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionOne alternative
Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionDeepSeek V4 FlashDataDomeDataDomeHeldagainst: AWS WAF + Bot Control, hCaptcha, reCAPTCHAAkamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Radware Bot ManagerCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Imperva Advanced Bot Protectionno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cequence Bot Management, Cloudflare Bot Management, HUMAN SecurityTwo alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot ManagementThree alternatives
DataDome Bot Protect, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS WAF + Bot Control, DataDomeLlama 4 MaverickArkose Bot Managerno first choiceChangedno first choiceGeeTestagainst: Radware Bot ManagerCloudflare Bot Managementnothing named
One alternative
DataDomeTwo alternatives
Cequence Bot Management, Indusface AppTranaOne alternative
CHEQ AIQwen 3.7 FlashHUMAN Security, KasadaAkamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot ManagementChangedCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementPerimeterX, Radware Bot Manager, Shape Securitynothing named
Three alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionTwo alternatives
DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionThree alternatives
DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, PerimeterXFive alternatives
AWS WAF, Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Palo Alto NetworksKimi K2DataDomeAkamai Bot ManagerChangedDataDomeIndusface AppTranaagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionDataDomeagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, In-House / DIY Bot Management Solutions
Four alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionThree alternatives
Cloudflare Bot Management, F5 Shape Security, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFive alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionOne alternative
Cloudflare Bot ManagementFour alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionGLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldImperva Advanced Bot ProtectionDataDomeagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Cequence Bot Management, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Indusface AppTrana, Kasada, Netaceano first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionSix alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Arkose Labs, DataDome, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Radware Bot ManagerSeven alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, DataDome, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Kasada, PerimeterX, Radware Bot ManagerOne alternative
Cloudflare Bot ManagementMiniMax M2.5Cloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementHeldDataDome, HUMAN SecurityMicrosoft Power Automateno first choiceagainst: Akamai Bot Manager, Arkose Labs, Cloudflare Bot Fight, DataDome, F5 BIG-IP ASM, Imperva WAF, Kasada, ModSecurity, Netacea, PerimeterX, Radware Bot Manager
Two alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFour alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Imperva (Incapsula) Bot DetectionThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionSix alternatives
Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, Indusface AppTrana, Kore.ai, Microsoft 365 Copilot, UiPathGPT-6 LunaCloudflare Enterprise Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot ManagementChangedno first choiceUiPathno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare Bot Management
Three alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, HUMAN Bot DefenderThree alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, HUMAN SecurityTwo alternatives
Cloudflare's Bot Management, Copilot StudioMuse Glimmer 30BCloudflare Bot Management, HUMAN Security – Human Defense PlatformCloudflare Bot ManagementChangedAkamai Bot Manager, Cloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Bot Managementagainst: Automation Anywhere, UiPathno first choiceagainst: reCAPTCHA
Three alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionFive alternatives
Akamai Bot Manager, DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Kasada, Radware Bot ManagerFive alternatives
DataDome, F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Imperva Application Security Platform, Radware Bot ManagerTwo alternatives
DataDome, Microsoft Power AutomateBold 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 |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:52 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:09 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 19 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:23 | yes | 13 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 23 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:23 | yes | 11 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:21 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:37 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 14 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 18 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:13 | yes | 23 | 124 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:48 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:29 | yes | 23 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:41 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 21 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:46 | yes | 7 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:30 | yes | 24 | 73 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:17 | yes | 10 | 67 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 20 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 23 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:18 | no | 0 | 53 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:52 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:22 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 9 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 17 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:31 | yes | 16 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 22 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 25 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 24 | 64 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:36 | yes | 15 | 45 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 20 | 31 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:48 | yes | 8 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:15 | yes | 22 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 27 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:54 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:43 | yes | 18 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:06 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 23 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 15 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 24 | 45 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:18 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:16 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:09 | yes | 24 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:33 | yes | 19 | 51 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:18 | yes | 3 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:12 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 6 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:41 | yes | 12 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:14 | yes | 17 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:54 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 23 | 64 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:23 | yes | 10 | 46 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:55 | yes | 22 | 133 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:22 | yes | 10 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:28 | yes | 3 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:15 | yes | 13 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:34 | yes | 19 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 22 | 83 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:36 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:32 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:54 | yes | 17 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 19 | 90 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 2 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 23 | 30 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
AWS WAF with Bot Control read as AWS WAF + Bot Control
Akamai read as Akamai Bot Manager
Akamai (App & API Protector) read as Akamai Bot Manager
Cequence read as Cequence Bot Management
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare Bot Management
Cloudflare (Enterprise) read as Cloudflare Bot Management
Cloudflare Enterprise read as Cloudflare Bot Management
Cloudflare Enterprise (with Bot Management Add-on) read as Cloudflare Bot Management
F5 read as F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
F5 (Shape Security) 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 Security
HUMAN (formerly PerimeterX) read as HUMAN Security
Imperva read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva (Advanced Bot Protection) read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva (Incapsula) read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva (SecureSphere / Advanced Bot Protection) read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva Bot Management read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Imperva Bot Protection read as Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Indusface read as Indusface AppTrana
Radware read as Radware Bot Manager
Unresolved, counted raw
Akamai Bot Manager Premier
Azion
Cequence Adaptive Bot Defense
Chat Data
Cloudflare Bot Fight
Cloudflare Enterprise Bot Management
Cloudflare's Bot Management
F5 Shape Security
Fastly Bot Manager
Fortinet FortiBot
HUMAN Security – Human Defense Platform
Imperva (Incapsula) Bot Detection
Imperva ABP
Imperva Bot Attack Mitigation
In-House / DIY Bot Management Solutions
Shape Security (IBM)
Zoho SalesIQ
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.