Bot management · October 2026 Edition
Fastly Bot Management vs Akamai Bot Manager
Two of fourteen models named Fastly Bot Management first on the direct prompt; zero named Akamai Bot Manager. Fastly Bot Management was named by ten of the fourteen models and Akamai Bot Manager by fourteen and Fastly Bot Management carries 12 labels and Akamai Bot Manager 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%27%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1237A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Fastly Bot Management reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.DataDome was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Cloudflare Bot Management vs Fastly Bot Management · Cloudflare Bot Management vs Akamai Bot Manager · DataDome vs Fastly Bot Management
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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the bot management page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Fastly Bot ManagementFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAkamai Bot Manager
Direct201 against Akamai Bot Manager
Paraphrase012 against Akamai Bot Manager
Comparative001 against Akamai Bot Manager
Budget-constrained002 against Akamai Bot Manager
Scale-constrained001 against Akamai Bot Manager
Negative003 against Akamai Bot Manager
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Fastly Bot Management and Akamai Bot Manager stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | |||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
Fastly Bot Management Akamai Bot Manager first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Fastly Bot Management on the left and Akamai Bot Manager on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Fastly Bot Management and Akamai Bot Manager stood in it.
Fastly Bot Management first, Akamai Bot Manager not the choice
2 of 14 modelsAkamai Bot Manager was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Mistral SmallDataDome, Fastly Bot Management alternatives: Cloudflare Bot Management, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
MiniMax M2.5DataDome, Fastly Bot Management alternatives: Cloudflare Bot Management, HUMAN Security, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Perplexity SonarCloudflare Bot Management alternatives: Akamai Bot Manager, Indusface AppTrana, Radware Bot Manager
Kimi K2DataDome alternatives: Cloudflare Bot Management, Fastly Bot Management
GPT-6 LunaCloudflare Bot Management alternatives: DataDome, Fastly Bot Management
Muse Glimmer 30BDataDome alternatives: Barracuda Bot Protection, Cloudbric Bot Protection, Cloudflare Bot Management, Fastly Bot Management
Neither was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5AppTrana Bot Management alternatives: DataDome, Netacea Bot Management, Radware Bot Manager
GPT-5.4 miniCloudflare Bot Management alternatives: Arkose Labs, DataDome, HUMAN Security
Gemini 3.5 FlashDataDome alternatives: Cequence Security, Cloudflare Bot Management, Indusface AppTrana
Grok 4.1 FastCloudflare Bot Management alternatives: DataDome, HUMAN Security
DeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflare Bot Management alternatives: CHEQ, DataDome
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashCloudflare Bot Management alternatives: DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection, Indusface AppTrana
GLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflare Bot Management alternatives: DataDome, Imperva Advanced Bot Protection
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
Fastly Bot Management0%#– of 7Akamai Bot Manager0%#7 of 7Mid-marketThe figures above
Fastly Bot Management leads by two points.
Fastly Bot Management4%#3 of 9Akamai Bot Manager2%#6 of 9Enterprise
The order flips: Akamai Bot Manager leads at enterprise.
Akamai Bot Manager11%#3 of 8Fastly Bot Management0%#– of 8What the models said about Fastly Bot Management
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“DataDome and Fastly are highlighted as the top choices for mid-market companies.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“DataDome or Fastly would be the best starting points” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Fastly Bot Management and Akamai Bot Manager offer features like transparent insights and straightforward configuration.” Llama 4 Maverick · scale prompt · alternative
What the models said about Akamai Bot Manager
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Enterprise-focused tools (Akamai, Imperva) often have high costs for advanced features, unsuitable for SMBs.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“such as DataDome, HUMAN, Kasada, Akamai, or F5), watch out for these contract and technical warning signs” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Has experienced public false positive incidents; complex configuration can cause availability risks” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“DataDome and Akamai Bot Manager are the top choices” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Leverages massive edge network for real-time bot detection via ML, threat intelligence, and client-side challenges. Good for high-traffic sites.” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · alternative
“Fastly Bot Management and Akamai Bot Manager are examples of solutions that offer robust detection and mitigation capabilities.” Llama 4 Maverick · scale prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.