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Bot management · October 2026 Edition

Fastly Bot Management vs HUMAN Security

Two of fourteen models named Fastly Bot Management first on the direct prompt; zero named HUMAN Security. Fastly Bot Management was named by ten of the fourteen models and HUMAN Security by eight and Fastly Bot Management carries 12 labels and HUMAN Security 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Fastly Bot Management

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

HUMAN Security

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1218A 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 HUMAN Security · 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 modelsHUMAN Security
Direct20
Paraphrase00
Comparative02
Budget-constrained001 against HUMAN Security
Scale-constrained01
Negative001 against HUMAN Security
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 HUMAN Security stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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 HUMAN Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Fastly Bot Management on the left and HUMAN Security on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Fastly Bot Management and HUMAN Security stood in it.

Fastly Bot Management first, HUMAN Security an alternative

2 of 14 modelsHUMAN Security 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

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniCloudflare Bot Management alternatives: Arkose Labs, DataDome, HUMAN Security
Grok 4.1 FastCloudflare Bot Management alternatives: DataDome, HUMAN Security
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

7 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
Gemini 3.5 FlashDataDome alternatives: Cequence Security, Cloudflare Bot Management, Indusface AppTrana
Perplexity SonarCloudflare Bot Management alternatives: Akamai Bot Manager, Indusface AppTrana, Radware Bot Manager
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 7
HUMAN Security0%#– of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Fastly Bot Management leads by two points.
Fastly Bot Management4%#3 of 9
HUMAN Security2%#4 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: HUMAN Security leads at enterprise.
HUMAN Security4%#4 of 8
Fastly Bot Management0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What 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 HUMAN Security

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Leader in Forrester Wave Q3 2024 with top scores in strategy, detection models... #1 on G2 for Bot Detection and Mitigation” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.