Bot detection impact

Performance impact by bot_detection provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q2 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for Bot detection impact

Performance impact by bot_detection provider.

6
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
51,303
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
136ms
Best INP (p75)
reCAPTCHA
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by INP at p75, fastest first

# Provider INP p75 Passing Sites
1 reCAPTCHA 136ms 92.2%
49,481
2 hCaptcha 153ms 86.3%
979
3 Cloudflare Turnstile 178ms 79.3%
387
4 Imperva Bot Management 193ms 79.1%
55
5 DataDome 198ms 75.0%
227
6 Akamai Bot Manager 242ms 62.3%
174
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing INP per provider which group passes the INP most often

ProviderSitesPassing INPp75
reCAPTCHA 26% 49,481 92% 136ms
hCaptcha 0.5% 979 86% 153ms
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 387 79% 178ms
Imperva Bot Management 0% 55 79% 193ms
DataDome 0.1% 227 75% 198ms
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 174 62% 242ms
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0% 13 50% 287ms
Kasada 0% 2 329ms
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good INP (200ms at p75) · one value per site

92% of reCAPTCHA sites pass INP. Akamai Bot Manager trails 30 points behind, leaving 38% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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All five vitals at once the whole category without toggling - cell is the pass rate, small number the p75

LCP
INP
CLS
FCP
TTFB
DataDome 0.1%
692.7s
75198ms
830.05
731.9s
561.3s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1%
672.8s
62242ms
740.12
572.1s
391.2s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
832.2s
79178ms
790.07
761.7s
571.2s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0%
554.1s
50287ms
820.07
363.8s
363.2s
reCAPTCHA 26%
762.5s
92136ms
870.03
692.0s
521.3s
hCaptcha 0.5%
852.0s
86153ms
910.02
811.6s
69975ms
Imperva Bot Management 0%
692.7s
79193ms
780.09
582.3s
511.1s
Kasada 0%
5013.9s
0329ms
500.65
502.5s
501.1s
60%95%+ passing Cell: pass rate, small number = p75 · faded rows: under 100 sites

One row per provider, one column per vital - the cell is the share of sites passing, the small number the p75. No toggling needed to see where the category actually differs.

reCAPTCHA leads on INP: 92% of its sites pass. Akamai Bot Manager trails at 62%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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