Bot detection impact

Performance impact by bot_detection provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · All devices 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
56,949
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
115ms
Best INP (p75)
reCAPTCHA
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · all devices 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 115ms 95.4%
54,929
2 hCaptcha 130ms 92.8%
1,089
3 Imperva Bot Management 143ms 90.2%
64
4 Cloudflare Turnstile 146ms 84.4%
415
5 DataDome 156ms 86.4%
254
6 Akamai Bot Manager 205ms 72.6%
198
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · all devices 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% 54,929 95% 115ms
hCaptcha 0.5% 1,089 93% 130ms
Imperva Bot Management 0% 64 90% 143ms
DataDome 0.1% 254 86% 156ms
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 415 84% 146ms
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0% 15 77% 198ms
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 198 73% 205ms
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good INP (200ms at p75) · one value per site

95% of reCAPTCHA sites pass INP. Akamai Bot Manager trails 22 points behind, leaving 27% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · all devices 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
reCAPTCHA 26%
772.4s
95115ms
860.05
712.0s
511.4s
hCaptcha 0.5%
862.0s
93130ms
900.04
801.6s
661.1s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
802.3s
84146ms
810.07
731.9s
531.3s
DataDome 0.1%
772.4s
86156ms
810.05
791.7s
641.1s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1%
662.8s
73205ms
710.13
612.1s
411.2s
Imperva Bot Management 0%
663.1s
90143ms
730.11
632.2s
501.2s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0%
533.5s
77198ms
800.06
403.3s
402.3s
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: 95% of its sites pass. Akamai Bot Manager trails at 73%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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