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At a glance the headline numbers for Bot detection impact
Performance impact by bot_detection provider.
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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
56,949
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
70ms
Best INP (p75)
reCAPTCHA
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · desktop 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 | 70ms | 99.0% | 54,929 | |
| 2 | hCaptcha | 75ms | 98.5% | 1,089 | |
| 3 | Cloudflare Turnstile | 78ms | 97.2% | 415 | |
| 4 | Imperva Bot Management | 81ms | 95.9% | 64 | |
| 5 | DataDome | 103ms | 99.0% | 254 | |
| 6 | Akamai Bot Manager | 122ms | 90.4% | 198 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · desktop 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 70ms
DataDome 0.1% 254 103ms
hCaptcha 0.5% 1,089 75ms
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 415 78ms
Imperva Bot Management 0% 64 81ms
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0% 15 123ms
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 198 122ms
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good INP (200ms at p75) · one value per site
99% of reCAPTCHA sites pass INP. Akamai Bot Manager trails 9 points behind. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · desktop 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%
832.1s
9970ms
760.10
791.7s
561.3s
hCaptcha 0.5%
901.8s
9975ms
790.09
871.4s
71963ms
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
872.1s
9778ms
800.09
791.6s
561.3s
DataDome 0.1%
802.3s
99103ms
720.12
751.8s
591.3s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1%
762.5s
90122ms
660.14
731.8s
531.1s
Imperva Bot Management 0%
713.0s
9681ms
630.19
672.3s
531.4s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0%
463.6s
92123ms
540.20
393.6s
393.1s
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: 99% of its sites pass. Akamai Bot Manager trails at 90%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
Related signals Push notifications (5) → Image CDNs (9) → RUM (14) → Marketing pixels (10) → 210,902 crawled sites with Chrome field data, representing millions of real page loads · How we measured
210,902 crawled sites with Chrome field data, representing millions of real page loads. How we measured.