Akamai Web Application Protector vs reCAPTCHA
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Akamai Web Application Protector · reCAPTCHA · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Akamai Web Application Protector · reCAPTCHA · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
584
534,273
India
400
197,700
United Kingdom
344
181,539
Japan
279
172,940
Brazil
302
145,709
France
306
145,372
Canada
370
138,940
Spain
274
131,068
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Akamai Web Application Protector | reCAPTCHA |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.3 s | 2 s |
| INP | 100 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 900 ms | 900 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.
Sites that switched
Domains that dropped one technology and adopted the other within about a year, data nobody else gives away free.
Akamai Web Application Protector to reCAPTCHA
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| mrcy.com | Jul 2026 |
| redbullracing.com | Jul 2026 |
| gousfbulls.com | Jun 2026 |
| oatly.com | May 2026 |
| bloomingdales.com | May 2026 |
| letour.fr | Apr 2026 |
| traum-ferienwohnungen.at | Dec 2025 |
| precisiondoorchattahoochee.com | Nov 2025 |
| mobilexpense.com | Nov 2025 |
| verano.com | Oct 2025 |
reCAPTCHA to Akamai Web Application Protector
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| opalfuels.com | Aug 2026 |
| galaxy.com | Feb 2026 |
| aeriestechnology.com | Feb 2026 |
| telixpharma.com | Jan 2026 |
| piedmontreit.com | Jan 2026 |
| abilityone.com | Jan 2026 |
| mobilexpense.com | Jan 2026 |
| churchilldownsincorporated.com | Dec 2025 |
All Akamai Web Application Protector sites · All reCAPTCHA sites