Head-to-head
DataDome vs HUMAN Security
In short
DataDome publishes plan prices (from USD 3,830 a month); HUMAN publishes none and rates agents High, Medium or Low trust, with High reserved for agents that carry a cryptographic key on each request. On per-purpose policy the rubric grades DataDome partial and HUMAN Security yes, and on charging the rubric grades DataDome yes and HUMAN Security partial.
The sourced difference
DataDome publishes plan prices (from USD 3,830 a month); HUMAN publishes none and rates agents High, Medium or Low trust, with High reserved for agents that carry a cryptographic key on each request. Source, read 2026-11-04.
Side by side
| Question | DataDome | HUMAN Security |
|---|---|---|
| Tells a verified agent from a spoof | Yes Web Bot Auth, KYA tokens, official IP lists, reverse DNS, plus fingerprinting fallback |
Yes per-request cryptographic keys (e.g. ChatGPT's published key), plus behavior and private signals; Web Bot Auth not named on pages read |
| Per-purpose policy (train, search, answer, act) | Partial policies per agent, trust score and intent; no published search versus training switch (checked 2026-11-04) |
Yes per-action categories (content, engage, account creation, checkout, rate limit) by trust level |
| Charging for access | Yes AI crawler and agent monetization through partners, from the Advanced plan |
Partial through scraping monetization partners (TollBit logo on product page); no native charging found |
| Lets signed commerce agents through | Partial TAP and KYA trust-authority integrations listed; Experian Agent Trust member since 2026-10-01 |
Not published Visa TAP or Mastercard Agent Pay support (checked 2026-11-04) |
| Cost | published: from USD 3,830/month | no public price; sales-led |
| Reporting | Yes agent traffic by intent, identity, geo, URL and endpoint type |
Yes user and session insights on agent actions, monthly State of Agentic Traffic benchmark |
| Where it runs | both: server-side module on web servers, CDNs or API gateways plus client-side tag | platform: Sightline integrates with the customer's stack; exact deployment points not confirmed on pages read |
| Points, rank | 8 of 10, rank 1 (tied) | 7 of 10, rank 5 |
| Price read 2026-11-04 | Bot Protect Essentials USD 3,830/month (under 100M requests/month), Advanced USD 8,670/month (under 200M), Premium USD 10,160/month (under 300M), Enterprise from USD 13,270/month (over 300M). Agent Trust capability listed from Essentials; monetization from Advanced. | no public price; sales-led (checked 2026-11-04) |
Verdicts by reader
- Platform engineer
- Both need integration work; DataDome documents a server module plus client tag, HUMAN integrates through Sightline.
- Security engineer
- HUMAN lets you set permissions per action (content, account creation, checkout) by trust level; DataDome adds intent models for scraping, scalping and payment fraud.
- Publisher operations
- Both are fraud-led; neither replaces robots.txt for training opt-outs.
What each does not do
DataDome
- Agent Trust does not run on its own; Bot Protect must be fully installed with server and client components (Agentic Trust docs).
- Monetization is not in the Essentials plan; it starts at Advanced (pricing page).
- No published control that separates search crawling from training crawling as distinct purposes (docs and pricing read 2026-11-04).
HUMAN Security
- Medium-trust agents lack cryptographic verification, so HUMAN itself warns of false negatives (Trust Levels blog, 2026-09-02).
- No native pay-per-crawl; monetization is through partner tools (AgenticTrust page).
- No published price list (package plans page).
More: alternatives to DataDome, alternatives to HUMAN Security.
Sources
Last reviewed 2026-11-04