BlockBots vs depproof

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BlockBots compared with depproof
Detail	BlockBots	depproof
What it does	Stop paying for traffic that never converts. Bots and proxies, blocked at the edge.	Self-hosted application security and software composition analysis for open-source dependencies
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free: $0 forever, includes user-agent whitelisting, login page protection, rate limiting, known-bad-bot blocking, and JavaScript/PHP/WordPress integrations. Pro: $49/month with 14-day trial, includes everything in Free plus cloud verification, deep detection, VPN/proxy/emulator blocking, verified cr	Scanner: Free for open source and organizations under $1M revenue; includes every repository, full transitive resolution for Java, JavaScript, Python, Go, license audit, OSV advisories with CI gate, HTML report and CycloneDX SBOM. Over $1M revenue, the Scanner license adds priority support and polic
Key features	IP intelligence for proxy and VPN detection Device filtering for mobile, tablet and desktop Geo targeting with support for every region worldwide Dashboard with traffic monitoring and filtering Verified crawler allow-list for trusted search engines Signed cookie for server-side checks Sub-5ms average detection latency 99.9% uptime SLA JavaScript SDK, PHP, and WordPress plugin integrations Rate limiting and login page protection	Full transitive dependency tree resolution for Java, JavaScript, Python, and Go License classification and audit with allowed, review, and forbidden categories OSV advisory screening for vulnerability detection CycloneDX SBOM generation on every scan CI gate with configurable fail-on levels Dev and test dependency detection and flagging Runs as GitHub Action or self-hosted container Waivers with append-only audit trail for Hub Coverage reporting showing how much of dependency tree was resolved
What makes it different	Runs before your code executes, blocking bots before they trigger queries or ads Fails open by stepping aside if the service is unavailable, keeping your site live Cloud verification for search engines prevents impostor crawlers from passing No infrastructure to run or maintain, just a script tag or plugin Transparent blocking with dashboard showing every blocked request and reason	Uses open OSV advisory data instead of proprietary vulnerability database Maven resolution directly from source with no build or lockfile needed Single container with no standing service or platform team required to operate Priced per product with all developers and repositories included, not per seat or per committer
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	14 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	5
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	24
Referring domains (Majestic)	5	24

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