We need to stop credential stuffing attacks on our customer portal by next month, but our current security budget is tiny. What are the best cost-effective rate-limiting and bot mitigation tools out there?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
We need to stop credential stuffing attacks on our customer portal by next month, but our current security budget is tiny. What are the best cost-effective rate-limiting and bot mitigation tools out there?
4 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 Cloudflare rate limiting bot management free pro plans login protection credential stuffing documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
AWS WAF rate-based rules pricing CAPTCHA challenge documentation 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDReason
OWASP credential stuffing prevention cheat sheet rate limiting authenticationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
open source CrowdSec application security bouncer credential stuffing rate limiting documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (4)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 4 of 4 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT4 real searches · gpt-6
2026 Cloudflare rate limiting bot management free pro plans login protection credential stuffing documentation Google ↗
AWS WAF rate-based rules pricing CAPTCHA challenge documentation 2026 Google ↗
OWASP credential stuffing prevention cheat sheet rate limiting authentication Google ↗
open source CrowdSec application security bouncer credential stuffing rate limiting documentation Google ↗
- Plans · cloudflare.com
- CrowdSec · crowdsec.net
- hCaptcha · hcaptcha.com
- Bot Management and Anti-Automation · cheatsheetseries.owasp.org
- Credential Stuffing Prevention · cheatsheetseries.owasp.org
Queries
4 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Cloudflare rate limiting bot management free pro plans login protection credential stuffing documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
AWS WAF rate-based rules pricing CAPTCHA challenge documentation 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
OWASP credential stuffing prevention cheat sheet rate limiting authentication OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
open source CrowdSec application security bouncer credential stuffing rate limiting documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |