ShieldLabs vs DataDome
Updated September 2026
Looking for a DataDome alternative? ShieldLabs gives enterprise-level functionality without enterprise pricing: risk detection for every visitor, user, device and IP address, and ready-made detection of multi-accounting, account sharing, account takeover and impossible travel with no rules to configure, from 99 USD a month for 25,000 identifications. DataDome sells Account Protect on an enterprise contract only, as a separate product on top of a server module on your CDN, gateway or web server, with rules you configure yourself and no risk level for visitors, devices or IPs.
How ShieldLabs compares to DataDome
| Capability |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | ||
| Overall score | 9.7 out of 10 | 8.8 out of 10 (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Getting started | ||
| Integration time | About 5 minutes | Weeks to months (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Public pricing and self-serve | Public prices, start without a sales call | Account Protect on an enterprise contract only, a public price for Bot Protect only (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Ease of use | Results in the analytics dashboard with nothing to set up | Rules you configure yourself (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Fit from startup to enterprise | Enterprise-level functionality on every plan, for businesses of all sizes | From 3,830 USD a month, with SSO, workspaces and a guaranteed SLA on upper plans (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Documentation and SDKs | Public docs, client and server SDKs | Public docs, client and server SDKs (comparable) |
| API and webhooks | On every plan, including Free | An enterprise contract only (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Platform coverage | Web and mobile web | Web, APIs, native mobile apps and MCP servers (comparable) |
| Platform flexibility | Ready-made detection, nothing to configure | Rules you configure yourself (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Detection | ||
| Identification accuracy | 99.9%, network and device intelligence | Device intelligence, with partial network coverage (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Risk signal detection accuracy | 99.9%, network and device intelligence | Device intelligence, with partial network coverage (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Bot and automation detection | Bots, automation and AI agents | Bots, automation and AI agents (comparable) |
| Breadth of the signal set | 300+ risk signals | Hundreds of raw signals (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Local IP detection | Ready-made, with its country | Not offered (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Geolocation accuracy | Location confirmed against the local IP and network characteristics | From the public IP (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Account clustering | Multi-accounting and account sharing, with a graph in the analytics dashboard | No linked-accounts output in the API (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Multi-accounting detection | Ready-made, no rules to configure | Rules you configure yourself (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Account sharing detection | Ready-made, no rules to configure | Rules you configure yourself (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Account takeover detection | Ready-made, no rules to configure | Rules you configure yourself (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Impossible travel detection | Ready-made, no rules to configure | Rules you configure yourself (ShieldLabs leads) |
| How the accuracy figure is checked | Published method: what is collected, how the score is built, 1,511 automated tests, audited on more than a million requests | Not published (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Decision and analytics | ||
| Fit to the job | A finished verdict for each detection | A recommended action on each login, sign-up and account update (comparable) |
| Risk signal scoring | Ready-made weights for every signal | A machine-learning black box, weights not published (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Why a visit was flagged | Every signal that fired, with its weight | Bot name, matched models and threat markers (comparable) |
| Cost of a false positive | A ready verdict with every reason shown | A Device Check, a slider or a block before the page loads (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Analytics a non-engineer can read | Traffic, risk and events readable without building anything | Dashboards, Explore with 16 dimensions, email and trend reports (comparable) |
| Latency and real-time decisioning | About 300 milliseconds | About 333 milliseconds (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Decision Risk | Trusted, Suspicious or Dangerous for visitors, users, devices and IPs | No risk level for visitors, devices or IPs (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Traffic-quality scoring | Ready-made | Only in Ad Protect, a separate product (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Traffic source | Channel and full UTM | UTM in Explore and in custom rules (comparable) |
| History API | On every plan, for every identification | No request or visitor lookup, usage for the last 48 hours (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | 5,000 identifications, one time | No free plan, a free site scan and an AWS trial (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Entry price | From 99 USD a month, 25,000 identifications | 3,830 USD a month for Bot Protect, plus Account Protect on an enterprise contract only (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Price at 25,000 identifications a month | 99 USD a month, 39x cheaper | 3,830 USD a month, their lowest plan (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Price at 150,000 identifications a month | 399 USD a month, 9.6x cheaper | 3,830 USD a month, their lowest plan (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Price at 500,000 identifications a month | 999 USD a month, 3.8x cheaper | 3,830 USD a month, their lowest plan (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Price per identification | From 0.00396 USD down to 0.00200 USD | No per-identification rate, plans are priced on monthly request and event volume (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Yearly discount | A published yearly discount | None published, 12 months at the monthly price (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Plans and support | ||
| Features on every plan | Every feature on every plan, including Free | Mobile apps, endpoint models, workspaces and SSO only on higher plans (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Data retention | 90 days on every plan | 7 days on the entry plan, up to 30 days on higher plans (ShieldLabs leads) |
| API requests per second | From 5 to 15 RPS | No figure published (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% on Scale, self-serve | 99.9% availability published, a guaranteed SLA on an enterprise contract only (ShieldLabs leads) |
| Support | Chat and email on every plan, including Free | Email in business hours on the entry plan, 24/7 on Enterprise (ShieldLabs leads) |
Every DataDome cell was checked in September 2026 in our own testing and on docs.datadome.co, their status and trust pages, their AWS Marketplace listing and published copies of their pricing page. How ShieldLabs measures 99.9% accuracy
Why choose ShieldLabs
Ready-made detection, no rules to configure
Multi-accounting, account sharing, account takeover and impossible travel come ready, with Medium or High confidence and no rules to configure. DataDome markets multi-accounting and account sharing in Account Protect but documents no result for either, and with DataDome you configure the rules yourself.
Enterprise-level functionality without enterprise pricing
Every feature on every plan, Free included, from 99 USD a month for 25,000 identifications. DataDome keeps mobile apps, workspaces and SSO for its higher plans, and sells Account Protect as a separate product on an enterprise contract only.
Enterprise quality at a lower price
More mature functionality at a lower price: the price per identification drops as your traffic grows, from 0.00396 USD down to 0.00200 USD. DataDome's lowest plan costs 3,830 USD a month at 25,000 identifications and at 500,000 alike, before Account Protect is added on top.
Risk analytics and investigation
Investigate visitors, devices and IPs, each rated Trusted, Suspicious or Dangerous, and see the overall risk across all your traffic and by source, channel and UTM. DataDome Account Protect scores each login and sign-up event, with no risk level for a visitor, a device or an IP.
Switch to a DataDome alternative without a migration
Both install side by side without conflicting. Add ShieldLabs on the free tier alongside your current DataDome setup, compare the data for a week, see the quality for yourself, and switch to ShieldLabs when you are ready.
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Install the ShieldLabs snippet next to DataDome in about five minutes.
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Collect 5,000 free identifications on the same traffic.
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Detect risky visitors and users, and compare them with what DataDome flags.
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Move to ShieldLabs and prevent abuse of your product.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best DataDome alternative?
- ShieldLabs gives enterprise-level functionality without enterprise pricing: risk detection for every visitor, user, device and IP address, and ready-made detection of multi-accounting, account sharing, account takeover and impossible travel with no rules to configure, from 99 USD a month for 25,000 identifications. DataDome sells Account Protect on an enterprise contract only, as a separate product on top of a server module on your CDN, gateway or web server, with rules you configure yourself and no risk level for visitors, devices or IPs.
- How is ShieldLabs different from DataDome?
- Multi-accounting, account sharing, account takeover and impossible travel come ready, with Medium or High confidence and no rules to configure. DataDome markets multi-accounting and account sharing in Account Protect but documents no result for either, and with DataDome you configure the rules yourself.
- How much does ShieldLabs cost compared to DataDome?
- ShieldLabs costs 99 USD a month for 25,000 identifications, 399 USD a month for 150,000 identifications, 999 USD a month for 500,000 identifications, with 5,000 identifications free to start. DataDome: 3,830 USD a month, their lowest plan at 25,000; 3,830 USD a month, their lowest plan at 150,000; 3,830 USD a month, their lowest plan at 500,000.
- Can ShieldLabs run alongside DataDome?
- Both install side by side without conflicting. Add ShieldLabs on the free tier alongside your current DataDome setup, compare the data for a week, see the quality for yourself, and switch to ShieldLabs when you are ready.
Ready to get started?
Start free with 5,000 identifications. Add the snippet once, and the analytics dashboard fills in from your first visitor.