Trusted alternative to Cloudflare Bot Management

Bot protection that ships in
5 minutes.

Block scrapers, spam bots and low-quality traffic on any site — WordPress, forum, landing page or campaign — with a single JS snippet or PHP SDK. Fully self-hostable. Pay in ETH, no card required.

No card required · Self-hostable · GDPR-friendly · Bitcart / ETH billing

No card required·Self-hostable·GDPR-friendly·Bitcart / ETH billing·5-minute install

Block bots before they touch your database.

Real-time bot detection using IP reputation, ASN scoring, behavioral fingerprints and a live ML model retrained daily.

Route real users, filter the rest.

Rules, geo/device filters, ML score and reversible cloak modes — reverse, mirror, gateway, short-link. Pick one per site.

Own the stack.

Self-host on a $10 VPS with the included Docker Compose, or use the managed cloud. Same code, same features.

Block bots. Filter traffic. Protect revenue.

A complete bot detection and traffic routing stack — no enterprise contract, no data leaving your server.

Block bots

ASN + IP reputation + JA4 fingerprinting stop scrapers and headless browsers at the edge.

Anti bot filter for forums

Kill signup spam before it hits your database. Works with WordPress, Discourse and custom stacks.

Affiliate link cloaking

Hide destinations from crawlers, keep Google-safe versions live. Reverse, mirror, gateway and short-link modes.

Bot detection API

POST an IP + UA, get a verdict in under 20 ms. Live ML score, ASN reputation and reason codes.

Real-time analytics

See every visitor, ASN, verdict and reason. 30- to 90-day log retention on paid plans.

1-line install

Drop in a JS snippet, the PHP SDK or the WordPress plugin. No DNS changes required.

Safe pages, on demand

Generate a Google-safe version of any landing page in one click, with PHP / JS / HTML export.

Multi-tenant ready

Add teammates, agencies or clients. Per-site rules, per-user roles, per-key API access.

Self-host or managed

Ship on a $10 VPS with Docker Compose, or use our cloud. Same code, same features.

ShieldGate vs Cloudflare Bot Management

A fair, side-by-side comparison for teams evaluating both.

ShieldGateCloudflare BM
Starting priceFree$200/mo enterprise contact
Self-hostable
Crypto billing (ETH via Bitcart)
Custom cloak modes✅ 4 modes
Data leaves your server❌ (self-host)
ML score APIEnterprise only

Made for the way you actually work

Whatever you sell or share online, ShieldGate quietly protects the income, the time and the reputation behind it.

Marketers & advertisers

Stop watching your ad spend disappear into fake clicks. Get real eyeballs on every campaign.

Online shops & creators

Protect your prices, your stock and your offers — and give every real shopper a smooth ride.

SaaS & startup founders

Keep abusers and scrapers out of your app, so your team can focus on building, not firefighting.

Publishers & bloggers

Your words deserve real readers. Stop AI scrapers and fraud farms stealing your hard work.

Communities & forums

Stop the spam waves before they touch your members. Keep the conversation human.

Agencies

Look after every client from one clean dashboard. Less stress, happier clients, better margins.

Live in the time it takes to make coffee

No servers to set up. No new tools to learn. Just three simple steps and you're done.

1

Tell us your website

Add your site in the dashboard and pick a ready-made protection level. Done in 30 seconds.

2

Add one tiny snippet

Paste a single line into your site, install our WordPress plugin, or send the link to your developer.

3

Relax and watch

See the bad traffic stopped and the real visitors flowing in — live, in your own dashboard.

Honest pricing. Pay how you like.

Start completely free. Upgrade only when ShieldGate is already saving you money. Cancel any time, in one click — no awkward calls, no hidden renewals.

  • Protect as many sites as you need
  • Friendly support that actually replies
  • Works with WordPress out of the box
  • A clean safe page in one click
  • Bring your whole team along
  • Live dashboards you can check from anywhere

Frequently asked questions

What is link cloaking in affiliate marketing?

Link cloaking hides the true destination of an affiliate URL from crawlers and ad reviewers, while sending real buyers to the offer. ShieldGate does it in four reversible modes — reverse, mirror, gateway and short-link — so you keep a Google-safe version live at the same time.

How do I cloak affiliate links without hurting SEO?

Serve a clean, indexable safe page to crawlers and reviewers, and route verified human traffic to the money page. ShieldGate's ML score + ASN rules make that split automatic, so your organic rankings stay intact.

How is this different from Cloudflare's bot protection?

Cloudflare Bot Management starts at enterprise pricing and runs on their edge. ShieldGate starts free, is fully self-hostable, exposes the ML score via API and supports crypto billing — see the comparison table above.

Can I self-host ShieldGate?

Yes. The full stack ships as a Docker Compose bundle: Postgres, the decide API, the ML scorer, the admin dashboard and the WordPress plugin. Runs comfortably on a $10 VPS.

Does ShieldGate work with WordPress?

Yes — install the official WordPress plugin, paste your site key and every request is scored automatically. No theme edits, no DNS changes, no htaccess hacks.

How do I pay?

Card or ETH via Bitcart. No long contracts, no KYC on our end, cancel from the dashboard in one click.

The free guide to protecting your website

A short, plain-English PDF on how to spot fake traffic, save your ad budget and keep real customers happy. Sent straight to your inbox — never shared, never spammed.

You've done the hard part. Let us protect it.

Thousands of business owners sleep better knowing ShieldGate has their back. Tonight, you can too.