Akamai Bot Manager
Akamai Bot Manager is the bot-detection and mitigation layer of the Akamai edge platform, used to challenge or block automated clients. ScanMalware detects it from the sensor scripts and cookies (_abck and similar) it injects into pages.
Its presence means a site actively profiles visitors for automation, which can interrupt scans and is itself a signal of how heavily defended the property is. It says nothing about whether the underlying site is safe.
Commonly deployed alongside Akamai Bot Manager
Of the 5,423 public scans where Akamai Bot Manager was detected, these are the technologies most often present on the same site. The share is the percentage of Akamai Bot Manager sites that also ran each one.
| Technology | Category | Share of Akamai Bot Manager sites |
|---|---|---|
| X-UA-Compatible | miscellaneous | 45.65% |
| Cloudflare | wappalyzer | 36.1% |
| HSTS | wappalyzer | 30.9% |
| Cloudflare Bot Management | wappalyzer | 28.67% |
| HTTP/3 | wappalyzer | 24.59% |
| Google Analytics | wappalyzer | 21.85% |
| jQuery | wappalyzer | 17.94% |
| Open-Graph-Protocol | miscellaneous | 16.89% |
| Akamai | wappalyzer | 16.59% |
| Script | miscellaneous | 15.89% |
| Google Tag Manager | wappalyzer | 13.61% |
| JQuery | miscellaneous | 10.45% |
| cdnjs | wappalyzer | 7.49% |
| PasswordField | miscellaneous | 7.3% |
How ScanMalware detects Akamai Bot Manager
Akamai Bot Manager is detected by analysing the response headers, HTML markup, JavaScript runtime and asset URLs captured when ScanMalware loads the site in a real headless browser.
From any scan you can pivot into related signals — JARM TLS fingerprints, ASN ownership and BGP routing, certificate history, JavaScript analysis and the overall security verdict — to understand not just that Akamai Bot Manager is present, but how it is being used. Open the full search interface for Akamai Bot Manager →
Recent public scans featuring Akamai Bot Manager
A rolling sample of recent public scans where Akamai Bot Manager was detected. Listing a site here is not a safety judgement — open a scan to see its full verdict.
| Site | Scanned |
|---|---|
| Home | Signify Deutschland https://signify.com | 2026-06-16 |
| https://image.mail.hurtigruten.com | 2026-06-16 |
| https://insiteupdate.cummins.com | 2026-06-16 |
| Invalid URL https://common.update.easebar.com.edgekey.net | 2026-06-16 |
| maintenance https://www10.watsons.com.hk | 2026-06-16 |
| https://t.co/2b2IjzBwQ7 | 2026-06-15 |
| Invalid URL https://e2636.dsce6.akamaiedge.net | 2026-06-15 |
| https://cs.frederick.edu | 2026-06-15 |
Frequently asked questions about Akamai Bot Manager
- Does using Akamai Bot Manager mean a website is unsafe?
- No. Akamai Bot Manager is a stack component, not a verdict. ScanMalware scores the whole page — its scripts, redirects, certificates, threat-intelligence matches and behaviour — so a site using Akamai Bot Manager can be perfectly safe or actively malicious.
- How many sites using Akamai Bot Manager has ScanMalware scanned?
- Akamai Bot Manager has been detected in 5,423 public scans on ScanMalware.com. Each scan is a real headless-browser visit, and the figure updates as new URLs are submitted.
- What technologies are commonly used with Akamai Bot Manager?
- Across scanned sites, Akamai Bot Manager is most often seen alongside X-UA-Compatible, Cloudflare and HSTS. The full co-occurrence breakdown is listed on this page.
Browse all profiled technologies on the technology index, or scan a URL to see its full stack.