⚡ Security

Security solutions for websites are designed to protect against threats like malware, spam, brute-force attacks, and data breaches.

They provide features such as firewall protection, malware scanning, login security, vulnerability detection, real-time monitoring, and automated threat response.

According to our statistics, security tools are detected on 11.1% of all websites.
92.9% of these sites use only one security tool, 6.8% use two, and 0.3% use three or more of them.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading security tools on the web in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Really Simple Security with an impressive share of 44.1%, followed by Cloudflare Email Obfuscation with 42% and Jetpack with 13.5%.

Really Simple Security 44.1%
Cloudflare Email Obfuscation 42%
Jetpack 13.5%
Wordfence 7.2%
SiteLock 0.3%
Sansec Watch 0.1%
Link11 0.07%
Suhosin 0.07%
Detectify 0.03%
BitNinja 0.03%
Imunify360 0.02%
WP Cerber 0.008%

You can also drill down by country:

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of tools that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

Cloudflare Email Obfuscation is #1 in the United Kingdom ^(-1)
Jetpack is #2 in Japan ^(-1)
Wordfence is #3 in Australia ^(-1)

✨ Best Security Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 12 security tools we track, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Really Simple Security Groningen, Netherlands A security plugin for WordPress that can generate an SSL certificate, enforce https redirection, scan for possible vulnerabilities, enable 2FA, and implement WordPress hardening. Free$49+/year	44.1%
2	Cloudflare Email Obfuscation San Francisco, California, United States Cloudflare Email Address Obfuscation hides email addresses on web pages from bots by encrypting them. Free$25+/month	42%
3	Jetpack San Francisco, California, United States A collection of security, performance, and growth tools that make WordPress sites safer, faster, and increase traffic. Free$19.95+/month	13.5%
4	Wordfence Seattle, Washington, United States A WordPress security plugin that provides a web application firewall and malware scanner to protect websites from hacking attempts, malicious traffic, and vulnerable code. Free$149+/year	7.2%
5	SiteLock Scottsdale, Arizona, United States A provider of website security protection and monitoring services. $149+/year	0.3%
6	Sansec Watch Utrecht, Netherlands A service that provides automated Content Security Policy monitoring and management specifically for Magento. Free	0.1%
7	Link11 Frankfurt, Germany Offers a cloud-based security platform that includes web application firewall, distributed denial-of-service protection, bot management, and API security. €613+/month	0.07%
8	Suhosin Bonn, Germany An advanced protection system for PHP 5, designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core.	0.07%
9	Detectify Stockholm, Sweden A website vulnerability scanner that performs tests to identify security issues on websites. €82+/month	0.03%
10	BitNinja Debrecen, Hungary A server security suite with a centralized dashboard containing an AI-powered Linux malware scanner, IP reputation, WAF, and spam detection. Free$5+/month	0.03%
11	Imunify360 Estero, Florida, United States A comprehensive security suite for Linux web servers that includes antivirus, firewall, WAF, and more. $12+/month	0.02%
12	WP Cerber New York, United States A security plugin that protects WordPress powered sites from intruders and hackers. Free$29.39+/quarter	0.008%

👉 See Also

🔗 Links
- ⚡Bot mitigation
- ⚡Fraud prevention

Data is based on the analysis of 3,320,618 websites.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.