⚡ Security in Germany

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

Germany is a Central European country with a population of around 84 million people.

According to our statistics, security tools are detected on 5.2% of websites from Germany.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top security tools on websites in Germany in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Really Simple Security, which dominates the market with a substantial 54.9% share.
It is followed by Cloudflare Email Obfuscation with 20.8% and Jetpack with 17.9%.

Really Simple Security 54.9%
Cloudflare Email Obfuscation 20.8%
Jetpack 17.9%
Wordfence 10.4%
SiteLock 0.5%
Sansec Watch 0.3%
Suhosin 0.2%
Link11 0.1%
Detectify 0.05%
Imunify360 0.04%
BitNinja 0.02%
WP Cerber 0.02%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top tools that are more popular in Germany than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

7. Suhosin ^(-1)
10. Imunify360 ^(-1)

✨ Best Security Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 12 security tools used on sites from Germany, 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	54.9%
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	20.8%
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	17.9%
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	10.4%
5	SiteLock Scottsdale, Arizona, United States A provider of website security protection and monitoring services. $149+/year	0.5%
6	Sansec Watch Utrecht, Netherlands A service that provides automated Content Security Policy monitoring and management specifically for Magento. Free	0.3%
7	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.	0.2%
8	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	0.1%
9	Detectify Stockholm, Sweden A website vulnerability scanner that performs tests to identify security issues on websites. €82+/month	0.05%
10	Imunify360 Estero, Florida, United States A comprehensive security suite for Linux web servers that includes antivirus, firewall, WAF, and more. $12+/month	0.04%
11	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	0.02%
12	WP Cerber New York, United States A security plugin that protects WordPress powered sites from intruders and hackers. Free$29.39+/quarter	0.02%

👉 See Also

🌎 Security in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 225,538 websites from Germany.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.