# Atmosvere > The European alternative for bot management. Protect websites, apps, and APIs from bots, fraud, and abuse. — made and hosted in the EU on European-owned infrastructure. The European alternative for bot management. Austrian company. Made and hosted in the EU. Data stays in the EU. No US cloud dependency. ## Products - [Bot Shield](https://atmosvere.eu/bot-shield): Real-time bot protection for apps, APIs, and infrastructure - [Ad Shield](https://atmosvere.eu/products/ad-shield): Traffic quality and wasted ad spend audit - [Account Shield](https://atmosvere.eu/products/account-shield): Fake accounts, ATO, and user abuse protection ## Canonical site https://atmosvere.eu ## Product and solution pages https://atmosvere.eu/bot-shield https://atmosvere.eu/bot-protection https://atmosvere.eu/crawler-management https://atmosvere.eu/scraper-protection https://atmosvere.eu/captcha-alternative-atmosvere https://atmosvere.eu/load-reduction https://atmosvere.eu/products/ad-shield https://atmosvere.eu/products/account-shield ## Blog https://atmosvere.eu/blog https://atmosvere.eu/blog/rss.xml - [European alternatives for bot protection: CAPTCHAs and bot management](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/european-alternatives-bot-management-captcha): A practical map of EU options beyond reCAPTCHA and hCaptcha — Friendly Captcha, TrustCaptcha, CAPTCHA.eu, ALTCHA, and Atmosvere — plus why a CAPTCHA alone is not bot management. - [Why reCAPTCHA (and CAPTCHAs generally) are not enough for enterprise bot management](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/why-recaptcha-is-not-enough-for-bot-management): CAPTCHAs and reCAPTCHA add friction and catch some scripts — they do not replace enterprise bot management. Here is what they miss, why solvers and AI weaken them, and what layered classification adds. - [Atmosvere vs Bunny CDN: European edge delivery plus European bot management](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/atmosvere-vs-bunny): Bunny.net is a Slovenian CDN and edge platform. Atmosvere is specialist Austrian bot management. Use them together: Bunny for delivery, Atmosvere to classify good vs bad automation — an EU-friendly extension, not a rip-and-replace. - [Atmosvere vs Cloudflare bot protection: complementary, not a replacement](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/atmosvere-vs-cloudflare): Cloudflare’s free and Pro bot modes are a coarse first layer; Enterprise Bot Management is deeper but sales-priced. Atmosvere adds specialist European bot management — finer policy, deeper insight, stronger protection on high-value routes. - [Atmosvere vs HUMAN: European bot management compared](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/atmosvere-vs-human): Atmosvere vs HUMAN (formerly PerimeterX / White Ops) for EU platforms. Both fight bots and abuse — Atmosvere is an Austrian company with a sole EU headquarters, made and hosted in the EU on European-owned infrastructure. - [Atmosvere vs DataDome: European bot management compared](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/atmosvere-vs-datadome): A practical Atmosvere vs DataDome comparison for EU platforms. Both fight bots — compare company headquarters, hosting ownership, and what ‘European’ means for your shortlist. - [Bot IP lists, firewalls, and CDN bot protection — why they are often not enough](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/why-ip-lists-firewalls-cdn-bot-protection-are-not-enough): IP blocklists, WAF rules, and basic CDN bot features stop some abuse — but modern bots rotate networks, spoof identity, and blend with humans. Here is what those tools do well, where they fail, and what to add. - [How bot traffic warps paid and organic marketing — and why campaign type matters](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/bot-traffic-paid-and-organic-marketing): Bots inflate clicks, sessions, and leads across paid and unpaid channels. See how the damage differs for conversion campaigns vs awareness, and how traffic-quality signals help growth teams decide what to trust. - [Good bots explained: how to recognize them, robots.txt, and why you still need visibility](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/good-bots-recognition-robots-txt): Not all bots are bad. Learn how to recognize legitimate crawlers by user agent and behavior, how to set up robots.txt (even when some bots ignore it), and why bot management helps you analyze good traffic too. - [How AI makes bot detection harder — and what platforms should do next](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/ai-makes-bot-detection-harder): Generative AI and agent tooling make automated traffic look more human. Here is why classic bot signals break down, what still works, and how EU platforms can adapt detection without blocking real users. - [Bot management for EU platforms: why digital sovereignty matters](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/bot-management-eu-digital-sovereignty): EU platforms need bot management that protects traffic quality and keeps visitor data under European control. Here is why hosting region alone is not enough — and how the US CLOUD Act fits in. - [What is bot traffic? A practical guide for product and growth teams](https://atmosvere.eu/blog/what-is-bot-traffic): Bot traffic is automated HTTP requests that look like users. Learn how to recognize it, why it hurts products and ad spend, and how European teams reduce it without blocking real customers. ## Company and contact https://atmosvere.eu/about-us https://atmosvere.eu/contact https://atmosvere.eu/book-demo https://atmosvere.eu/support ## Legal https://atmosvere.eu/imprint https://docs.atmosvere.eu/legal/privacy-policy https://docs.atmosvere.eu/legal/terms-of-service https://docs.atmosvere.eu/legal/dpa-gdpr ## Technical documentation (source of truth for product behavior) https://docs.atmosvere.eu ## Official profiles https://www.linkedin.com/company/atmosvere ## Machine-readable site map https://atmosvere.eu/sitemap.xml