Based on 7 and 1407 real audits
| Metric | AWS WAF Captcha | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | 40 | 38 | AWS WAF Captcha |
| Accessibility | 88 | 89 | |
| Best Practices | 90 | 84 | AWS WAF Captcha |
| SEO | 88 | 90 | |
| Security | 64 | 67 | |
| TTFB | 481ms | 280ms | |
| Composite | 70 | 72 |
Facebook outperforms AWS WAF Captcha in 5 of 7 categories, with a stronger composite score (72 vs 70). AWS WAF Captcha leads in performance, best practices.
Choose AWS WAF Captcha when your primary concern is best practices and performance. Its audit data shows consistent strength in these areas across the sampled sites.
Choose Facebook when your primary concern is server response time and security. Its audit data shows consistent strength in these areas across the sampled sites.
Scores are medians across 7 audited AWS WAF Captcha sites and 1407 audited Facebook sites in the BeaverCheck database. Every audit runs the same 100+ checks — Lighthouse performance, security headers, accessibility, SEO, server response time — against a real URL. No vendor input, no sponsorship, no affiliate links. Read the full methodology →
Small sample: one or both technologies have fewer than 10 audited sites. Treat these numbers as directional — medians stabilize around 20–30 audits per side.
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