sitepatrol.ru

What It Is

SitePatrol is a web security service for the Russian-speaking market. Its core positioning is AI/machine-learning-based website bot management and L7 DDoS protection, combined with website monitoring, content checks, virus signature scanning, critical file protection, and backups. It is not simply a traditional WAF; the company explicitly emphasizes identifying “smart bots” and automated abuse.

Core Capabilities and Deployment

Its protection scope covers L7 DDoS, content/price scraping, credential stuffing, fake orders, SMS bombing, click fraud, vulnerability scanners, and some OWASP-style automated threats. On the management side, it provides a personal account, real-time traffic monitoring, per-minute availability checks, load speed monitoring, SSL/domain expiration monitoring, and claimed instant alerts. Deployment is relatively flexible: you can install a script or server component, or connect through an external reverse proxy with DNS changes. It supports Bitrix, WordPress, CS-Cart, ModX, API-based systems, as well as shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and cloud platforms.

Pricing and Value

The product offers a 14-day free trial. Plans range from Start at 4,590 ₽/month to Corporate at 159,000 ₽/month, tiered by number of sites, number of rules, monthly request volume, monitored pages, and other limits. Annual billing includes a 15% discount. For small and midsize businesses, the entry price is not especially low, but it does include bot protection, monitoring, scanning, and other capabilities. High-traffic or multi-site users will need higher-tier plans.

Pros and Cons

Strengths include a claimed setup time starting from 30 minutes, no need to hand over SSL private keys, roughly 5ms of response overhead, and an approach that does not rely on simple IP blocking—making it suitable for companies without a dedicated security team. Drawbacks are that public materials do not disclose compliance certifications such as ISO, SOC, or PCI DSS; payment methods are unclear; and there is limited information about international ecosystem support or deep integrations with major cloud/CDN providers.

Who It’s For and Access from China

SitePatrol is better suited to e-commerce, financial, service-oriented websites, payment gateways, and agencies in Russia or Russian-speaking markets, especially for anti-scraping, anti-spam, L7 attack mitigation, and reducing API and ad budget waste. Access from mainland China cannot be determined from the crawled content alone, and payment options are not disclosed. If your business targets China, you may also want to evaluate alternatives such as Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, Cloudflare, Imperva, and DataDome.