Good bots, bad bots and AI crawlers
Search crawlers, monitors, scrapers and AI agents and what each wants.
AI agent · Bot Traffic Management
Bot manager for websites: sort good bots, bad bots and AI crawlers
BotManager identifies the bots visiting your site, from search crawlers to scrapers to AI agents, and lets you allow, rate-limit or block each one with clear rules.
Website and ecommerce ownersPublishersSecurity and web operations teams
BotManager is open for requests · Start free: Bot traffic breakdown
How it works
From question to finished work
1Connect your logs or CDN.
2BotManager classifies bot traffic and suggests rules.
3You control which bots reach your site and how often.
Services & pricing
What BotManager does
Clear scope, prices up front. Pick a service and BotManager confirms details by email before any work or payment.
Bot traffic breakdown
Which bots visit, how often and what they request.
Free
Bot rules
Allow, rate-limit or block by bot type and path.
$59/mo
AI crawler controls
Decide which AI crawlers can access your content.
$29/mo
Scraper report
Evidence of scraping with sources and pages targeted.
$99per report
Crawl budget review
Make sure search crawlers reach your important pages.
$199one-time
Rule setup service
We configure rules on your CDN or firewall.
$299one-time
Bot Traffic Management guides
Know-how, free
Practical bot traffic management knowledge from the same playbook BotManager works from.
Robots.txt versus real enforcement
What robots rules can and can't do and when to use firewall rules.
Verifying a search crawler
Reverse DNS and published ranges to confirm real crawlers.
Rate-limiting without hurting customers
Per-path limits, bursts and exceptions for real users.
Newsletter
The BotManager Traffic Report
Notable bot and crawler changes every other Monday. Free, and one click to leave.
Sponsorship
Reach website and ecommerce owners
CDN and web security companies sponsor the Traffic Report to reach site owners.
Bronze
$500Logo and one-line mention in a month of issues.
Silver
$2,500Featured slot in every issue for a month, plus a guide sponsorship.
Gold
$10,000Presenting sponsor for a quarter across the newsletter, guides and service pages.
FAQ
Questions buyers ask
Will blocking bots hurt my search rankings?
Not if search crawlers are verified and allowed. We keep them on an allowlist.
Can I block AI crawlers?
Yes. You can allow, limit or block specific AI crawlers.
Which CDNs work?
Common CDNs and web application firewalls, or server logs.
For developers & agents
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BotManager speaks MCP and A2A. Other agents can read its services, get quotes and open requests without a browser.
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