Cloudflare Bot Management
Cloudflare Bot Management is a security service that detects and mitigates automated bot traffic while allowing legitimate bots such as search engine crawlers.
It uses machine learning, behavioral analysis, and fingerprinting to score and classify traffic, offers configurable mitigation actions including block and challenge rules, and replaces traditional CAPTCHAs with an in-house alternative, Turnstile.
It also provides dashboards with bot scores, logs, and analytics for up to 30 days, and integrates with the Cloudflare WAF and
Workers for custom rule actions.
According to our data, Cloudflare Bot Management is the most popular bot mitigation tool on the web.
It has 79.6% of the bot mitigation market share and is detected on 4.5% of all websites.
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πΈ Pricing
Cloudflare Bot Management is available in both free and paid versions.
(easy-to-detect bots)$25/month
(sophisticated bots, basic analytics)$250/month
(all bots, anomaly detection, advanced analytics)Custom
π Rankings and Market Share
- Bot Mitigation
- Rank: 1
- Market share: 79.6%
π Cloudflare Bot Management Awards
- π₯ Most popular in the United States in the Bot Mitigation category.
- π₯ Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Bot Mitigation category.
- π₯ Most popular in Australia in the Bot Mitigation category.
- π₯ Most popular in Canada in the Bot Mitigation category.
- π₯ Most popular in Brazil in the Bot Mitigation category.
- π₯ Most popular in France in the Bot Mitigation category.
- π₯ Most popular in Germany in the Bot Mitigation category.
- π₯ Most popular in the Netherlands in the Bot Mitigation category.
- π₯ Most popular in India in the Bot Mitigation category.
- π₯ Most popular in Spain in the Bot Mitigation category.
β‘ Sites Using Cloudflare Bot Management
We have data on 157,686 websites that use the Cloudflare Bot Management tool. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Cloudflare Bot Management is linkedin.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #9 | United States | English | |
| 2 | x.com |
#12 | English | |
| 3 | #20 | United States | American English | |
| 4 | #23 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #45 | United States | American English | |
| 6 | #46 | United States | English | |
| 7 | patreon.com |
#47 | United States | English |
| 8 | #49 | English | ||
| 9 | #63 | United States | English | |
| 10 | #97 | United States | English | |
| 11 | #101 | English | ||
| 12 | #116 | English | ||
| 13 | #117 | United States | English | |
| 14 | #166 | English | ||
| 15 | #169 | United States | English | |
| 16 | #177 | American English | ||
| 17 | #181 | Netherlands | English | |
| 18 | #186 | United States | American English | |
| 19 | #192 | English | ||
| 20 | #222 | Singapore | English |
π Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Cloudflare Bot Management:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Cloudflare Bot Management are from the United States and the United Kingdom.
- United States 38.1%
- United Kingdom 9.2%
- Australia 4.4%
- Canada 3.9%
- Brazil 2.9%
- France 2.7%
- Germany 2.4%
- Netherlands 2.4%
- India 2%
- Other 32%
Most Cloudflare Bot Management users speak English or Spanish.
- English 77.9%
- Spanish 3.5%
- Portuguese 2.1%
- French 2%
- German 1.6%
- Dutch 1.2%
- Chinese 0.9%
- Italian 0.9%
- Indonesian 0.9%
- Other 9%
The Cloudflare Bot Management tool is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 57%
- .org 10.4%
- .net 3%
- .co.uk 2.3%
- .com.au 1.9%
- .ca 1.4%
- .com.br 1.4%
- .de 0.9%
- .io 0.8%
- Other 20.9%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Cloudflare Bot Management include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 20.1%
- Marketing/Merchandising 10.1%
- Online Shopping 7.9%
- Education/Reference 7%
- Blogs/Wiki 5.5%
- Internet Services 5%
- Health 3.8%
- Entertainment 3.6%
- Travel 3.3%
- Other 33.7%
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π¬ Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Cloudflare Bot Management?
Cloudflare Bot Management is owned by Cloudflare, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Does Cloudflare Bot Management offer a free plan?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
How much does Cloudflare Bot Management cost?
Cloudflare Bot Management is priced from $25 per month for the Pro plan.
Which country uses Cloudflare Bot Management the most?
The majority of Cloudflare Bot Management users are from the United States.
Who uses Cloudflare Bot Management?
According to our data, Cloudflare Bot Management is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as linkedin.com,
x.com, and vimeo.com.
Is Cloudflare Bot Management used on government websites?
In total, we found Cloudflare Bot Management on 235 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Cloudflare Bot Management?
Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 623 academic websites in the United States that use Cloudflare Bot Management.
How does Cloudflare Bot Management stack up against the competition?
Cloudflare Bot Management is the most popular bot mitigation tool on the market, surpassing all others.
What are the alternatives to Cloudflare Bot Management?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Cloudflare Bot Management may include Akamai Bot Manager, Imperva WAF, and
Datadome.
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ποΈ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,511,995 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.

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