Cloudflare Bot Management
Stop bad bots without CAPTCHAs
Manage good and bad bots in real time with speed and accuracy by harnessing data from the millions of Internet properties on Cloudflare.
Benefits of Cloudflare Bot Management
Stop bot attacks
Cloudflare blocks credential stuffing, content scraping, inventory hoarding, DDoS, and other malicious bot activity.
Multiple detection methods
Cloudflare Bot Management uses machine learning, behavioral analysis, and fingerprinting to accurately classify bots.
Avoid CAPTCHAs
Cloudflare has developed innovative ways to challenge bots without frustrating real users with CAPTCHAs.
Simple deployment
No complex configuration or maintenance: Cloudflare Bot Management automatically recommends rules to manage bots out-of-the-box.
HOW IT WORKS
Automatically stop bad bots without interrupting legitimate users
Cloudflare analyzes behavior and detects anomalies in network traffic based on how requests deviate from the baseline.
Cloudflare's machine learning trains on a curated subset of hundreds of billions of requests per day to create a reliable bot score for every request.
What our customers are saying
“The great thing about Cloudflare Bot Management solutions is I don't need to spend time fine-tuning. The machine learning algorithms just work because Cloudflare has such great data. Our lives are 1000 times easier while still ensuring our sites are both safe and fast for our customers.”
Manager, Security Engineering
Top Bot Management use cases
Protect against malicious bots
Block bot activity that slows down application performance, scrapes data, steals sensitive content, or performs other attacks.
Private Access Tokens
Cloudflare uses an invisible, privacy-first way for users to prove they are real using Apple devices without CAPTCHAs or PII collection.
Custom bot management rules
Tune bot management rules to fit your specific needs by scoping them based on a variety of criteria.
See how global companies are using Bot Management to accelerate their applications
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Bot Management FAQs
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