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Growth · July 6, 2025

Cloudflare Pay Per Crawl

No AI crawl without compensation! ✊

Cloudflare Pay Per Crawl launched on July 6, 2025 with 167 votes, #215 of 9,224 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

Cloudflare introduces a groundbreaking "pay per crawl" system that enables content creators to monetize their content by charging AI crawlers for accessing their websites, providing a flexible alternative to blanket blocking or free access.

Empowering content creators and AI innovators alike

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