Free tool to see how much AI bots are costing your site
Free tool to analyze your server logs and see exactly which AI bots are costing you bandwidth. Works with Nginx, Apache, Cloudflare, and Vercel. Nothing uploaded.
Free tool to see how much AI bots are costing your site launched on May 11, 2026 with 18 votes, #935 of 20,538 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Botcost.dev is an AI tool that helps website owners measure the expenses generated by AI bots visiting their sites. The tool analyzes bot traffic and calculates associated costs, making it useful for anyone managing server infrastructure or concerned about resource consumption from automated AI systems. It provides visibility into an often-overlooked expense that can accumulate significantly depending on site traffic patterns and bot activity levels.
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From the sources
GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Perplexity — they're crawling your site 24/7. Find out exactly how much it's costing you, then block them with one line of code. Drag and drop your Nginx, Apache, Cloudflare, or Vercel log file. Everything stays in your browser — nothing is uploaded. We match every request against 19 known AI bot fingerprints and calculate the real bandwidth cost in dollars. Generate a ready-to-paste WAF rule for Cloudflare, Nginx, or Next.js. Copy, paste, done. Upload your server log and see exactly which AI bots are hitting your site and what it costs. No accountfrom botcost.dev
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