Yes. Our bot and abuse protection solutions give you the power to manage and control how AI bots (and others) interact with your site. You can instantly block all AI bots by default, or granularly control how and when they can access your content.
AI is changing how publishers monetize and protect their content
Akamai’s bot and abuse protection helps you identify, understand, and manage AI-driven bot traffic — so you can stay in control and maximize value without being anti-AI.
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With 20+ years of experience protecting digital publishers, Akamai gives you the visibility and tools to stay ahead.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Yes. Akamai makes it possible to enforce policies at the edge, requiring AI bots to authenticate, agree to licensing terms, or pay to access your content. Instead of simply blocking, you can transform scraping from a liability into a revenue stream.
Yes, with AI! Because Akamai sees trillions of requests every day, we have the scale and intelligence to accurately distinguish AI bots, search crawlers, and human users in real time. We combine verified allowlists, real-time behavioral analysis, fingerprinting, and machine learning to classify traffic — trusting legitimate crawlers, flagging AI bots and automation based on patterns and technical signals, as well as validating humans through interaction behavior and client-side signals.
Policies can be applied instantly, allowing you to block, challenge, throttle, or redirect bots in real time.
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Content Protector Demo
We’ll walk you through a scraping attack simulation, so you can experience firsthand how Content Protector:
- Leverages artificial intelligence to detect suspicious behavior and catch an attack in progress
- Gives you the most accurate and self-tuning assessment of your bot traffic
- Provides many nuanced responses so you can stop bots — without tipping off the bad guys
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