AI Crawler Checker — See What AI Bots Actually See
Check your website's visibility to all 14 major AI crawlers at once. Not just robots.txt — actual rendering analysis.
Not Just robots.txt
Other tools parse your robots.txt and call it a day. BotView shows you what AI crawlers actually see.
Other Tools
- ✗Parse robots.txt only
- ✗Show "allowed" or "blocked"
- ✗Miss JavaScript rendering issues
- ✗No visual proof of what bots see
BotView
- ✓Full robots.txt analysis for 14 crawlers
- ✓Side-by-side screenshots: human vs crawler view
- ✓JavaScript rendering analysis
- ✓SPA detection, blocked resources, soft 404s
All 14 AI Crawlers We Check
One scan checks your visibility across every major AI platform.
GPTBot
OpenAI
ChatGPT training
ChatGPT-User
OpenAI
Live browsing
OAI-SearchBot
OpenAI
ChatGPT search
ClaudeBot
Anthropic
Claude training
Claude-Web
Anthropic
Live browsing
anthropic-ai
Anthropic
General crawler
PerplexityBot
Perplexity
AI search
Google-Extended
Gemini training
CCBot
Common Crawl
Open dataset
cohere-ai
Cohere
Enterprise AI
Bytespider
ByteDance
TikTok AI
Diffbot
Diffbot
Knowledge graph
FacebookBot
Meta
Meta AI
Applebot-Extended
Apple
Apple Intelligence
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes BotView different from other AI crawler checkers?
Most tools just parse your robots.txt and tell you if a crawler is 'allowed' or 'blocked.' BotView goes further — we actually render your pages as a crawler would and take screenshots showing what bots see vs. what humans see. This reveals issues like JavaScript content that crawlers can't render, blocked resources, and SPA shell problems that robots.txt analysis alone misses.
How many AI crawlers does BotView check?
BotView checks 14 AI crawlers across all major platforms: OpenAI (GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, OAI-SearchBot), Anthropic (ClaudeBot, Claude-Web, anthropic-ai), Perplexity (PerplexityBot), Google (Google-Extended), Common Crawl (CCBot), Cohere (cohere-ai), ByteDance (Bytespider), Diffbot, Meta (FacebookBot), and Apple (Applebot-Extended).
Why would my site be invisible to AI crawlers even if robots.txt allows them?
robots.txt is just one factor. Your content might be invisible because it's rendered entirely by JavaScript (which many crawlers can't execute), behind authentication, loaded dynamically via API calls, or served as a Single Page Application shell with no server-side content. BotView checks all of these issues.
Should I allow all AI crawlers?
It depends on your goals. Most businesses benefit from allowing major crawlers like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot for visibility. You might block Bytespider or others if you're concerned about specific platforms. BotView's report helps you make informed decisions about each crawler.
How often should I check my AI crawler access?
Check after any CMS update, plugin installation, CDN configuration change, or security audit. These commonly introduce AI crawler blocks. For ongoing monitoring, BotView Pro offers 50 scans per month to track changes over time.
Check All 14 AI Crawlers Now
One scan. All major AI platforms. See exactly which bots can access your content.
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