See it on a real storeBots, pages and people sent by AI on an example store. No sign-up.Comparison, SenseGap and Cloudflare AI Crawl Control.
SenseGap vs Cloudflare AI Crawl Control. Cloudflare lets you block AI crawlers. SenseGap explains what they read and why.
The question it answers
Which AI crawlers hit my site, and which should I allow, block or charge?
The question it answers
What does AI read on my site, what were people likely asking, and what should I fix?
At a glance, the differences that matter.
One is a control panel, the other a report. SenseGap runs on Cloudflare too, so the two fit together on the same site.
| Cloudflare AI Crawl Control | SenseGap | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Allow, block or charge AI crawlers at the edge | Explain AI visits and say what to do next |
| Crawler activity | Requests by crawler, operator, path and status code | Requests by bot, purpose and page, with how often each page is read |
| Blocking | Yes, per crawler, enforced at the edge | No. SenseGap measures, it doesn't block |
| Charge crawlers | Pay per crawl, in private beta | No |
| Visit purpose | Crawler categories | Answering a person, AI search index, training, agents, search engines |
| People sent by AI | Referral metrics on paid plans | Every plan, per assistant and landing page |
| Plain-English insights | Not covered | What was measured, what it probably means, what to do next |
| Likely topics | Not covered | Inferred from pages read together, labelled Estimate |
| Weekly report and client sites | Not covered | Weekly email on every plan, unlimited client sites on Studio |
| Price | Included in every Cloudflare plan | $9, $29, $89 or $299 a month, by size |
Fair play, where Cloudflare is the better tool.
Cloudflare is where you enforce the rules. If you want a crawler gone, Cloudflare can stop it before it reaches your server.
Blocking at the edge
Allow or block each AI crawler with a click. SenseGap can't stop a request; it only reports on it.
Pay per crawl
Cloudflare is building a way to charge AI crawlers for access. It is in private beta.
robots.txt enforcement
Cloudflare tracks how crawlers treat your robots.txt and can turn your rules into enforced ones.
Included in your plan
AI Crawl Control is available on every Cloudflare plan, free one included, with no setup.
Cloudflare's network view
Bot detection draws on traffic across Cloudflare's network, and paid Bot Management adds more signals.
Status codes and paths
See what each crawler requested and what your site returned, grouped into areas of the site.
What SenseGap adds, from your own traffic.
From a list of crawlers to what to do about them. SenseGap turns the same traffic into answers a marketer can act on.
How it worksWhy the visit happened
A ChatGPT-User fetch means a person asked something just now. A GPTBot crawl means training. SenseGap keeps them apart.
Likely topics
Pages assistants open together point to the question behind them, shown as an Estimate.
Insights and next steps
Every finding comes with what it probably means and what to fix, in plain English.
People sent by AI, on every plan
Visits from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Copilot, per landing page, from $9.
Evidence per visit
Each verdict carries its proof, such as the IP list matched, for 25 bots that can be checked.
Reports for clients
A weekly email on every plan. Studio covers unlimited client sites with your logo on reports.
Together, on the same Cloudflare site.
Measure first, then decide what to block. Blocking a crawler can also take you out of AI answers. SenseGap shows what you'd lose.
- 01
Connect SenseGap with a Worker
The collector runs as a Cloudflare Worker after your site answers, so it adds no delay and needs no code on your pages.
Setup takes a few minutes. - 02
Watch a few weeks of AI visits
See which assistants answer people with your pages, which bots only train, and which claim to be someone they aren't.
- 03
Decide in Cloudflare
Block training crawlers you don't want and fake bots, keep the assistants that send people. Enforce it in AI Crawl Control or robots.txt.
- 04
Check the effect in SenseGap
Confirm the blocked bots stopped and that people sent by AI kept coming.
Which to choose, by the question you need answered.
Use Cloudflare to act, SenseGap to understand. If your site is on Cloudflare you already have AI Crawl Control, so the question is whether you need the explanation.
Choose Cloudflare AI Crawl Control if
- You mainly want to block or allow AI crawlers
- You want to charge crawlers for access
- A crawler list with paths and status codes is enough
Choose SenseGap if
- You need to know why AI visited and what people likely asked
- You want plain-English next steps, not a raw dashboard
- You track people sent by AI without a paid Cloudflare plan
- You report on AI search across client sites
SenseGap's main collector is a Cloudflare Worker, so it runs alongside AI Crawl Control with no conflict. Blocks you set in Cloudflare show up in SenseGap as visits that stopped.
Pricing, as each company publishes it.
Included with Cloudflare, or from $9 with SenseGap. AI Crawl Control comes with your Cloudflare plan. Some reports need a paid plan.
SenseGap pricing| Cloudflare AI Crawl Control | SenseGap | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Included in every Cloudflare plan, free one included | $9/mo Starter: 1 site, 300k bot visits |
| Referral metrics | Paid Cloudflare plans | Every plan |
| More sites and history | Depends on your Cloudflare plan | $29/mo Pro: 3 sites, 3M bot visits |
| Agencies and busy sites | Depends on your Cloudflare plan | $89/mo Studio: unlimited sites, 8M bot visits · $299/mo Scale: unlimited sites, 30M bot visits |
Questions, people ask before they pick.
Questions, answered plainly
Is Cloudflare AI Crawl Control free?
It is available on every Cloudflare plan, including the free one. Cloudflare's docs say referral metrics need a paid plan, and on the free plan crawlers are identified by their user agent.
Can SenseGap block AI crawlers?
No. SenseGap measures and explains AI visits. To block a crawler, use Cloudflare AI Crawl Control, a firewall rule or robots.txt. SenseGap shows what blocking it would cost you.
Does SenseGap work with Cloudflare?
Yes. SenseGap's main collector is a Cloudflare Worker. It runs after your site answers, so it adds no delay, and it works alongside AI Crawl Control.
Should I block GPTBot?
GPTBot collects training data. Blocking it doesn't remove you from ChatGPT answers, which use other OpenAI bots such as OAI-SearchBot and ChatGPT-User. SenseGap shows how often each one reads your pages, so you can decide with data.
What's the difference between AI training and AI answering a person?
Training crawlers collect pages without anyone asking. Bots like ChatGPT-User fetch a page because a person asked a question right now. SenseGap sorts every visit by this purpose.
Do I need Cloudflare to use SenseGap?
Cloudflare is the main way to connect today and works on every Cloudflare plan. Other methods, such as server log upload and Node middleware, are coming soon.
Sources, checked October 27, 2026.
Everything this page says about Cloudflare AI Crawl Control comes from its public pages, listed below. Products change quickly. If something here is out of date, write to hello@sensegap.com and we will fix it.
- Cloudflare Docs: AI Crawl Control overview
- Cloudflare Docs: Analyze AI traffic
- Cloudflare Docs: Get started with AI Crawl Control
Cloudflare AI Crawl Control is a trademark of its owner. SenseGap is not affiliated with it.
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