Features
- Redirects AI bots to a paywalled subdomain for authentication and payment
- Charges AI agents per query or per scrape in real time
- Short-lived cryptographic tokens (JWTs) via SDK and API
- Analytics on which bots scrape which pages
- Audit logs of all content access
- Works as a layer over CDNs like Cloudflare, Fastly and Akamai
- Detects bots that bypass robots.txt
- Automatic usage metering and payment settlement
Pricing Details
💵 Pricing TollBit follows a Freemium model for publishers and a Usage-based model for AI developers: User Type Plan Pricing Model Features Publishers Analytics Tier Free Real-time monitoring of AI bot traffic and scrapers. Publishers Monetization Tier Revenue Share TollBit takes a percentage of the revenue generated from AI agents. AI Developers Token Access Pay-per-Query Developers pay based on the volume of data/pages their agents fetch. Enterprise Custom Sales Custom Quote Deep integrations, dedicated support, and advanced compliance tools. 🎁 Is the free version a trial or completely free? The Analytics Tier is completely free for website owners. It allows you to "watch" the bots today so you can decide how to "monetize" them tomorrow. 💳 What does the free version offer? Visibility into AI bot traffic and which content they are consuming. Basic bot detection and identification (OpenAI, Perplexity, Bing, etc.). Access to the "State of the Bots" quarterly reports. 💳 What does the paid version offer? The AI Paywall: Ability to block unauthorized bots and demand payment. Revenue Collection: Direct deposits of money earned from AI scraping partners. Legal Enforcement: TollBit’s framework provides the legal standing to enforce content rights against unlicensed scrapers.