Bot intelligence record
PerplexityBot
Usually allowUse the PerplexityBot identifier to separate Perplexity AI crawler, assistant, or AI search traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.
- Operator
- Perplexity
- Family
- Perplexity
- Type
- Ai
- Source type
- Verified Directory
- Last checked
- 2026-05-20
User-Agent Pattern
PerplexityPerplexityBot
User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.
Robots.txt Snippet
Click snippet to copyUser-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: /Click the snippet to copy it, or highlight the text manually.
Handling Guidance
DependsThis bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.
AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- Perplexity
- Family
- Perplexity
- Type
- Ai
- Purpose
- Ai Search
- Identity type
- Verified Bot
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-04-01
- Last checked
- 2026-05-20
- Source type
- Verified Directory
- Verification
- Verify the user-agent together with Perplexity's published IP ranges for PerplexityBot.
- Spoofing risk
- User-agent strings for PerplexityBot can be spoofed. Treat user-agent detection as a classification signal, then verify with published IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, operator documentation, or published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, or other verified identity signals before allow-listing.
Notes
PerplexityBot is listed in the Botcrawl directory as an AI crawler from Perplexity. The primary identifier for log review is PerplexityBot.
Identification
- User-agent pattern:
PerplexityBot - Family: Perplexity
- Type: AI
- Kind: Crawler
Common use
AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.
Verification and handling
Verify the user-agent together with Perplexity's published IP ranges for PerplexityBot.
Directory guidance marks the risk level as Safe and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.
Robots.txt handling: Unknown.
Evidence and Source
- Verify the user-agent together with Perplexity's published IP ranges for PerplexityBot.
- Match `PerplexityBot` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review bot_aliases for alternate names or product labels. Use bot_http_agent for full user-agent examples when the client sends a longer browser-like string. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
- AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.
- User-agent strings for PerplexityBot can be spoofed. Treat user-agent detection as a classification signal, then verify with published IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, operator documentation, or published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, or other verified identity signals before allow-listing.
https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/perplexity-crawlers
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