What is PerplexityBot?

Perplexity · AI search · class ai

Indexes pages to cite in Perplexity answers. Not used for training, per Perplexity.

Verdict: Your call: visibility in AI answers versus free use.

Profile

Compiled by Crawler Atlas from the operator's published documentation. Not yet declared by the operator. JSON

Operator	Perplexity · docs.perplexity.ai
Purpose	AI search indexers. Build the index behind AI answers and cite you. Blocking them removes you from those answers, not from training.
User-agent contains	`perplexitybot`
robots.txt	`User-agent: PerplexityBot` `Disallow: /`
How to verify	The operator publishes its address ranges: www.perplexity.com. A request that claims this name from an address outside these is an impostor.
Should you block it?	Your call: visibility in AI answers versus free use.
Does it pay?	No. It does not carry a wallet and cannot answer a 402. A site that charges simply serves it nothing.
Docs	https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/bots

Anonymous daily counts from sites running Pay-per-Crawl that opted in, plus the ForgeMesh fleet. Last 7 days. Small sample: 1 sites reporting.

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Machine-readable twin: /bots/perplexitybot/profile.json (free in a browser). Machines: POST {"slug":"perplexitybot"} to x402.forgemesh.io/bot-profiles, $0.005 per call over x402.

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