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BlockBots compared with ctlogs.dev
DetailBlockBots logo BlockBotsctlogs.dev logo ctlogs.dev
What it doesStop paying for traffic that never converts. Bots and proxies, blocked at the edge. Search billions of TLS certificates from all public Certificate Transparency logs by domain, wildcard, organization, serial number or SHA-256 fingerprint
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PricingFree: $0 forever, includes user-agent whitelisting, login page protection, rate limiting, known-bad-bot blocking, and JavaScript/PHP/WordPress integrations. Pro: $49/month with 14-day trial, includes everything in Free plus cloud verification, deep detection, VPN/proxy/emulator blocking, verified cr Not given
Key features
  • IP intelligence for proxy and VPN detection
  • Device filtering for mobile, tablet and desktop
  • Geo targeting with support for every region worldwide
  • Dashboard with traffic monitoring and filtering
  • Verified crawler allow-list for trusted search engines
  • Signed cookie for server-side checks
  • Sub-5ms average detection latency
  • 99.9% uptime SLA
  • JavaScript SDK, PHP, and WordPress plugin integrations
  • Rate limiting and login page protection
  • Search by domain, wildcard, organization, serial number, SHA-256 fingerprint and public key (SPKI)
  • Index of 28.5 billion certificates across 88 active and 111 archived CT logs
  • 6.5 billion distinct hostnames with first-seen and last-seen dates, certificates back to 2013
  • Fast API: domain lookup 25-30 ms, subdomains 45-50 ms
  • Subdomain finder with certificate counts and first/last seen dates
  • BIMI brand logos from verified mark certificate logs
  • CAA record checker showing records as CAs see them and CAs that issued for a domain
  • Free JSON API with cursor pagination and anonymous use
  • Machine-readable documentation at llms.txt for AI agents
  • Continuous ingestion of all public CT logs with live coverage metrics
What makes it different
  • Runs before your code executes, blocking bots before they trigger queries or ads
  • Fails open by stepping aside if the service is unavailable, keeping your site live
  • Cloud verification for search engines prevents impostor crawlers from passing
  • No infrastructure to run or maintain, just a script tag or plugin
  • Transparent blocking with dashboard showing every blocked request and reason
  • Searches all public Certificate Transparency logs continuously ingested into a single index
  • Reveals subdomains hidden from DNS enumeration and web crawls through certificate search
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Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last check38 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)018
Citation Flow (Majestic)2029
Referring domains (Majestic)576

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