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# Enterprise Bot Management

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To learn more about features and functionality, select a plan.

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| **Plan name**             | Bot Management for Enterprise                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **Availability**          | Added to Enterprise plans by your account team                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Enablement**            | Quick onboarding with help from our Solutions Engineering team                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Type of bots detected** | Simple and sophisticated bots, headless browsers, and domain-specific anomalies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Actions**               | Customer chooses from several options, including block and various challenges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **Analytics**             | Dedicated Bot Analytics tool, available in **Security Analytics**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Control**               | Ability to restrict by path, IP address, and more. Access to [bot score](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-score/), [JA3/JA4 fingerprint](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/), [bot tags](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-tags/) fields, and [detection IDs](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/detection-ids/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Additional features**   | [Block AI bots](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/block-ai-bots/), [AI Labyrinth](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/ai-labyrinth/), [Instruct AI bot traffic with robots.txt](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/managed-robots-txt/), [Definitely and Likely automated bots](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-score/#bot-groupings), [Verified bots](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot/verified-bots/), [Static resource protection](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/static-resources/), [Optimize for WordPress](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/troubleshooting/wordpress-loopback-issue/), [JavaScript Detections](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-challenges/challenge-types/javascript-detections/) |

Note

Zones that have [Enterprise Bot Management](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/bot-management/) enabled will not see Bot Fight Mode or Super Bot Fight Mode under **Security** \> **Bots**.

## Bot settings vs. custom rules

Bot Management customers have both bot settings (configured in **Security Settings**) and the ability to create custom rules using bot score fields. Start with the bot settings for baseline protection, then add custom rules only when you need additional control.

| Feature                                         | Handled by bot settings | When to use custom rules instead                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Block or challenge definitely automated traffic | No                      | Path-specific rules, custom thresholds, or combining with other fields                                                                                                                                 |
| Block or challenge likely automated traffic     | No                      | Path-specific rules, custom thresholds, or combining with other fields                                                                                                                                 |
| Allow or block verified bots                    | No                      | Granular control by verified bot category                                                                                                                                                              |
| Block AI crawlers                               | Yes                     | Target individual AI crawlers using detection IDs                                                                                                                                                      |
| Protect static resources                        | No                      | Exclude static resources from specific rules                                                                                                                                                           |
| Optimize for WordPress                          | No                      | No                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Forward bot data to origin                      | No                      | Use [Transform Rules](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/) or [Snippets](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/) |
| Detection ID targeting                          | No                      | Use cf.bot\_management.detection\_ids in [custom rules](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/)                                                             |
| JA3/JA4 fingerprint rules                       | No                      | Use cf.bot\_management.ja3\_hash or cf.bot\_management.ja4 in [custom rules](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/)                                        |

For more details on when custom rules are needed, refer to [custom rules](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/custom-rules/).

## How do I get started?

To get started, review our [setup guides](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/). If you have any questions, visit the [community ↗](https://community.cloudflare.com/) to engage with other Cloudflare users.

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