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What is Detectify?

Direct Answer: Detectify is a security bot operated by Detectify that analyzes web application security levels.

Operator: Detectify Type: Security Scanner Purpose: Web application security testing and vulnerability assessment

Detectify is a security bot that scans web applications for vulnerabilities and provides insights into their security levels. It offers various products such as API scanning, application scanning, and surface monitoring to help organizations manage their attack surfaces. Detectify uses proprietary, research-led testing and automated attacks fueled by elite ethical hackers and AI.

User-Agent Identification

The following user-agent strings identify Detectify in your live traffic data:

  • Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Detectify) +https://detectify.com/bot/3e03814aef1db3cec70f42dd847e9ef5b37f4c8e
  • Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Detectify)

robots.txt Rules for Detectify

Respects robots.txt: No

Robots.txt has limited effect on user-initiated bots

Detectify is triggered by user actions within Detectify's products. While Detectify states it respects robots.txt, the bot operates differently from autonomous crawlers — it fetches specific URLs on demand rather than systematically spidering your site. Server-log monitoring is the only reliable way to verify what actually happens.

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Crawl Behavior

Frequency:Not Documented

Request Pattern:Not Documented

Crawl Activity Index

Relative crawl activity for Detectify over the past 28 days. Higher values indicate increased crawling intensity compared to the period baseline.

View recent activity data (last 7 days)
Date Activity Index
Mar 28, 2026 26.8
Mar 29, 2026 33.2
Mar 30, 2026 19.1
Mar 31, 2026 16.1
Apr 1, 2026 2.8
Apr 2, 2026 3.3
Apr 3, 2026 5.7

Source: Cloudflare Radar

Why track Detectify traffic?

Identify and classify unknown crawler activity. Detectify may appear in your live traffic data with varying frequency. Tracking its behavior helps you decide whether to allow, throttle, or block it based on actual data.

Protect your crawl budget. Every bot request consumes server resources. Understanding what Detectify crawls helps you prioritize the crawlers that matter.

Log Verification

To verify Detectify traffic in your live traffic data:

  1. Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
  2. Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by Detectify)
  3. Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
  4. Use reverse DNS lookup for additional verification if available

Note: Observed behavior in production environments may differ from official documentation. Live traffic monitoring provides the only reliable verification of actual bot behavior.

Undocumented Information

The following information is not officially documented for Detectify:

  • crawl frequency
  • request pattern
  • IP verification method
  • JavaScript rendering

Official Documentation

View Official Detectify Documentation →

Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.