What is Freshping?
Direct Answer: Freshping is a website monitoring bot operated by freshping that checks if a website is online and sends alerts when it's down.
Freshping is a web monitoring service that allows companies to track the uptime, downtime, and performance of their websites, APIs, and web applications from 10 different locations. It provides instant outage and downtime alerts, enabling efficient monitoring and communication of outages to customers.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify Freshping in your live traffic data:
FreshpingBot/1.0 (+https://freshping.io/)FreshpingBot/1.0
robots.txt Rules for Freshping
Respects robots.txt: No
This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
Freshping does not officially follow robots.txt directives. The only reliable way to control access is through server-side blocking (IP filtering, user-agent rules in your web server config) combined with log monitoring to verify effectiveness.
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Crawl Behavior
Frequency:Continuous
Request Pattern:Sends HTTP Requests To Check Website Status
Official Documentation Quotes
"Our goal is simple: make it effortless for companies to monitor and communicate downtimes to their customers and reduce helpdesk costs."
Crawl Activity Index
Relative crawl activity for Freshping 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 | 5.0 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 6.6 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 7.1 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 9.7 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 9.5 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 8.4 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 10.9 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track Freshping traffic?
Identify and classify unknown crawler activity. Freshping 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 Freshping crawls helps you prioritize the crawlers that matter.
Log Verification
To verify Freshping traffic in your live traffic data:
- Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
- Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by freshping)
- Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
- 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 Freshping:
- crawl frequency details
- IP verification method
- JavaScript rendering details
Official Documentation
View Official Freshping Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.