Where you block matters

Block at the edge, not the server

Requests come in

Real visitor

GPTBot

ClaudeBot

CCBot

Bots and customers arrive at the same door.

Cloudflare edge

300+ global locations

Training bots blocked here

Real visitor passes through

No PHP executed. No database queries. No bandwidth spent.

Your server

Stays free for customers

PHP workers available

Database not overloaded

Bandwidth reserved

Resources go to real buyers, not scrapers.