--- title: "Vercel splits AI crawlers from AI assistants | Agent Ready Crawlers" description: "Vercel splits AI crawlers from AI assistants. Vercel verifies known bots by IP, reverse DNS and Web Bot Auth. Dated 2026-10-29." canonical: https://agentreadycrawlers.com/news/2026-10-29-vercel-splits-ai-crawlers-from-ai-assistants site: "Agent Ready Crawlers" last_updated: 2026-11-04 date: 2026-10-29 section: "News" --- # Vercel splits AI crawlers from AI assistants | Agent Ready Crawlers > Vercel splits AI crawlers from AI assistants. Vercel verifies known bots by IP, reverse DNS and Web Bot Auth. Dated 2026-10-29. Source: https://agentreadycrawlers.com/news/2026-10-29-vercel-splits-ai-crawlers-from-ai-assistants Site: Agent Ready Crawlers Last reviewed: 2026-11-04 News from 2026-10-29 # Vercel splits AI crawlers from AI assistants In short 29 October 2026: Vercel splits AI crawlers from AI assistants. Vercel's AI Bots managed ruleset can now log or block AI crawlers (indexing and training) and AI assistants (user-triggered fetches) independently, on all plans. Vercel verifies known bots by IP, reverse DNS and Web Bot Auth. Vercel's price: basic free; Deep Analysis USD 1 per 1,000 checks on Pro. Vercel's AI Bots managed ruleset can now log or block AI crawlers (indexing and training) and AI assistants (user-triggered fetches) independently, on all plans. Vercel verifies known bots by IP, reverse DNS and Web Bot Auth. Primary source [vercel.com/changelog/block-ai-crawlers-and-assistants-independently-with-managed-rules](https://vercel.com/changelog/block-ai-crawlers-and-assistants-independently-with-managed-rules), read 2026-11-04. ## Where it stands in the Index [Vercel](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/vendors/vercel-botid/) Vendor. Hosting platform with an invisible CAPTCHA (BotID, Deep Analysis by Kasada), a verified bot directory checked by IP, reverse DNS and Web Bot Auth, and a firewall ruleset that treats AI crawlers and AI assistants separately. [All news](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/news/). ## Sources - [vercel.com: block ai crawlers and assistants independently with managed rules](https://vercel.com/changelog/block-ai-crawlers-and-assistants-independently-with-managed-rules) read 2026-11-04 Last reviewed 2026-11-04