# Cross-link map: Bot Management (/docs/bot-management)

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## Semantically closest pages

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## This page links to (9)

- [Observability](https://vercel.com/docs/observability) — Find production errors, capture request traces, and discover queryable metrics with Vercel Observability and Vercel CLI.
- [Reverse Proxy Servers and Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/security/reverse-proxy) — Learn why reverse proxy servers are not recommended with Vercel's firewall.
- [Attack Mode](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/attack-mode) — Learn how to use Attack Mode to help control who has access to your site when it's under attack.
- [DDoS Mitigation](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/ddos-mitigation) — Learn how the Vercel Firewall mitigates against DoS and DDoS attacks
- [Firewall concepts](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/firewall-concepts) — Understand the fundamentals behind the Vercel Firewall.
- [Firewall Observability](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/firewall-observability) — Learn how firewall traffic monitoring and alerts help you react quickly to potential security threats.
- [WAF Custom Rules](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf/custom-rules) — Learn how to add and manage custom rules to configure the Vercel Web Application Firewall \\(WAF\\).
- [WAF Examples](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf/examples) — Learn how to use Vercel WAF to protect your site in specific situations.
- [WAF Managed Rulesets](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf/managed-rulesets) — Learn how to use WAF Managed Rulesets with the Vercel Web Application Firewall \\(WAF\\)

## Pages that link here (32)

By site: vercel-changelog (4) · vercel-kb (14) · vercel-web (5) · vercel-docs (9)

### From vercel-changelog

- [Bot Protection is now generally available](https://vercel.com/changelog/bot-protection-is-now-generally-available)
- [Bot Protection is now in public beta](https://vercel.com/changelog/bot-protection-is-now-in-public-beta)
- [Vercel's bot verification now supports Web Bot Auth](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercels-bot-verification-now-supports-web-bot-auth)
- [View & query bot verification data in Vercel Observability](https://vercel.com/changelog/view-and-query-bot-verification-data-in-vercel-observability)

### From vercel-kb

- [Making your catalog discoverable to AI agents](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/agentic-commerce-readiness) — Agentic commerce readiness starts with the initial HTML response. Server-render your product catalog, ship JSON-LD, and
- [How to prepare your storefront for Black Friday traffic](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/black-friday-preparation) — A practical checklist for keeping your storefront fast and your checkout path healthy through Black Friday and Cyber Mon
- [Using Cloudflare and other reverse proxies with Vercel](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/can-i-use-a-proxy-on-top-of-my-vercel-deployment) — General information about using an external proxy to serve a Vercel Deployment.
- [Should I use Cloudflare in front of Vercel?](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/cloudflare-with-vercel) — Information on using Cloudflare together with Vercel.
- [How to Effectively Load Test Your Vercel Application](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/how-to-effectively-load-test-your-vercel-application) — Learn how to safely load test your Next.js app on Vercel. This guide covers realistic, policy-compliant testing of route
- [How to protect your AI app from bots](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/how-to-protect-your-ai-app-from-bots) — Learn how to protect your AI app from bots, scrapers, and abuse using Firewall, BotID, and more.
- [How to Utilize Vercel’s Bot Management Features](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/how-to-utilize-vercels-bot-management-features) — A practical, step-by-step guide to identifying unwanted automated traffic and securing your Vercel apps with Bot Protect
- [Troubleshoot and optimize Function Invocations on Vercel](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/optimize-function-invocations) — Diagnose which routes drive Function Invocations and learn to optimize them. Separate necessary dynamic traffic from div
- [Vercel vs Akamai](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-akamai) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Akamai: compute models, AI infrastructure, framework support, media streaming, CDN capabil
- [Vercel vs Fastly](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-fastly) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Fastly: full-stack application platform vs CDN infrastructure layer, covering framework su
- [Vercel vs Netlify](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-netlify) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Netlify: runtimes, compute architecture, AI infrastructure, security, and when to choose e
- [Vercel vs Northflank](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-northflank) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Northflank: Fluid compute, CDN and caching, container image functions, security defaults,
- [Vercel vs Railway](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-railway) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Railway: serverless vs always-on containers, container images via Dockerfile.vercel, frame
- [Vercel vs Render](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-render) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Render: compute models, AI infrastructure, Docker and container image support, background

### From vercel-web

- [How we run Vercel's CDN in front of Discourse](https://vercel.com/blog/how-we-run-vercels-cdn-in-front-of-discourse)
- [Bot Protection: One-click managed ruleset now in public beta](https://vercel.com/blog/one-click-bot-protection-now-in-public-beta)
- [Security through design: Creating the improved Firewall experience](https://vercel.com/blog/security-through-design-creating-the-improved-firewall-experience)
- [The AI Cloud: A unified platform for AI workloads](https://vercel.com/blog/the-ai-cloud-a-unified-platform-for-ai-workloads)
- [Vercel Ship 2025 recap](https://vercel.com/blog/vercel-ship-2025-recap)

### From vercel-docs

- [Handling Verified Bots](https://vercel.com/docs/botid/verified-bots) — Information about verified bots and their handling in BotID
- [CDN security](https://vercel.com/docs/cdn-security) — Learn how Vercel's CDN secures every request with HTTPS, TLS, DDoS mitigation, firewall protection, and security headers
- [vercel firewall](https://vercel.com/docs/cli/firewall) — Learn how to explore firewall traffic and manage your project's custom firewall rules, managed bot rules, IP blocks, sys
- [Protection Bypass for Automation](https://vercel.com/docs/deployment-protection/methods-to-bypass-deployment-protection/protection-bypass-automation) — Learn how to bypass Vercel Deployment Protection for automated tooling \\(e.g. E2E testing\\).
- [Glossary](https://vercel.com/docs/glossary) — Learn about the terms and concepts used in Vercel's products and documentation.
- [How Vercel CDN Works](https://vercel.com/docs/how-vercel-cdn-works) — Learn how Vercel's CDN processes requests through routing, caching, and compute layers to deliver your content with low
- [Products](https://vercel.com/docs/products) — Browse Vercel products for building, deploying, securing, observing, and scaling web applications.
- [Attack Mode](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/attack-mode) — Learn how to use Attack Mode to help control who has access to your site when it's under attack.
- [WAF Managed Rulesets](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf/managed-rulesets) — Learn how to use WAF Managed Rulesets with the Vercel Web Application Firewall \\(WAF\\)