--- title: Enterprise Bot Management description: Advanced bot detection and mitigation features in the Bot Management add-on. image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png --- > Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. [Skip to content](#%5Ftop) # Enterprise Bot Management To learn more about features and functionality, select a plan. [ Free ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/plans/free/) [ Pro ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/plans/pro/) [ Business ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/plans/biz-and-ent/) [ Bot Management for Enterprise ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/plans/bm-subscription/) | **Plan name** | Bot Management for Enterprise | | ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Availability** | Added to Enterprise plans by your account team | | **Enablement** | Quick onboarding with help from our Solutions Engineering team | | **Type of bots detected** | Simple and sophisticated bots, headless browsers, and domain-specific anomalies | | **Actions** | Customer chooses from several options, including block and various challenges | | **Analytics** | Dedicated Bot Analytics tool, available in **Security Analytics** | | **Control** | Ability to restrict by path, IP address, and more. Access to [bot score](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-score/), [JA3/JA4 fingerprint](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/), [bot tags](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-tags/) fields, and [detection IDs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/detection-ids/). | | **Additional features** | [Block AI bots](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/block-ai-bots/), [AI Labyrinth](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/ai-labyrinth/), [Instruct AI bot traffic with robots.txt](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/managed-robots-txt/), [Definitely and Likely automated bots](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-score/#bot-groupings), [Verified bots](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot/verified-bots/), [Static resource protection](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/static-resources/), [Optimize for WordPress](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/troubleshooting/wordpress-loopback-issue/), [JavaScript Detections](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-challenges/challenge-types/javascript-detections/) | Note Zones that have [Enterprise Bot Management](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/bot-management/) enabled will not see Bot Fight Mode or Super Bot Fight Mode under **Security** \> **Bots**. ## Bot settings vs. custom rules Bot Management customers have both bot settings (configured in **Security Settings**) and the ability to create custom rules using bot score fields. Start with the bot settings for baseline protection, then add custom rules only when you need additional control. | Feature | Handled by bot settings | When to use custom rules instead | | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Block or challenge definitely automated traffic | No | Path-specific rules, custom thresholds, or combining with other fields | | Block or challenge likely automated traffic | No | Path-specific rules, custom thresholds, or combining with other fields | | Allow or block verified bots | No | Granular control by verified bot category | | Block AI crawlers | Yes | Target individual AI crawlers using detection IDs | | Protect static resources | No | Exclude static resources from specific rules | | Optimize for WordPress | No | No | | Forward bot data to origin | No | Use [Transform Rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/) or [Snippets](https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/) | | Detection ID targeting | No | Use cf.bot\_management.detection\_ids in [custom rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/) | | JA3/JA4 fingerprint rules | No | Use cf.bot\_management.ja3\_hash or cf.bot\_management.ja4 in [custom rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/) | For more details on when custom rules are needed, refer to [custom rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/custom-rules/). ## How do I get started? To get started, review our [setup guides](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/). If you have any questions, visit the [community ↗](https://community.cloudflare.com/) to engage with other Cloudflare users. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/bots/","name":"Bots"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/bots/plans/","name":"Plans"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/bots/plans/bm-subscription/","name":"Enterprise Bot Management"}}]} ```