Bot Verification Tool
Verify if an IP address belongs to a legitimate bot.
Enterprise-grade verification with multi-layer infrastructure checks.
Verification Input
Enter an IP address to verify. Optionally include User-Agent string for enhanced accuracy.
Sample Response
This is an example showing how verification results appear. Enter an IP address and User-Agent to verify real data.
Verification Results
Status
Verified Bot (Operator & Pattern Verified)
Bot Name
Googlebot Desktop
Verified (Pattern Match)Operator
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How It Works
Multi-Layer Verification
IP range checking, reverse DNS validation, forward DNS confirmation, ASN verification, and pattern analysis.
Real-Time Intelligence
Verification powered by our global intelligence network tracking millions of daily requests.
Instant Results
Get immediate verification with detailed confidence scores and transparent verification methods.
Common Use Cases
- ✓ Verify search engine crawlers
- ✓ Detect AI training bots
- ✓ Identify malicious scrapers
- ✓ Analyze log file entries
IP to Bot Lookup & Bot Verification
Find out who's really behind the request.
Bots identify themselves easily. Verifying them correctly is the hard part.
RobotSense's IP to Bot Lookup helps you determine whether an IP address and/or User-Agent truly belongs to a known, legitimate automated system—or whether it's spoofed, misrepresented, or outright malicious.
The tool identifies traffic from major bot operators such as Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Amazon, and hundreds of other search, AI, social, and infrastructure providers.
Paste an IP address, a User-Agent, or both—and get a clear answer: known bot, unverified bot, or not a bot at all.
Identify Legitimate Bots — Not Just Familiar Names
Modern traffic isn't just "human vs bot" anymore. It's a mix of:
- Search engine crawlers
- AI training and inference bots
- SEO tools and link preview bots
- Social media fetchers
- Monitoring and performance bots
- Scrapers pretending to be all of the above
This tool helps you identify which operator is actually behind the request, not just what the User-Agent claims.
If a request says it's a well-known bot but doesn't belong to that operator's infrastructure, it's flagged immediately.
User-Agent Verification Is Not Enough (So We Don't Stop There)
User-Agents are trivial to fake. Anyone can claim to be Googlebot, Bingbot, or GPTBot.
RobotSense verifies bots using infrastructure-level signals, combining:
- IP ownership and ASN validation
- Reverse DNS lookups
- Forward DNS confirmation
- Known IP range checks
- Bot-specific fingerprint patterns
User-Agent matching is used only as a supporting signal, never as the final authority.
Verify Search Bots, AI Crawlers, and Platform Bots
With a single lookup, you can verify traffic from:
- Search engines and indexers
- AI crawlers and training bots
- Social media and messaging platforms
- Feed fetchers, preview bots, and link unfurlers
This allows you to confidently decide which bots to allow, throttle, sandbox, or block—based on who they actually are, not who they pretend to be.
Real-Time IP to Bot Lookup with Clear Outcomes
Each lookup returns:
- Identified bot operator (if known)
- Verification status (verified, unverified, unknown)
- Matched bot family (when applicable)
- Confidence indicators and supporting signals
No vague "likely bot" labels. No black-box scores. Just traceable results you can trust.
Built for Engineers, SEO Teams, and Security Analysts
This free tool is designed to answer one critical question quickly:
"Can I trust this traffic?"
Use it for:
- Server log analysis
- Crawl diagnostics and SEO audits
- Firewall and WAF rule validation
- Investigating traffic spikes
- Testing before automating enforcement
It's also the fastest way to validate how your own systems will interpret bot traffic once you move to API-level detection.
Why IP-to-Bot Verification Matters
If you operate a website, API, or SaaS product, knowing who is accessing your infrastructure is no longer optional. Bot verification helps you:
- Distinguish real bots from spoofed ones
- Protect resources without breaking legitimate automation
- Understand AI and crawler access to your content
- Reduce noise in analytics and logs
- Make confident allow / block decisions
Bots aren't the problem. Unverified bots are.
Automate Bot Detection
Integrate our API into your application and start detecting bots with enterprise-grade accuracy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How accurate is the robotsense bot verification?
Our verification uses multiple validation layers including IP range checks, reverse DNS, forward DNS confirmation, ASN validation, and User-Agent pattern matching. For verified bots like Googlebot or Bingbot, we perform infrastructure-level checks that cannot be spoofed, providing near 100% accuracy for legitimate operators.
What's the difference between 'verified' and 'unverified' bots?
A 'verified' bot has passed IP Range Check, or DNS verification (reverse and forward) check, or ASN check and belongs to the operator's confirmed IP ranges. An 'unverified' bot may have a matching User-Agent pattern but failed infrastructure verification - indicating it's likely spoofed or pretending to be a legitimate bot.
Can I verify Googlebot and other search engine crawlers?
Yes! Enter the IP address and/or User-Agent from your server logs, and we'll verify if it's genuinely from Google, Microsoft (Bing), Yandex, or other search engines. We use official verification methods recommended by these companies, including reverse DNS lookups and IP range validation.
How do I verify AI bots like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, or ChatGPT?
Enter the IP address or User-Agent from your logs. Our system identifies AI bots from OpenAI (GPTBot, ChatGPT), Anthropic (Claude), Google (Google-Extended), Meta, Perplexity, and dozens of other AI operators. We verify their infrastructure ownership to distinguish real AI crawlers from imposters.
Why does my bot show 'Pattern Match' but 'Unverified Operator'?
This means the User-Agent matches a known bot pattern (like 'Googlebot'), but the IP address doesn't belong to that operator's infrastructure. This is a strong indicator of bot spoofing - someone pretending to be a legitimate crawler. Real bots will show both pattern match AND verified operator.
Can I check an IP address without a User-Agent?
Yes! You can verify using just an IP address. We'll check if it belongs to known bot operators and identify the likely bot based on IP ownership, ASN, and network information. However, providing both IP and User-Agent gives the most comprehensive verification results.
What is the rate limit for the free tool?
The free tool has a 30-second cooldown between verifications to prevent abuse. This is sufficient for manual checks and investigating individual log entries. For automated verification or bulk checking, use our API which offers higher rate limits based on your subscription.
How is this different from just checking the User-Agent?
User-Agents are trivial to fake - anyone can claim to be 'Googlebot'. Our verification performs infrastructure-level checks: IP ownership validation, reverse DNS lookups, forward DNS confirmation, and ASN verification. These cannot be spoofed and confirm the bot is genuinely from the claimed operator.
What bots can this tool identify?
We identify bots from 500+ operators including: search engines (Google, Bing, Yandex), AI companies (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta), social platforms (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter), monitoring services, SEO tools, security scanners, and more. If you encounter an unidentified bot, contact us to add it to our database.