PerplexityBot

robots.txt

PerplexityBot respects robots.txt. Distinct from Perplexity-User, triggered by a user's question, which generally ignores robots.txt because the person initiates the action.

Verify authenticity

Published IP ranges

Perplexity publishes its bots' IP ranges as JSON (perplexity.com/perplexitybot.json and perplexity-user.json). Check the source IP against that list before any allowlisting.

SEO recommendation

Allow

Allow if you target visibility in AI answer engines: PerplexityBot indexes to cite and link your pages, unlike training scrapers. Blocking it excludes you from these cited answers.

Good to know

Clearly distinguish PerplexityBot (indexing, respects robots.txt) from Perplexity-User (on-demand fetch, generally ignores robots.txt). Third-party tests have previously questioned robots.txt compliance: check via logs and the official IP ranges.