Does Telltale Bot block bots?

No. Telltale Bot detects and reports bots, but never stops or challenges any visitor with a CAPTCHA. The verdict goes to your page's dataLayer and your reports, and what you do with it is entirely up to you.

How does Telltale Bot compare to Google Analytics bot filtering?

Google Analytics only automatically excludes traffic from known bots identified primarily from the IAB's list, which are mostly identified by user agent. Automation that runs a real browser and passes as an ordinary visitor is not on any list and gets counted as a user in GA4. Telltale Bot puts its verdict in your dataLayer so you can send it to GA4 as a dimension and segment or exclude bots and agents yourself.

Will Telltale Bot slow down my site?

No. The script loads after your page without holding it up, with most of the work happening on the server. At about 13 KB compressed, it is a fraction of the size of Google Analytics' own script and is built to stay out of the page's way.

Can Telltale Bot detect AI fetching like ChatGPT or Claude reading a page?

No. When an assistant fetches a page to answer a question (ChatGPT-User, Claude-User, Perplexity-User, etc.), it typically downloads the page without running its JavaScript, so the script never runs. Some assistants like Mistral and Kimi do run JavaScript and would be detected. Telltale Bot detects AI agents that browse in a real browser.

What does Telltale Bot cost?

Plans start at $20 a month for 100,000 pageviews, with prices increasing based on monthly pageviews across all your sites. Every plan includes the same features. All new accounts include a 14-day free trial with no card required.

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Telltale Bot

Bot and AI agent detection for analytics that identifies without blocking

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Bot and AI agent detection tool that classifies website visitors as people, AI agents, or bots, sending verdicts to analytics and ad platforms without blocking

Overview

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Telltale Bot detects whether website visitors are people, AI agents, or bots, and reports the verdict to your analytics platform. The detection analyzes browser setup, behavior, and connection signals across 50+ factors rather than relying only on user agent strings. Visitors who are identified as people using their own browser get labeled "Human," AI agents acting for someone get labeled "Agentic" with the agent named when recognized, and automated traffic gets labeled "Bot." The verdict arrives in your dataLayer for use in Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, and ad platforms, with no blocking or CAPTCHAs. Two add-on reports, currently free during beta, offer click fraud review for paid traffic and account sharing detection for sites with member logins.

Feature facts

Classifies visitors as Human, Agentic (AI agent), or Bot
Detection based on 50+ signals including browser setup, behavior and connection
AI agent identification with agent name when recognized
No blocking or CAPTCHAs for any visitor
All Traffic report with visitors by verdict, agents and bots by name, countries and networks
Paid Clicks add-on report showing which ad clicks came from bots and AI agents by platform and campaign
Member Accounts add-on for detecting shared and automated accounts on sites with logins
CNAME alias support for running script from custom domain

Pricing

Pricing model: Paid

$20/month for 100,000 pageviews (billed monthly) or $200/year; $39/month or $390/year for 250,000 pageviews; $69/month or $690/year for 500,000 pageviews; $119/month or $1,190/year for 1 million pageviews; $229/month or $2,290/year for 2.5 million pageviews; $390/month or $3,900/year for 5 million p

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Telltale Bot specifications

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Section	Analytics & Data
Origin	United States
Stage	MVP
Website	telltale.bot
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Telltale Bot metrics

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Trust Flow	8 no change since last check
Citation Flow	9 no change since last check
Referring domains	2 no change since last check
External backlinks	3 no change since last check

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Q1Does Telltale Bot block bots?: No. Telltale Bot detects and reports bots, but never stops or challenges any visitor with a CAPTCHA. The verdict goes to your page's dataLayer and your reports, and what you do with it is entirely up to you.
Q2How does Telltale Bot compare to Google Analytics bot filtering?: Google Analytics only automatically excludes traffic from known bots identified primarily from the IAB's list, which are mostly identified by user agent. Automation that runs a real browser and passes as an ordinary visitor is not on any list and gets counted as a user in GA4. Telltale Bot puts its verdict in your dataLayer so you can send it to GA4 as a dimension and segment or exclude bots and agents yourself.
Q3Will Telltale Bot slow down my site?: No. The script loads after your page without holding it up, with most of the work happening on the server. At about 13 KB compressed, it is a fraction of the size of Google Analytics' own script and is built to stay out of the page's way.
Q4Can Telltale Bot detect AI fetching like ChatGPT or Claude reading a page?: No. When an assistant fetches a page to answer a question (ChatGPT-User, Claude-User, Perplexity-User, etc.), it typically downloads the page without running its JavaScript, so the script never runs. Some assistants like Mistral and Kimi do run JavaScript and would be detected. Telltale Bot detects AI agents that browse in a real browser.
Q5What does Telltale Bot cost?: Plans start at $20 a month for 100,000 pageviews, with prices increasing based on monthly pageviews across all your sites. Every plan includes the same features. All new accounts include a 14-day free trial with no card required.

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