Set up your account

Last updated Jul 28, 2026

graph LR
A[Set up your<br>Cloudflare Account]:::highlight --> B[Verify your<br>AI crawler]
B --> C[Discover<br>payable content]
C --> D[Connect to<br>Stripe]
D --> E[Crawl pages]
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To begin using pay per crawl, set up your Cloudflare account.

Sign up for a Cloudflare account ↗︎.

Pay per crawl beta

Pay per crawl is currently in closed beta.

To find out how to join the beta program, reach out to us at Pay per crawl signup ↗︎, or contact your account executive if you are an existing Enterprise customer.

To learn more about pay per crawl, refer to Cloudflare blog: Introducing pay per crawl: enabling content owners to charge AI crawlers for access ↗︎.

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