What is Detectify?
Detectify is an application security testing platform that continuously scans web applications and attack surfaces for vulnerabilities, combining automated DAST methods with crowdsourced ethical hacker research to identify security flaws. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Detectify |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | August 1, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
Detectify's pattern depends on who pointed it at you. Continuous monitoring services check daily or even hourly, while a one time assessment sweeps once and disappears. Expect requests aimed at login pages, admin paths, APIs, and configuration files, because exposed ones are what scanners exist to find.
Detectify's User Agent
| User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Detectify) +https://detectify.com/bot/e4cd2470-96a8-4ddd-8320-d0df6e4617ca |
How To Block Detectify With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Detectify from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all security scanners at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Detectify # https://knownagents.com/agents/detectify
Disallow: /Global Insights for Detectify
As of August 1, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
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Robots.txt Blocking Trend
0% of top websites block Detectify in their robots.txt files.
Overall Security Scanner Traffic
0.0% of all web traffic came from security scanners.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Detectify?
Not unless you already run your own scanning and want cleaner logs. Detectify checks websites for exposed vulnerabilities, and some scanning services report what they find to site owners for free. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for Detectify right now.
Does Detectify Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. Detectify is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the right first move. Automatic Robots.txt adds and maintains that rule for you, and Agent Analytics confirms Detectify actually follows it.
Does Detectify Access Private Content?
It probes for private content deliberately. Login pages, admin panels, and API endpoints are exactly what Detectify tests, because exposed ones are what it exists to find. Probing is not the same as getting in, but expect requests to sensitive paths in your logs.
Why Is Detectify Visiting My Website?
Detectify is scanning your site for vulnerabilities, either as part of a sweep across the whole internet or because someone requested an assessment of your domain. Recurring visits usually mean a monitoring service has you on its list.
How Can I Tell if Detectify Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Detectify visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "Detectify". Look for probes of login, admin, and API paths. Keep in mind that Detectify doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.