01 · Operator
Who operates Qwantify
- Company
- Qwant
- Official docs
- help.qwant.com
02 · Behavior
What Qwantify does
Qwant's crawler fetches web pages to build and refresh the Qwant search index. Qwant's documentation describes only the Qwantbot user agent. Requests labeled Qwantify are attributed to Qwant by third-party bot databases.
03 · Impact
Why Qwantify matters for your site
If you allow it
- Indexing for the Qwant search engine
- Qwant publishes IP ranges and rDNS for verification
If you block it
- Fake requests may reuse the name
- Small share of search traffic in many markets
04 · Allow
How to allow Qwantify
robots.txt
User-agent: Qwantbot
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Qwantbot")
Action: Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules
# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.WordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Qwantbot
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "Qwantbot") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Qwantbot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block Qwantify
Start with robots.txt. If Qwantify keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.
robots.txt
User-agent: Qwantbot
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Qwantbot")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Qwantbot
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Qwantbot") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Qwantbot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for Qwantify
The operator does not publish a full user agent string. Requests contain the token “Qwantbot”.
07 · Verification
Is it really Qwantify?
Anyone can copy a user agent. Real Qwantify requests come from the IP ranges published at help.qwant.com/qwantbot.json. A reverse DNS lookup of a real request resolves to qwant.com, and that hostname resolves back to the same IP.
FAQ
Questions about Qwantify
Is Qwantify the same as Qwantbot?
Bot databases attribute both names to Qwant. Qwant's current documentation only describes Qwantbot.
How do I verify a Qwant crawler?
Qwant recommends a reverse DNS lookup to a qwant.com hostname plus forward confirmation, or checking its published IP JSON file.
Which robots.txt token does Qwant use?
Qwant documents the token Qwantbot and supports Crawl-delay.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026