Cloudflare Pay Per Crawl alternatives: 10 other data buyers for web content and news
Cloudflare Pay Per Crawl publishes "owner sets flat price per request, min $0.01; Cloudflare pays monthly" and pays per request, non-exclusive terms. 10 other buyers on this site take web content and news. The first three in our order are ProRata.ai ("50/50 revenue share", pays revenue share, non-exclusive terms), TollBit (no published price, pays per request, non-exclusive terms) and Copyright Clearance Center ("usage-sampled royalties paid every 6 months; 4 AI licenses incl. pay-per-use (Mar 2026)", pays royalty pool, non-exclusive terms).
Sells for: publishers.
Buyers named: own Gist search plus licensees.
Listed for a published price anchor and reported payouts.
Sells for: publishers.
Buyers named: labs, AI apps, agents.
Listed for reported payouts and non-exclusive terms.
Sells for: publishers, rights holders.
Buyers named: labs, enterprises.
Listed for a published price anchor and non-exclusive terms.
Sells for: creators, publishers.
Buyers named: labs.
Listed for a published price anchor and non-exclusive terms.
Sells for: companies, studios, data vendors.
Buyers named: Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft.
Listed for a published rate and named lab customers.
Sells for: creators, media companies, studios, companies.
Buyers named: Google, OpenAI (reported).
Listed for a published rate and reported payouts.
Sells for: publishers, rights holders.
Buyers named: labs.
Listed for a stated payout model.
Sells for: publishers, website owners.
Buyers named: labs.
Listed for non-exclusive terms and a stated payout model.
Sells for: publishers.
Buyers named: Microsoft Copilot, Yahoo onboarding.
Listed for named lab customers and non-exclusive terms.
Sells for: publishers.
Buyers named: Perplexity and other answer engines.
Listed for reported payouts and named lab customers.
How Cloudflare Pay Per Crawl compares
| Price anchor | owner sets flat price per request, min $0.01; Cloudflare pays monthly |
|---|---|
| Payout model | Per request |
| Exclusivity | Non-exclusive |
| Minimums | site on Cloudflare |