BotGuard GateKeeper is a cloud-based website protection platform that employs real-time bot traffic filtering and a reverse proxy to shield web infrastructure from malicious bots, scrapers, and DDoS attacks. This solution enhances website security, reduces server load, and improves SEO by ensuring that only legitimate traffic reaches your site.
Funding
$13.6M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Websites are increasingly targeted by malicious bots, scrapers, and DDoS attacks, leading to security vulnerabilities, increased server load, and skewed web analytics. Distinguishing between legitimate human traffic and harmful bot activity is challenging, requiring specialized tools and expertise.
Solution
BotGuard GateKeeper is a cloud-based website protection platform that filters bot traffic in real time using a reverse proxy architecture. By selectively blocking malicious bots, scrapers, and L7 DDoS attacks, the platform ensures that only legitimate users, search engines, and authorized automation tools can access the website. This approach enhances website security, reduces server load, improves SEO accuracy, and protects web infrastructure from various online threats.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes webmasters, e-commerce businesses, and internet service providers (ISPs) seeking to protect their websites from bot-related threats and optimize website performance.
Features
- Real-time bot traffic filtering based on advanced detection technology
- Reverse proxy architecture to hide and protect web infrastructure
- Protection against L7 DDoS attacks, scrapers, and malicious bots
- Web server extension modules for Apache and NGINX
- CMS plugins for WordPress
- Hosting panel plugins for cPanel, Plesk, and DirectAdmin
- Web application firewall (WAF) capabilities
- Content scraping prevention