Does sap.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
sap.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from sap.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 3 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 9
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#2,220)
Can AI assistants cite sap.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
sap.com opts out of AI training by Apple, ByteDance, Meta. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on sap.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How sap.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; sap.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; sap.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; sap.com does not.
- Among 176 sites of similar popularity, 21% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: / User-agent: Googlebot User-agent: Googlebot-Image User-agent: Googlebot-News User-agent: Googlebot-Video User-agent: GoogleOther User-agent: Google-InspectionTool User-agent: Storebot-Google User-agent: Bingbot User-agent: 360Spider User-agent: Baiduspider User-agent: coccocbot User-agent: Daum User-agent: DuckDuckBot User-agent: Ecosia_bot User-agent: MojeekBot User-agent: Yeti User-agent: SeznamBot User-agent: Sogou web spider User-agent: Yahoo! Slurp User-agent: YandexAccessibilityBot User-agent: YandexMobileBot User-agent: Yandex User-agent: CCBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: FacebookBot User-agent: MistralAI-User User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Perplexity-User User-agent: archive.org_bot Disallow: /bin/sapdx/ Disallow: /bin/sapdxc/ Disallow: /design-system/digital/ Disallow: /dmc/ Disallow: /heartbeat.html Disallow: /investors/de/stock/fixed-income/bond-documentation* Disallow: /investors/de/stock/fixed-income/cp-documentation* Disallow: /investors/en/stock/fixed-income/bond-documentation* Disallow: /investors/en/stock/fixed-income/cp-documentation* Disallow: */_jcr_content*.html Disallow: */abm/* Disallow: */cmp/dg/gdpr/* Disallow: */cmp/dg/gdpr-emea/* Disallow: */cmp/dg/gdpr-germany/* Disallow: */cmp/eml/* Disallow: */cmp/oth/crm-wx18-xrg-geb-fba/* Disallow: */cmp/oth/crm-wx18-xrg-geb-supfba/* Disallow: */cmp/oth/gdpr-opt-out/* Disallow: */cmp/spm/* Disallow: */cmp/td/sap-sustainability-data-exchange* Disallow: */events/sapphire/orlando/celebration-night-concert.html Disallow: */events/sponsorships.html Disallow: */legal/video-surveillance* Disallow: */products/erp/s4hana-private-edition/trial.html Disallow: */tye.html Disallow: */typ.html Disallow: */registration/*? Disallow: /silent.html Disallow: /*/silent.html Allow: /abm/dod.html Allow: /abm/dod/* Allow: /dmc/exp/* User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Amazonbot Disallow: /fetch Disallow: /proxy Disallow: /sharedlibs/ Disallow: /bin/sapdx/ Disallow: /bin/sapdxc/ Disallow: /design-system/digital/ Disallow: /dmc/ Disallow: /heartbeat.html Disallow: /investors/de/stock/fixed-income/bond-documentation* Disallow: /investors/de/stock/fixed-income/cp-documentation* Disallow: /investors/en/stock/fixed-income/bond-documentation* Disallow: /investors/en/stock/fixed-income/cp-documentation* Disallow: */_jcr_content*.html Disallow: */abm/* Disallow: */cmp/dg/gdpr/* Disallow: */cmp/dg/gdpr-emea/* Disallow: */cmp/dg/gdpr-germany/* Disallow: */cmp/eml/* Disallow: */cmp/oth/crm-wx18-xrg-geb-fba/* Disallow: */cmp/oth/crm-wx18-xrg-geb-supfba/* Disallow: */cmp/oth/gdpr-opt-out/* Disallow: */cmp/spm/* Disallow: */cmp/td/sap-sustainability-data-exchange* Disallow: */events/sapphire/orlando/celebration-night-concert.html Disallow: */events/sponsorships.html Disallow: */legal/video-surveillance* Disallow: */products/erp/s4hana-private-edition/trial.html Disallow: */tye.html Disallow: */typ.html Disallow: */registration/*? Disallow: /silent.html Disallow: /*/silent.html Allow: /abm/dod.html Allow: /abm/dod/* Allow: /dmc/exp/*
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does sap.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, sap.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from sap.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does sap.com have an llms.txt file?
Yes — sap.com/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: sap.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.