Amazonbot: user agent, IP ranges and robots.txt

Amazonbot is used to improve Amazon's products and services, such as Alexa answers, and Amazon says its data may be used to train Amazon AI models. Amazon also runs Amzn-SearchBot (search, not training) and Amzn-User (live user requests).

Operator
Amazon
Type
Other AI · Research, product development or agent crawling
robots.txt token
Amazonbot
Follows robots.txt
Yes
IP list
https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/ip-addresses/
Official docs
developer.amazon.com

Amazonbot user agent

User agent

Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Amazonbot/0.1) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.36

W.X.Y.Z is a Chrome version that changes.

How to block or allow Amazonbot in robots.txt

Amazon says Amazonbot and Amzn-SearchBot respect robots.txt but not Crawl-delay; changes take about 24 hours. Amzn-User may not follow all robots.txt rules.

Block Amazonbot

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

Allow Amazonbot

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

Put the rules in /robots.txt at the root of each host. Check the result with our AI Crawler Checker, which also catches firewall and CDN blocks that robots.txt doesn't show.

Should you block Amazonbot?

To stay in Alexa and Amazon search without feeding training, block Amazonbot and allow Amzn-SearchBot.

How to verify real Amazonbot traffic

Compare the IP with the addresses Amazon publishes on its Amazonbot page.

To check every request in your server log at once, use the free AI Bot Log Analyzer. It runs in your browser and flags requests that use a bot's name from outside its official IP list.

Frequently asked questions

What is Amazonbot?

Amazonbot is used to improve Amazon's products and services, such as Alexa answers, and Amazon says its data may be used to train Amazon AI models. Amazon also runs Amzn-SearchBot (search, not training) and Amzn-User (live user requests).

How do I block Amazonbot?

Add "User-agent: Amazonbot" followed by "Disallow: /" to your robots.txt. To block only part of the site, disallow those paths instead of "/". Amazon says Amazonbot and Amzn-SearchBot respect robots.txt but not Crawl-delay; changes take about 24 hours. Amzn-User may not follow all robots.txt rules.

Is a request claiming to be Amazonbot really from Amazon?

Not necessarily: anyone can copy a user agent. Compare the IP with the addresses Amazon publishes on its Amazonbot page.

Checked against Amazon's documentation on 2026-11-06. Vendors change user agents and policies, so confirm in the official docs before relying on them.

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