Skip to content
SM

SmarshBot

GoodBotVerifiedBOT

Providing archiving solutions to clients for compliance purposes Operated by Smarsh.

GoodBot
Assessment
Security
Category
BOT
Kind
1
Data sources
AI-generated summary, drawn from Cloudflare, operator docs, and community data

What is SmarshBot?

SmarshBot is a web crawler operated by Smarsh. Providing archiving solutions to clients for compliance purposes

Helpful — Verified, safe crawler. Respects robots.txt and provides operator documentation.

Identification

Bot name
SmarshBot
Operator
Smarsh
Category
Security
Kind
BOT
Verification
Verified bot
Cloudflare slug
smarsh
User-agent patterns
SmarshBot
User-agent string
SmarshBot/1.0
Main use cases
Security scanningVulnerability detectionThreat assessment

Why it crawls your site

SmarshBot crawls websites to scan for security vulnerabilities and potential threats. It is operated by Smarsh as part of their security infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.

Block or allow SmarshBot

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for SmarshBot in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.

# Block SmarshBot from crawling your entire site
User-agent: SmarshBot
Disallow: /

# Allow SmarshBot full access
User-agent: SmarshBot
Allow: /
Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows SmarshBot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Smarsh's documentation.

Traffic & trends

Cloudflare Radar traffic

No Cloudflare traffic data available.

Google Trends interest

Loading trend data…

Data sources

This profile is compiled from the following sources.

CloudflareRadar
Last updated July 26, 2026