The TollBit Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about TollBit in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
TollBit
The Insider’s Guide
AI bot analytics, paywall and agent-ready sites for publishers
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI search visibility tools, read from TollBit’s own pages.
Made by Novoscribe, Inc. · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from TollBit’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on TollBit’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
3.0
GPA, above 154 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade
TollBit shows publishers and brands which AI bots and agents visit their sites and what they read, and lets them set what agents may access. Publishers can charge AI companies for access through a bot paywall and licensed retrieval, while brands can serve agents a separate, machine-friendly version of their site. It connects through the site's existing CDN.
To get you started, here are 8 things to know about TollBit, taken from its own pages and our grades.
It goes in through your CDN, such as Cloudflare, Fastly or Akamai, rather than a script on the page.
- 1
Best for publishers who want AI companies to pay for access
TollBit isn't an AI answer tracker.
- 2
It is free
TollBit has no paid plan at all. Free for publishers: AI bot analytics, the bot paywall and licensing tools at no charge, and publishers keep all the revenue AI companies pay them through TollBit.
- 3
It runs on Web
Web.
- 4
AI traffic analytics
Shows which AI bots and agents request your pages, what they read, how often, and which pages they read without sending visitors, across a portfolio of sites.
- 5
Bot and agent paywall
Replaces anonymous scraping with authenticated access and usage-based prices that the publisher sets for AI companies.
- 6
Licensed retrieval access
Offers AI systems licenses for retrieval use, from summaries to full article display, and supports direct one-to-one licensing deals.
- 7
A 3.0 GPA, above 154 of 157
That is against the other AI search visibility tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 8
Keep it
TollBit is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
TollBit at a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Novoscribe, Inc.
- Category
- AI Search Visibility (AEO & GEO)
- Our grade
- 3.0 GPA, very good
The report card
Best for publishers who want AI companies to pay for access
TollBit isn't an AI answer tracker. It shows publishers which AI bots and agents read their pages, lets them block or charge those bots, and sells licensed access to AI companies, free to the publisher. It doesn't tell you what ChatGPT says about your brand, it needs access to your CDN, any income depends on AI companies paying through it, and the brand product's price isn't published.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A | Free for publishers: the analytics, the bot paywall and the licensing tools cost nothing, and TollBit takes its fee from AI companies instead. Its rivals here, Known Agents and Siteline, charge from $25 and $49 a month. Agent Site for brands goes through a demo, with no price shown. |
| Free plan and trial | A | Free outright for publishers, with no cap on record, and you keep all of what AI companies pay through it. Only the brand product, Agent Site, needs a demo to get going. |
| Features | C | AI bot and agent analytics, a paywall that makes bots pay per use, licensed retrieval, content controls, a scraper audit and agent-only pages. It does that job fully, but it's a different one: it doesn't check how AI answers mention you. |
| Ease of use | C | No rating on record. It goes in through your CDN, such as Cloudflare, Fastly or Akamai, rather than a script on the page. The FAQ puts that at under 30 minutes, but someone needs access to the CDN. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, with no desktop or phone app. It hooks into Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, CloudFront, Google Cloud CDN, Azure Front Door and Vercel, and has an API and support for MCP and NLWeb. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who TollBit is for
- Fits if you run a news or media site and want AI companies to pay for what they read
- Works for publishers that want to see which AI bots read pages without sending visitors back
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you want to track what AI answers say about your brand, as it doesn't
- Not for you if you can't touch your CDN, since that's how it connects
- Tight if you're counting on the income, since it depends on AI companies paying for access through TollBit
- Watch out: Agent Site, the product for brands, is sold through a demo with no price shown
Good to know
Good for
- News and media publishers that want to be paid for AI access to their content
- Sites that want to see and control which AI bots read their pages
- Brands preparing their sites for AI shopping and task agents
Worth knowing
- The Agent Site product for brands is sold through a demo, and the site does not say what it costs.
- Publisher revenue depends on AI companies paying for access through TollBit; the vendor says it works with AI demand partners.
- It works through the site's CDN, such as Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai or CloudFront, rather than as a stand-alone app.
- It reports on AI bot traffic to a site, not on how AI chat answers mention a brand.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
Free
No paid plan at all
TollBit is free to use.
Agent Site for brands goes through a demo, with no price shown.
Publishers
$0
Analytics, bot paywall, content controls and licensing at no charge; TollBit charges AI companies a transaction fee instead.
The free plan
Free for publishers: AI bot analytics, the bot paywall and licensing tools at no charge, and publishers keep all the revenue AI companies pay them through TollBit.
Read from tollbit.com on Oct 23, 2026.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
AI bot analytics, paywall and agent-ready sites for publishers. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, web analytics, AI search visibility.
It does that job fully, but it's a different one: it doesn't check how AI answers mention you.
- AI traffic analytics
- Shows which AI bots and agents request your pages, what they read, how often, and which pages they read without sending visitors, across a portfolio of sites.
- Bot and agent paywall
- Replaces anonymous scraping with authenticated access and usage-based prices that the publisher sets for AI companies.
- Licensed retrieval access
- Offers AI systems licenses for retrieval use, from summaries to full article display, and supports direct one-to-one licensing deals.
- Content controls and scraper audit
- Choose what AI systems may access on your site, and test what scrapers can still retrieve.
- Agent Site and CMS
- Serve agents their own version of a site, with extra pages, FAQs and fact boxes they see and visitors do not, tailored by AI platform.
- Agent protocols and task tests
- Supports MCP, WebMCP, NLWeb, A2A and other agent protocols, and measures whether agents complete customer tasks on your site.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Cloudflare
- Fastly
- Akamai
- Amazon CloudFront
- Google Cloud CDN
- Azure Front Door
- Vercel
TollBit is made by Novoscribe, Inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
154/157
Other AI search visibility tools it is graded above
TollBit's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 154 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 155 of 157) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
TollBit has no paid plan.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 158 AI search visibility tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. TollBit’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 146 of 157
- AFree plan and trialAbove 155 of 157
- CFeaturesAbove 6 of 157
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 157
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 51 of 157
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 131 AI search visibility tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. TollBit is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
TollBit is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 154 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade.
What you could not
- A tracking script and a database that counts every visit.
- The same prompts asked of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers every day, and the answers kept.
- It plugs into other products, Cloudflare, Fastly and Akamai among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. TollBit’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Known Agents, Siteline, LightSite AI and Spyglasses
The 4 tools TollBit is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
Known Agents
Free plan · from $25/mo
Analytics and access control for the AI bots that visit your site.
- 2.2GPA
Siteline
Free plan · from $49/mo
AI agent traffic analytics with brand visibility tracking in AI chats.
- Siteline also covers reports.
- 1.8GPA
LightSite AI
Free trial · from $129/mo
AI-readable site layer with AI bot analytics and visibility tracking.
- TollBit has a free plan. LightSite AI does not, though it has a free trial.
- LightSite AI also covers schema markup.
- 2.2GPA
Spyglasses
Free trial · from $79/mo
White-label AI visibility tracking for agencies and PR firms.
- TollBit has a free plan. Spyglasses does not, though it has a free trial.
- Spyglasses also covers reports, site audit and content optimization.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is TollBit free?
Yes. TollBit is free to use.
How much does TollBit cost?
TollBit lists one plan. Publishers: $0.
What platforms does TollBit work on?
TollBit is available on Web.
Does TollBit have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. TollBit is listed for Web.
Does TollBit have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. TollBit is listed for Web.
Is TollBit open source?
TollBit is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does TollBit have an API?
Yes. TollBit offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does TollBit integrate with?
TollBit's listing names Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Google Cloud CDN, Azure Front Door and Vercel.
Who makes TollBit?
TollBit is made by Novoscribe, Inc.
What are the alternatives to TollBit?
The closest alternatives to TollBit in our directory are Known Agents, Siteline, LightSite AI and Spyglasses.
How does TollBit compare with other AI search visibility tools?
TollBit's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 154 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade, and level with 3.
Is TollBit good value for money?
ToolGPA grades TollBit A for value for money. TollBit has no paid plan.
Could I make my own version of TollBit?
TollBit is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from TollBit’s own pages on Oct 23, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 23, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TollBit's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Novoscribe, Inc. Prices change, so check tollbit.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
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categories
426
price changes on record
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apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- TollBit, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/tollbit
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what TollBit’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. TollBit is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Novoscribe, Inc. Prices and plans change: check tollbit.com before you buy.