FREE VS PRO
What’s the difference between Blackhole Bad Bots (the free version) and Blackhole Pro?| FEATURE | FREE | PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Strong protection against bad bots | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works with SSL/HTTPS | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works on any server (e.g., Apache, Nginx, Windows) | ✓ | ✓ |
| No Apache/.htaccess required | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works great with Banhammer Pro and BBQ Pro | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lightweight, fast and flexible | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works with other security plugins | ✓ | ✓ |
| One-click restore default settings | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compatible with a growing list of cache plugins | ✓ | ✓ |
| Option to disable for logged-in users | ✓ | |
| Threshold control (number of allowed hits) | ✓ | |
| Custom email alerts | ✓ | |
| Custom messages for blocked bots | ✓ | |
| Custom redirect for blocked bots | ✓ | |
| Custom blackhole trigger links | ✓ | |
| Complete inline documentation | ✓ | |
| Blacklist/block bots based on user agent | ✓ | |
| Blacklist/block bots by IP address | ✓ | |
| Whitelist/allow bots by user agent | ✓ | |
| Whitelist/allow bots by IP address | ✓ | |
| Redirect whitelisted bots | ✓ | |
| Set custom HTTP Status Code | ✓ | |
| Full-featured Bad Bot Log with paging, sorting, and field search | ✓ | |
| Manually add bad bots to the Bad Bot Log | ✓ | |
| Geo/IP location lookups for each bad bot | ✓ | |
| Logs number of blocked hits for each bot | ✓ | |
| Extensive documentation and tutorials | ✓ | |
| Priority plugin help and support | ✓ | |
| No advertisements | ✓ |
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