What to Do When Your Competitors Are Scraping Your Prices
Akamai Technologies, Monday, September 21st, 2026
Akamai proposes serving scrapers altered pricing data at the edge instead of blocking them outright.
Akamai addresses how e-commerce businesses can respond to competitors scraping their pricing data without triggering an escalating bot-blocking arms race.
Rather than blocking detected scrapers outright, the post proposes using Bot Manager with Akamai Functions to classify traffic at the edge and serve customized responses.
Legitimate shoppers and search engines get accurate data, while scraper bots unknowingly receive altered, randomized, or degraded pricing and catalog information.
The approach is presented as a way to protect pricing strategy and reduce origin costs while keeping access seamless for authorized partners.