Overview
JavaScript and CAPTCHA are Montenegro's leading secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 94.3% |
| Antibot | 18.5% |
| CAPTCHA | 21.8% |
| JavaScript | 42.2% |
| Rate Limiting | 11.6% |
| TLS | 17.1% |
WAF adoption is 94.3%, above the global 93.1%. JavaScript (42.2%) and CAPTCHA (21.8%) lead among secondary barriers; both sit slightly below their global averages of 41.3% and 23.1%. Antibot (18.5%) is below the global 20.2%.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops Montenegro's active secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 94.3% |
| Antibot | 18.5% |
| CAPTCHA | 21.8% |
| JavaScript | 42.2% |
| Rate Limiting | 11.6% |
| TLS | 17.1% |
| Has robots.txt | 82.7% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 13.6% |
WAF is present on 94.3% of Montenegro sites. JavaScript (42.2%) ranks highest among secondary barriers, followed by CAPTCHA at 21.8% and Antibot at 18.5%. Rate Limiting (11.6%) and TLS (17.1%) are both near global averages.
Most Montenegro sites carry two barriers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 3.5% |
| 1 barrier | 31.8% |
| 2 barriers | 36.1% |
| 3 barriers | 17.6% |
| 4 barriers | 7% |
| 5 barriers | 3.7% |
| 6 barriers | 0.4% |
Two barriers is the modal count at 36.1% of sites. One barrier accounts for 31.8%; zero-barrier sites are 3.5%. Sites carrying three or more barriers total 28.7%.
More than half of Montenegro sites are Simple to access
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.6 |
The median recommended tier is 1, indicating over half of sites are accessible via plain HTTP. The mean tier is 1.63 across 1,064 sites.
Nearly nine in ten Montenegro sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 51.3% |
| 2 - Easy | 37.3% |
| 3 - Moderate | 9.1% |
| 4 - Complex | 1.6% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.7% |
Tier 1 accounts for 51.3% and Tier 2 for 37.3%, combining to 88.6%. Tier 3 is 9.1%, Tier 4 is 1.6%, and Tier 5 is 0.7%.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Montenegro's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 15.6% |
| SEO / search indexing | 14.1% |
| SEO audit tools | 13% |
| Commercial scrapers | 8.2% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.8% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.6% |
Across all 1,064 Montenegro sites, 15.6% name at least one AI crawler, 14.1% name an SEO/search indexing bot, and 13.0% name an SEO audit tool. Commercial scrapers appear on 8.2% of sites.
Uniform rules are Montenegro's most common robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 41.6% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 36.2% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 1.9% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.3% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.8% |
Uniform per-agent rules cover 41.6% of all sites; path-level mixed rules 36.2%. 17.3% of sites have no robots.txt. Blanket Disallow: / applies to 2.8% and mixed-AI posture to 2.3%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Montenegro's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 10.8% | 2.3% |
| CCBot | 8.6% | 0.8% |
| ClaudeBot | 7.8% | 1% |
| Google-Extended | 8.1% | 1.7% |
| Bytespider | 7.3% | 0.5% |
| meta-externalagent | 2.7% | 0.1% |
| ChatGPT-User | 5.4% | 2.4% |
| PerplexityBot | 5.7% | 2.2% |
| Applebot-Extended | 5% | 0.4% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4% | 2.2% |
| anthropic-ai | 5% | 0.8% |
GPTBot is named in a Disallow rule on 10.8% of all Montenegro sites, the highest block rate of any AI agent. ChatGPT-User is the most-allowed agent at 2.4% of all sites.
Six Montenegro sectors all name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Insurance | 100% |
| Newspapers | 100% |
| Public Policy | 100% |
| Training & Cert. | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% |
| Automotive | 90% |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% |
| Computer & Video Games | 90% |
| Crafts | 90% |
| Food & Beverages | 90% |
| Foreign Language | 90% |
| General | 90% |
Design, Entertainment, Insurance, Newspapers, Public Policy, and Training & Cert. each reach 100%: every site in those sectors names at least one bot to restrict in a Disallow rule. Nine further sectors reach 90%.
Montenegro's Automotive, Public Policy and Science sites lead in allowing crawlers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Automotive | 80% |
| Public Policy | 80% |
| Science | 80% |
| Airlines | 70% |
| Construction | 70% |
| Investment | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Sporting Goods | 70% |
| Sports | 70% |
| Agriculture | 60% |
| Apparel & Fashion | 60% |
| Architecture | 60% |
| Consulting | 60% |
| Crafts | 60% |
Automotive, Public Policy, and Science top the allowlist chart at 80%, meaning 80% of sites in each sector name at least one bot to allow in an Allow rule. Seven further sectors reach 70%.
Industry Patterns
Jewellery, Hospitality and Real Estate are Montenegro's hardest sectors to access
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 20% | 20% | 30% | 50% | 60% | 60% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 30% | 40% | 60% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Real Estate | 100% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 30% | Tier 3 |
| Computer Hardware | 90% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 100% | 10% | 0% | 50% | 30% | 30% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 80% | 30% | 20% | 40% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 0% | 0% | 70% | 20% | 10% | 90% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 20% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 60% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 10% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 20% | 10% | 60% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 80% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 90% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 70% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 80% | 50% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Wine & Spirits | 100% | 40% | 20% | 40% | 40% | 0% | 80% | 40% | Tier 2 |
Jewellery & Luxury has the highest mean tier at 2.80, followed by Hospitality at 2.70 and Real Estate at 2.60. Computer Hardware (2.55) and Apparel & Fashion (2.50) follow closely.
Six Montenegro sectors share the most accessible tier floor
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Machinery | 70% | 10% | 10% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 100% | 40% | 60% | 30% | 0% | 20% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Wholesalers | 80% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 10% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Adult | 100% | 40% | 30% | 80% | 10% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Furniture | 100% | 50% | 40% | 50% | 0% | 60% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 80% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 40% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 100% | 40% | 10% | 60% | 20% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Visual Art | 100% | 30% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 20% | 100% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Advertising & Mktg | 100% | 30% | 50% | 50% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Airlines | 100% | 20% | 10% | 70% | 20% | 20% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Crafts | 100% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Education | 100% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Insurance | 100% | 0% | 10% | 60% | 0% | 20% | 100% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Medical Devices | 100% | 10% | 40% | 50% | 20% | 10% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
Advertising & Marketing, Airlines, Crafts, Education, Insurance, and Medical Devices all record a mean tier of 1.80, the lowest in the bottom-sector group.