Case Study: Manta Media stops web scrapers, blocks 99.9% of content-theft bots and cuts $60K+ in infrastructure costs with Distil Networks

Manta stops web scrapers eliminates brownouts and simplifies their move to the cloud with Distil Network

Manta, an online directory that attracts millions of visitors and 30,000 new business listings a month, was being hammered by web scrapers that strained infrastructure, caused brownouts and complicated its move to the cloud. Its existing CDN and on‑prem anti‑scraping appliance were expensive, unreliable and required heavy in‑house maintenance, so Manta looked for a cloud‑native, outsourced solution.

Manta deployed Distil Networks’ Cloud CDN, which integrated quickly, preserved SEO-friendly URLs and accurately distinguished good bots from bad. Distil blocked 99.9% of scraping bots with no impact on legitimate users, cut CDN and anti‑scraping costs by over $60K annually, improved site speed and good‑bot crawl rates, reduced IT overhead by about half an FTE, and smoothed Manta’s cloud migration.

Manta Media

Russell Garrison

DevOps Engineer