--- title: "Bingbot Simulator - Test Bing & Microsoft Copilot Crawler | Free Tool" description: "Simulate how Bingbot crawls your website for Bing Search and Microsoft Copilot. Test your site's visibility to Microsoft's search crawler." lang: en json-ld: --- [![Encited logo](/brand/logo.svg)](/) - Features - Resources [Pricing](/pricing)Login[Contact Sales](/contact-sales)Get started free Get started free [All Crawler Simulators](/free-tools/crawler-simulator) ![Bingbot](/crawler-logos/bing.svg) CRAWLER SIMULATOR # Bingbot Crawler Simulator Test how Microsoft's Bingbot sees your website. Optimize for Bing Search, Microsoft Copilot, and the entire Microsoft ecosystem. SIMULATE ## Test your site with Bingbot Enter your URL to see how Bingbot views your site. ![bing](/crawler-logos/bing.svg)Bingbot Simulate Bingbot OVERVIEW ## What is Bingbot? Bingbot is Microsoft's web crawler that powers Bing Search, Microsoft Copilot, and AI features across Microsoft products (Edge, Windows, Office). 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