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AI readiness of circle.so: 100/100
100/100
We checked circle.so on 2026-10-18 with our free checker: six scored tests plus evidence for each finding. The score reflects the site on that date. The site may have changed after that date.
| Test | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|
| llms.txt | Yes | 15 of 15 |
| JSON-LD schema on the homepage | Yes | 20 of 20 |
| Meta description | Yes | 10 of 10 |
| Text readable without JavaScript | Yes | 20 of 20 |
| Sitemap | Yes | 10 of 10 |
| AI crawlers allowed in robots.txt | 8 of 8 | 25 of 25 |
Compared with Payments
circle.so ranks 3 of 18 payments sites in this scan (ties share the order by domain name). The median score in this group is 100. 14 of 18 have an llms.txt file.
Findings with evidence
FixHomepage serves a bot challenge page to automated clients
Our checker got a challenge page instead of your content: Circle | A new era for digital businesses. Findings below describe that page, not your real homepage.
Fix: AI crawlers get the same challenge and cannot read your site. In your CDN or firewall (Cloudflare, Akamai, Imperva), allow verified AI search bots, or lower the bot protection level on public pages.
ImproveJSON-LD: 1 block, types Organization, ImageObject, WebSite
Organization is missing recommended url, logo, sameAs.
Fix: Fix the listed properties, then retest at validator.schema.org.
Improve0 H1 headings
No <h1> in the HTML we received.
Fix: Use one <h1> that states the main topic of the page.
ImproveServer responded in 1115 ms
Time to response headers from our checker. Final URL: https://circle.so/
Fix: Slow responses can make crawlers give up. Add page caching or a CDN in front of the homepage.
ImproveHTML size 838 KB, 83 script tags
1 render-blocking script in <head>: /_next/static/chunks/03~yq9q893hmn.js
Fix: Large HTML slows crawlers and tools with size limits. Move inline data and scripts out of the HTML.
17 checks passed or noted
PassGPTBot (OpenAI, training): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /_llms/ Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassOAI-SearchBot (OpenAI, ChatGPT search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /_llms/ Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassChatGPT-User (OpenAI, live fetch for users): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /_llms/ Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassClaudeBot (Anthropic, training): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /_llms/ Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassClaude-SearchBot (Anthropic, Claude search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /_llms/ Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassPerplexityBot (Perplexity, search index): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /_llms/ Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassGoogle-Extended (Google, Gemini training control): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /_llms/ Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassCCBot (Common Crawl, open dataset): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /_llms/ Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
Passllms.txt found and well formed
First line: "# Circle". 9 ## sections, 9 links, 3645 bytes.
Passllms-full.txt found
GET /llms-full.txt returned 200.
PassTitle, 41 characters
<title>Circle | A new era for digital businesses</title>
PassMeta description, 80 characters
content="Build a home for your community, events, and courses — all under your own brand."
PassOpen Graph tags present
og:title: Circle | A new era for digital businesses og:description: Build a home for your community, events, and courses — all under your own brand. og:image: https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/image/assets%2Fd5e2d72a033944e1a916c5c34902a1ff%2F2eb6a6af7…
PassCanonical link set
<link rel="canonical" href="https://circle.so">
PassLanguage declared: en
<html lang="en">
Pass8,429 characters of text without JavaScript
Text starts: "Circle | A new era for digital businesses Circle Product Branded Apps Resources Discover Pricing Log in Start free trial Open main menu 70k+ reviews A new era …"
PassSitemap found, 587 URLs
robots.txt: Sitemap: https://circle.so/api/sitemap.xml GET https://circle.so/api/sitemap.xml returned 200.
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Scoring: llms.txt 15, JSON-LD 20, meta description 10, readable text 20, sitemap 10, AI crawler access 25. Want this page changed or removed? Email [email protected].
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