AI readiness leaderboard · Finance and accounting
AI readiness of paychex.com: 100/100
100/100
We checked paychex.com 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 Finance and accounting
paychex.com ranks 5 of 17 finance and accounting sites in this scan (ties share the order by domain name). The median score in this group is 85. 10 of 17 have an llms.txt file.
Findings with evidence
ImproveJSON-LD: 1 block, types Corporation, ContactPoint, SoftwareApplication, AggregateRating
SoftwareApplication is missing recommended offers, applicationCategory, operatingSystem.
Fix: Fix the listed properties, then retest at validator.schema.org.
FixServer responded in 2102 ms
Time to response headers from our checker, after 1 redirect. Final URL: https://www.paychex.com/
Fix: Slow responses can make crawlers give up. Add page caching or a CDN in front of the homepage.
ImproveHTML size 327 KB, 24 script tags
1 render-blocking script in <head>: https://cdn.optimizely.com/js/131198987.js
Fix: Large HTML slows crawlers and tools with size limits. Move inline data and scripts out of the HTML.
18 checks passed or noted
PassGPTBot (OpenAI, training): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: /sites/default/files/ Allow: /sites/default/files/styles/ Disallow: /sites/default/private/ Disallow: /sites/default/files/private/ Disallow: /bin/ (80 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassOAI-SearchBot (OpenAI, ChatGPT search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: /sites/default/files/ Allow: /sites/default/files/styles/ Disallow: /sites/default/private/ Disallow: /sites/default/files/private/ Disallow: /bin/ (80 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassChatGPT-User (OpenAI, live fetch for users): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: /sites/default/files/ Allow: /sites/default/files/styles/ Disallow: /sites/default/private/ Disallow: /sites/default/files/private/ Disallow: /bin/ (80 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassClaudeBot (Anthropic, training): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: /sites/default/files/ Allow: /sites/default/files/styles/ Disallow: /sites/default/private/ Disallow: /sites/default/files/private/ Disallow: /bin/ (80 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassClaude-SearchBot (Anthropic, Claude search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: /sites/default/files/ Allow: /sites/default/files/styles/ Disallow: /sites/default/private/ Disallow: /sites/default/files/private/ Disallow: /bin/ (80 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassPerplexityBot (Perplexity, search index): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: /sites/default/files/ Allow: /sites/default/files/styles/ Disallow: /sites/default/private/ Disallow: /sites/default/files/private/ Disallow: /bin/ (80 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassGoogle-Extended (Google, Gemini training control): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: /sites/default/files/ Allow: /sites/default/files/styles/ Disallow: /sites/default/private/ Disallow: /sites/default/files/private/ Disallow: /bin/ (80 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassCCBot (Common Crawl, open dataset): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: /sites/default/files/ Allow: /sites/default/files/styles/ Disallow: /sites/default/private/ Disallow: /sites/default/files/private/ Disallow: /bin/ (80 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
Passllms.txt found and well formed
First line: "# Paychex: Payroll & HR Solutions". 6 ## sections, 30 links, 8357 bytes.
NoteNo llms-full.txt
GET /llms-full.txt returned 404.
Fix: Optional: publish /llms-full.txt with the full text of key pages for tools that want more than a map.
PassTitle, 31 characters
<title>Paychex: Payroll & HR Solutions</title>
PassMeta description, 137 characters
content="Paychex has HR and Payroll solutions to fit the needs of any size business. Let Paychex help you take your business where it needs to go."
PassOpen Graph tags present
og:title: Paychex: Payroll & HR Solutions og:description: Paychex has HR and Payroll solutions to fit the needs of any size business. Let Paychex h… og:image: https://www.paychex.com/sites/default/files/image/2022-10/paychex-logo.png
PassCanonical link set
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.paychex.com/">
PassLanguage declared: en
<html lang="en">
Pass1 H1 heading
<h1>Payroll, HR, Compliance & Benefits</h1>
Pass23,298 characters of text without JavaScript
Text starts: "Paychex: Payroll & HR Solutions Skip to main content Skip to footer site map Better payroll, better savings. 3 months free* - ends soon! Save Now Save Now …"
PassSitemap found, 5 child sitemaps
robots.txt: Sitemap: https://www.paychex.com/sitemap.xml GET https://www.paychex.com/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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