AI readiness leaderboard · Analytics
AI readiness of plausible.io: 85/100
85/100
We checked plausible.io 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 | No | 0 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 Analytics
plausible.io ranks 11 of 20 analytics sites in this scan (ties share the order by domain name). The median score in this group is 85. 8 of 20 have an llms.txt file.
Findings with evidence
FixNo llms.txt
GET /llms.txt returned 404.
Fix: Create /llms.txt: a # title, a > one-line summary, then ## sections that list key pages as [name](url). Draft one free at checkaiready.com/llms-txt-generator.
ImproveTitle, 75 characters
<title>Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative</title>
Fix: Shorten to about 50 to 60 characters so tools do not cut it off.
ImproveServer responded in 1050 ms
Time to response headers from our checker. Final URL: https://plausible.io/
Fix: Slow responses can make crawlers give up. Add page caching or a CDN in front of the homepage.
17 checks passed or noted
PassGPTBot (OpenAI, training): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassOAI-SearchBot (OpenAI, ChatGPT search): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassChatGPT-User (OpenAI, live fetch for users): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassClaudeBot (Anthropic, training): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassClaude-SearchBot (Anthropic, Claude search): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassPerplexityBot (Perplexity, search index): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassGoogle-Extended (Google, Gemini training control): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassCCBot (Common Crawl, open dataset): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassJSON-LD: 1 block, types WebSite
Every typed block has its required properties.
PassMeta description, 151 characters
content="Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected."
PassOpen Graph tags present
og:title: Plausible Analytics og:description: Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website dat… og:image: https://plausible.io/assets/images/plausible_promo.jpg
PassCanonical link set
<link rel="canonical" href="https://plausible.io/">
PassLanguage declared: en
<html lang="en">
Pass1 H1 heading
<h1>Easy to use and privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative</h1>
Pass8,855 characters of text without JavaScript
Text starts: "Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative Why Plausible Simple analytics dashboard Get all the important stats on one single …"
PassSitemap found, 165 URLs
robots.txt: Sitemap: https://plausible.io/sitemap.xml GET https://plausible.io/sitemap.xml returned 200.
PassHTML size 75 KB, 6 script tags
0 render-blocking scripts in <head>
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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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