AI readiness leaderboard · Finance and accounting
AI readiness of xero.com: 80/100
80/100
We checked xero.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 | No | 0 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
xero.com ranks 13 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
FixNo JSON-LD structured data on the homepage
No <script type="application/ld+json"> block in the HTML we received.
Fix: Add an Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD block to the homepage with name, url, logo, and sameAs links. The $19 report includes a ready-to-paste block for your site.
FixServer responded in 4307 ms
Time to response headers from our checker, after 2 redirects. Final URL: https://www.xero.com/us/
Fix: Slow responses can make crawlers give up. Add page caching or a CDN in front of the homepage.
ImproveHTML size 448 KB, 21 script tags
2 render-blocking scripts in <head>: https://www.xero.com/resources/748bf02d303885cc5e3b067ada1af17184dc20917f3e2
Fix: Large HTML slows crawlers and tools with size limits. Move inline data and scripts out of the HTML.
18 checks passed or noted
PassGPTBot (OpenAI, training): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Disallow: /content/xero/ Disallow: /media/ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pptx$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pdf$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.docx$ (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassOAI-SearchBot (OpenAI, ChatGPT search): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Disallow: /content/xero/ Disallow: /media/ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pptx$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pdf$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.docx$ (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassChatGPT-User (OpenAI, live fetch for users): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Disallow: /content/xero/ Disallow: /media/ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pptx$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pdf$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.docx$ (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassClaudeBot (Anthropic, training): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Disallow: /content/xero/ Disallow: /media/ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pptx$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pdf$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.docx$ (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassClaude-SearchBot (Anthropic, Claude search): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Disallow: /content/xero/ Disallow: /media/ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pptx$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pdf$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.docx$ (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassPerplexityBot (Perplexity, search index): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Disallow: /content/xero/ Disallow: /media/ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pptx$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pdf$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.docx$ (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassGoogle-Extended (Google, Gemini training control): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Disallow: /content/xero/ Disallow: /media/ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pptx$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pdf$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.docx$ (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassCCBot (Common Crawl, open dataset): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Disallow: /content/xero/ Disallow: /media/ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pptx$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.pdf$ Disallow: /content/dam/*.docx$ (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
Passllms.txt found and well formed
First line: "# Xero". 17 ## sections, 97 links, 13353 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, 50 characters
<title>Accounting Software for Small Businesses | Xero US</title>
PassMeta description, 151 characters
content="Xero online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today."
PassOpen Graph tags present
og:title: Accounting Software for Small Businesses og:description: Xero online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, … og:image: https://www.xero.com/content/dam/xero/pilot-images/opengraph/opengraph-xero.png
PassCanonical link set
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.xero.com/us/">
PassLanguage declared: en-US
<html lang="en-US">
Pass1 H1 heading
<h1>Know your numbers. Control your cash flow.</h1>
Pass9,370 characters of text without JavaScript
Text starts: "Accounting Software for Small Businesses | Xero US 80% off your plan for your first 3 months* Buy now Dismiss Xero homepage Pricing Features Popular features A…"
PassSitemap found, 13 child sitemaps
robots.txt: Sitemap: https://www.xero.com/sitemapindex.xml GET https://www.xero.com/sitemapindex.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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