🏗️ Architectural Benchmark — Framework Battle

Contentful vs WordPress

Aggregate AI readiness comparison across 160055 production sites. This compares all sites built on each framework, not the framework websites themselves.

Contentful
40
Avg ACRI Score
358 sites analyzed
VS
WordPress
54
Avg ACRI Score
159697 sites analyzed
🏆 WordPress wins 7 of 8 metrics (1 to Contentful, 0 ties)

📊 Visual Comparison

Contentful   WordPress

🎯 ACRI Score
40.1
54.4
🤖 AI Readiness
57.9
72.2
📊 Token Bloat
134.6×
23.8×
👻 Ghost Ratio
17%
0%
🏷️ Schema Coverage
0.5
1.2
📋 Schema Adoption
22%
50%
🔓 GPTBot Access
95%
93%
📐 Structure Score
6.1
8.4

Across 160055 crawled sites, WordPress outperforms Contentful in aggregate AI visibility—winning 7 of 8 metrics in this architectural benchmark. WordPress sites average an ACRI score of 54.4 compared to 40.1 for Contentful—a meaningful 14-point gap that reflects real differences in how AI crawlers experience these sites. WordPress delivers a 82% leaner Token Bloat ratio (23.8× vs 134.6×), meaning AI systems can extract content more cost-effectively from WordPress-powered sites. On schema coverage, WordPress averages 1.2 structured data types per site vs 0.5 for Contentful—2.4× more out-of-the-box schema markup. WordPress sites render 17% less ghost HTML on average (0% vs 17%), delivering more server-side content to AI crawlers. This analysis is based on 358 Contentful sites and 159697 WordPress sites from our 100k-domain radar database. Implementation quality varies—scan your own site to see how you compare.

📋 Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Metric Contentful (n=358) WordPress (n=159697) Δ% Winner
🎯 ACRI Score 40.1 54.4WIN 26% WordPress
🤖 AI Readiness 57.9 72.2WIN 20% WordPress
📊 Token Bloat 134.6× 23.8×WIN 82% WordPress
👻 Ghost Ratio 17% 0%WIN 100% WordPress
🏷️ Schema Coverage 0.5 1.2WIN 58% WordPress
📋 Schema Adoption 22% 50%WIN 57% WordPress
🔓 GPTBot Access 95%WIN 93% 2% Contentful
📐 Structure Score 6.1 8.4WIN 27% WordPress

Contentful Aggregate Stats

Sites Analyzed358
Avg ACRI40.1
Median ACRI45.0
ACRI Stddev±17.7
Avg Token Bloat134.6×
Median Token Bloat27.1×
Avg Ghost Ratio17%
Avg Schema Count0.5
GPTBot Blocked5%

WordPress Aggregate Stats

Sites Analyzed159697
Avg ACRI54.4
Median ACRI56.0
ACRI Stddev±10.4
Avg Token Bloat23.8×
Median Token Bloat10.7×
Avg Ghost Ratio0%
Avg Schema Count1.2
GPTBot Blocked7%

🔍 How Does Your Implementation Compare?

These are aggregate stats across thousands of sites. Your specific Contentful or WordPress implementation may outperform or underperform the average.

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