🏗️ Architectural Benchmark — Framework Battle

Ghost vs Shopify

Aggregate AI readiness comparison across 16891 production sites. This compares all sites built on each framework, not the framework websites themselves.

Ghost
49
Avg ACRI Score
348 sites analyzed
VS
Shopify
59
Avg ACRI Score
16543 sites analyzed
🏆 Shopify wins 5 of 8 metrics (2 to Ghost, 1 ties)

📊 Visual Comparison

Ghost   Shopify

🎯 ACRI Score
48.7
58.8
🤖 AI Readiness
67.7
76.6
📊 Token Bloat
7.7×
54.1×
👻 Ghost Ratio
0%
10%
🏷️ Schema Coverage
1.0
2.1
📋 Schema Adoption
3%
68%
🔓 GPTBot Access
97%
98%
📐 Structure Score
3.9
11.3

Across 16891 crawled sites, Shopify outperforms Ghost in aggregate AI visibility—winning 5 of 8 metrics in this architectural benchmark. Shopify sites average an ACRI score of 58.8 compared to 48.7 for Ghost—a meaningful 10-point gap that reflects real differences in how AI crawlers experience these sites. Token efficiency strongly favors Ghost (7.7×) over Shopify (54.1×)—a 86% difference that directly impacts AI processing costs. On schema coverage, Shopify averages 2.1 structured data types per site vs 1.0 for Ghost—2.1× more out-of-the-box schema markup. Server-side rendering favors Ghost with a ghost ratio of 0% compared to 10% for Shopify. This analysis is based on 348 Ghost sites and 16543 Shopify sites from our 100k-domain radar database. Implementation quality varies—scan your own site to see how you compare.

📋 Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Metric Ghost (n=348) Shopify (n=16543) Δ% Winner
🎯 ACRI Score 48.7 58.8WIN 17% Shopify
🤖 AI Readiness 67.7 76.6WIN 12% Shopify
📊 Token Bloat 7.7×WIN 54.1× 86% Ghost
👻 Ghost Ratio 0%WIN 10% 100% Ghost
🏷️ Schema Coverage 1.0 2.1WIN 52% Shopify
📋 Schema Adoption 3% 68%WIN 96% Shopify
🔓 GPTBot Access 97% 98% 1% TIE
📐 Structure Score 3.9 11.3WIN 66% Shopify

Ghost Aggregate Stats

Sites Analyzed348
Avg ACRI48.7
Median ACRI49.0
ACRI Stddev±7.6
Avg Token Bloat7.7×
Median Token Bloat5.4×
Avg Ghost Ratio0%
Avg Schema Count1.0
GPTBot Blocked3%

Shopify Aggregate Stats

Sites Analyzed16543
Avg ACRI58.8
Median ACRI60.0
ACRI Stddev±10.8
Avg Token Bloat54.1×
Median Token Bloat9.8×
Avg Ghost Ratio10%
Avg Schema Count2.1
GPTBot Blocked2%

🔍 How Does Your Implementation Compare?

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

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