🏗️ Architectural Benchmark — Framework Battle

Ghost vs Squarespace

Aggregate AI readiness comparison across 1978 production sites. This compares all sites built on each framework, not the framework websites themselves.

Ghost
49
Avg ACRI Score
348 sites analyzed
VS
Squarespace
39
Avg ACRI Score
1630 sites analyzed
🏆 Ghost wins 5 of 8 metrics (3 to Squarespace, 0 ties)

📊 Visual Comparison

Ghost   Squarespace

🎯 ACRI Score
48.7
38.9
🤖 AI Readiness
67.7
65.0
📊 Token Bloat
7.7×
56.8×
👻 Ghost Ratio
0%
10%
🏷️ Schema Coverage
1.0
2.0
📋 Schema Adoption
3%
72%
🔓 GPTBot Access
97%
98%
📐 Structure Score
3.9
2.1

Across 1978 crawled sites, Ghost outperforms Squarespace in aggregate AI visibility—winning 5 of 8 metrics in this architectural benchmark. Ghost sites average an ACRI score of 48.7 compared to 38.9 for Squarespace—a meaningful 10-point gap that reflects real differences in how AI crawlers experience these sites. Token efficiency strongly favors Ghost (7.7×) over Squarespace (56.8×)—a 86% difference that directly impacts AI processing costs. On schema coverage, Squarespace averages 2.0 structured data types per site vs 1.0 for Ghost—2.0× more out-of-the-box schema markup. Ghost sites render 10% less ghost HTML on average (0% vs 10%), delivering more server-side content to AI crawlers. Note: These are aggregate statistics across 348 Ghost and 1630 Squarespace production deployments. Your specific implementation may differ—run a free scan to check.

📋 Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Metric Ghost (n=348) Squarespace (n=1630) Δ% Winner
🎯 ACRI Score 48.7WIN 38.9 20% Ghost
🤖 AI Readiness 67.7WIN 65.0 4% Ghost
📊 Token Bloat 7.7×WIN 56.8× 86% Ghost
👻 Ghost Ratio 0%WIN 10% 100% Ghost
🏷️ Schema Coverage 1.0 2.0WIN 50% Squarespace
📋 Schema Adoption 3% 72%WIN 96% Squarespace
🔓 GPTBot Access 97% 98%WIN 1% Squarespace
📐 Structure Score 3.9WIN 2.1 47% Ghost

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%

Squarespace Aggregate Stats

Sites Analyzed1630
Avg ACRI38.9
Median ACRI39.0
ACRI Stddev±11.5
Avg Token Bloat56.8×
Median Token Bloat11.6×
Avg Ghost Ratio10%
Avg Schema Count2.0
GPTBot Blocked2%

🔍 How Does Your Implementation Compare?

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

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