🏗️ Architectural Benchmark — Framework Battle

Squarespace vs Shopify

Aggregate AI readiness comparison across 18173 production sites. This compares all sites built on each framework, not the framework websites themselves.

Squarespace
39
Avg ACRI Score
1630 sites analyzed
VS
Shopify
59
Avg ACRI Score
16543 sites analyzed
🏆 Shopify wins 5 of 8 metrics (1 to Squarespace, 2 ties)

📊 Visual Comparison

Squarespace   Shopify

🎯 ACRI Score
38.9
58.8
🤖 AI Readiness
65.0
76.6
📊 Token Bloat
56.8×
54.1×
👻 Ghost Ratio
10%
10%
🏷️ Schema Coverage
2.0
2.1
📋 Schema Adoption
72%
68%
🔓 GPTBot Access
98%
98%
📐 Structure Score
2.1
11.3

The data is in: Shopify sites generally achieve better AI readiness than Squarespace sites. Based on 18173 domains, Shopify wins 5 of 8 categories. Shopify sites average an ACRI score of 58.8 compared to 38.9 for Squarespace—a meaningful 20-point gap that reflects real differences in how AI crawlers experience these sites. Note: These are aggregate statistics across 1630 Squarespace and 16543 Shopify production deployments. Your specific implementation may differ—run a free scan to check.

📋 Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Metric Squarespace (n=1630) Shopify (n=16543) Δ% Winner
🎯 ACRI Score 38.9 58.8WIN 34% Shopify
🤖 AI Readiness 65.0 76.6WIN 15% Shopify
📊 Token Bloat 56.8× 54.1×WIN 5% Shopify
👻 Ghost Ratio 10% 10% 0% TIE
🏷️ Schema Coverage 2.0 2.1WIN 5% Shopify
📋 Schema Adoption 72%WIN 68% 6% Squarespace
🔓 GPTBot Access 98% 98% 1% TIE
📐 Structure Score 2.1 11.3WIN 82% Shopify

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%

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 Squarespace or Shopify implementation may outperform or underperform the average.

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