AI & Agents
Grounded AEO
Last updated 2026-07-22 · benchmark measured 2026-07-22 — deterministic & reproducible
Grounded AEO builds verified records that help AI engines cite your business as a trusted source.
Is Grounded AEO production-ready?
Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on Grounded AEO (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Accessibility; its weakest is Security. The per-frame breakdown is public on the Legit.Show listing; the single overall production-readiness score is reserved for the verified maker.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 72/100
- Accessibility — 100/100
- Security — 55/100
- Privacy — 100/100
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 92/100
- Discoverability — 100/100
What we measured
- Security headers present: HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options.
- No Content-Security-Policy.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 424 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
- Has a reachable privacy policy.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
Who it's for
Businesses seeking AI citations · E-commerce and service companies · Franchises and multi-location businesses · Content creators · Any company wanting to be cited by AI engines
Pricing
Listed: $99/yr; Verified: $499/yr (RECOMMENDED); Grounded: $999/yr (all annual billing, free audit available)