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How this compares

Pirsch ranks #12 of 15 scanned analytics sites, scoring 73/100 — 5 points below the category average of 78. The category leader scores 84. Immediately above is Heap on 77, and immediately below, Plausible on 72.

Cited by AI answer engines

In the week of Oct 11, 2026, none of the engines b/cited asked cited pirsch.io on the analytics prompts b/cited watches: OpenAI (gpt-4.1-mini) on 0 of 5, Anthropic (claude-sonnet-4-6) on 0 of 5, and Perplexity (sonar) on 0 of 5. Citations are engine output at the time of the run, not a b/cited rating, and the prompts are a sample, not a census.

Overall
73 / 100
AEO
44 / 100
Rank
#12 of 15
Cited by AI
0 of 15
prompt × engine pairs, week of Oct 11, 2026
Last scanned
10/11/2026
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Results
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Overall
73 / 100
28 pass17 warn5 fail
Scanned
pirsch.io
1.7s · 50 checks
⚠ PSI_API_KEY not configured
Indexing & crawl96 / 10011✓1!
  • HTTPS
    served over https://
    Docs →
  • HTTP response
    200 OK
    Docs →
  • Time to first byte
    956ms (target <800ms)
    Docs →
  • Redirect chain
    direct hit, no redirects
    Docs →
  • robots.txt present
    64 bytes
    Docs →
  • robots.txt allows this URL
    Googlebot may crawl /
    Docs →
  • Sitemap referenced in robots.txt
    Sitemap: directive present
    Docs →
  • sitemap.xml present
    926 URLs
    Docs →
  • sitemap.xml uses <lastmod>
    lastmod hints help Googlebot prioritize re-crawls
    Docs →
  • No noindex directive
    page is indexable
    Docs →
  • Canonical URL
    self-referential: https://pirsch.io/
    Docs →
  • lang attribute on <html>
    lang="en"
    Docs →
Metadata100 / 1008✓
  • Title tag length
    64 chars — within SERP-display range
    Docs →
  • Title tag present
    "Pirsch – The Best, Privacy-Friendly Google Analytics Alternative"
  • Meta description length
    158 chars — within SERP-display range
    Docs →
  • Meta description present
    "Pirsch is a powerful, privacy-friendly, open-source alternative to Google Analytics — lightweight, …"
  • H1 heading
    single H1: "See Beyond Clicks With the Best Google Analytics Alternative"
  • Subheadings (H2)
    8 <h2> elements
  • Mobile viewport
    viewport meta present
  • Favicon
    icon link tag present
AEO (Answer Engines)44 / 1007!1✗
  • llms.txt
    missing — recommended for sites you want cited by LLMs
    Docs →
  • ai.txt (Spawning consent)
    missing (optional) — Spawning consent file is not load-bearing for citation, but signals intent
    Docs →
  • AI crawler stance in robots.txt
    no AI crawler rules — robots.txt is default-permissive (most AI bots will follow this)
    Docs →
  • FAQPage schema (citation-friendly)
    absent — FAQPage is one of the most-cited schema types in AI answers
    Docs →
  • HowTo schema
    absent — HowTo gets cited heavily for procedural queries
    Docs →
  • Organization schema
    absent — Organization schema lets AI engines name your brand correctly
    Docs →
  • WebSite / WebApplication schema
    absent — anchors site identity for AI answer engines
    Docs →
  • Author / Person schema (E-E-A-T)
    absent — author credibility is part of Google E-E-A-T and feeds AI citation trust
    Docs →
Structured data0 / 1001✗
  • JSON-LD structured data present
    no <script type="application/ld+json"> blocks — page has no structured data for rich results
    Docs →
Social cards60 / 1001✓4!
  • Open Graph (core 5)
    missing: og:type
    Docs →
  • og:image dimensions
    no og:image:width / og:image:height — crawlers must download the image to learn dimensions
    Docs →
  • og:image:alt
    no og:image:alt — sets alt text when image is shared
    Docs →
  • Twitter Card (core 4)
    twitter:card, twitter:title, twitter:description, twitter:image all present
    Docs →
  • twitter:image:alt
    no twitter:image:alt — limits accessibility on the X.com card
    Docs →
Security36 / 1001✓3!3✗
  • HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security)
    header missing — browsers may still allow http:// downgrades
    Docs →
  • X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
    header missing
    Docs →
  • Clickjacking protection
    no X-Frame-Options and no CSP frame-ancestors — clickjacking risk
    Docs →
  • Content-Security-Policy
    no CSP header — strong defense-in-depth signal
    Docs →
  • Referrer-Policy
    no Referrer-Policy — browsers will use defaults that leak origin
    Docs →
  • Permissions-Policy
    no Permissions-Policy — opportunity to restrict unused browser APIs
    Docs →
  • No mixed content
    no http:// asset references on this https page
    Docs →
Performance50 / 1001!
  • PageSpeed Insights API
    PSI_API_KEY not configured
    Docs →
Mobile90 / 1004✓1!
  • Viewport meta
    width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
    Docs →
  • Apple touch icon
    apple-touch-icon link tag present
    Docs →
  • theme-color meta
    declared (consider pairing with prefers-color-scheme for dark mode)
    Docs →
  • AMP variant
    no AMP variant — Google no longer requires AMP; informational only
    Docs →
  • Web app manifest
    manifest link declared
    Docs →
International100 / 1003✓
  • hreflang annotations
    8 hreflang declarations (de, x-default, es, fr…)
    Docs →
  • hreflang x-default
    x-default declared
    Docs →
  • hreflang self-reference
    at least one hreflang link points back to this host
    Docs →

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