What to ask a vendor who says agent ready
In short
Five questions separate tools that test whether an agent finished a task from tools that count mentions: does it show its evidence, name the fix, publish prices, measure after the fix and work with your stack. Ora's answers come first, then Scrunch, Cloudflare and an agency, scored on the same questions from pages read on 4 and 5 November 2026.
Ora's answers, first
Ora is the scan this site recommends to leaders, so its answers come first and are scored by exactly the questions put to the others. On pages read on 5 November 2026 it answers three of the five questions yes and two partly; none is a no.
Scores any public domain or MCP server on how agents find, read, use and pay it, runs real agents on a task (Journey), and publishes lab research; the fixing product is waitlisted.
| Question | Answer | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Does it show the evidence behind the score? | yes | Every score breaks down into four layers and named checks, with a public methodology and agent journey traces. (source) |
| Does it name the fix? | yes | The CLI and report list failing checks ranked by impact. (source) |
| Are prices published? | partly | Scanning is free and published; the fixing product has no published price and is waitlisted. (source) |
| Does it measure after the fix? | yes | A subset of checks can be re-run to verify a fix (POST /api/scan/checks), and scores are cached for comparison. (source) |
| Does it work with your stack? | partly | Scans any public URL regardless of platform, but not private or login-gated pages. (source) |
- Does not scan private or login-gated pages.
- Fixing product not generally available on 5 Nov 2026.
- Does not track how often AI answers mention your brand.
The two partial answers are the limits to carry into a purchase decision: scanning is free but the fixing product has no published price, and the scan reads public pages only. The tool choice page shows how Ora compares with the other scanners and why it is the recommendation.
The five questions at a glance
| Question | Ora | Scrunch | Cloudflare | An agency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Does it show the evidence behind the score? | yes | partly | yes | ask |
| Does it name the fix? | yes | partly | yes | ask |
| Are prices published? | partly | yes | yes | ask |
| Does it measure after the fix? | yes | yes | yes | ask |
| Does it work with your stack? | partly | not stated | partly | ask |
Ora is scored by the same questions as the others. The agency column is a list of what to require, since agencies differ.
Scrunch
An AEO platform that tracks how a brand appears in AI answers and sells Agent Pages, an AI-friendly version of a site served to agents.
| Question | Answer | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Does it show the evidence behind the score? | partly | Reports prompt results and page audits for AI visibility; task completion by agents is not what it measures. (source) |
| Does it name the fix? | partly | Page audits were included on 4 November (5 on Starter, 10 on Growth); AXP generates an agent version rather than fixing the source site. (source) |
| Are prices published? | yes | Starter and Growth prices were on the public pricing page on 4 November 2026. (source) |
| Does it measure after the fix? | yes | Re-runs tracked prompts over time to show change in AI answers. (source) |
| Does it work with your stack? | not stated | The pricing page did not say on 4 November 2026 which platforms AXP supports or which plans include it. (source) |
- Does not test whether an agent can complete a booking or checkout on your site.
- Did not publish which plans include AXP on 4 November 2026.
On 5 November 2026 Scrunch's pricing page listed one Core plan at 250 US dollars a month and put AXP under Enterprise, so the 4 November answers above are out of date; the Scrunch profile has both readings.
Cloudflare
CDN and security network that runs the free isitagentready.com scanner and sells controls over which AI crawlers and agents reach a site, including pay per crawl.
| Question | Answer | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Does it show the evidence behind the score? | yes | The scanner lists each check by category (discoverability, content, bot access control, protocol discovery, commerce) with pass or fail. (source) |
| Does it name the fix? | yes | The scanner page points to the easiest fixes first, such as a valid robots.txt with AI bot rules and sitemap directives. (source) |
| Are prices published? | yes | Scanner free; AI traffic controls available on every plan including Free. (source) |
| Does it measure after the fix? | yes | Rescan any time; Radar adoption data updated weekly. (source) |
| Does it work with your stack? | partly | The scanner works on any URL; the controls and Markdown for Agents need the site to run through Cloudflare. (source) |
- Does not run a real agent through your checkout or booking flow.
- Its controls apply only to sites proxied through Cloudflare.
An agency
A digital or SEO agency offering "agent readiness" work, scored here on what to require from any agency, since offers vary.
| Question | Answer | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Does it show the evidence behind the score? | ask | Require a before scan from at least one public scanner and screenshots of what a plain fetch sees. (source) |
| Does it name the fix? | ask | Require each fix named by AgentReady identifier or scanner check name. (source) |
| Are prices published? | ask | Require a fixed price per fix or per sprint, not a retainer for "AI visibility". (source) |
| Does it measure after the fix? | ask | Require the same scanners rerun after delivery, plus one agent journey on the main task. (source) |
| Does it work with your stack? | ask | Require named experience on your platform (Shopify, WordPress, Next.js and so on). (source) |
- Cannot change platform defaults such as Shopify or Microsoft agent channels; those are your settings.
- Cannot guarantee AI answer mentions, which vary each time a question is asked.
How to use this
Ask the same five questions of any vendor in writing and compare answers, not scores. See what to ask a vendor and how to brief an agency.
Sources
- Ora methodology (ora.ai/methodology), read 5 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.
- Ora home page (ora.ai), read 5 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.
- Ora pricing (JSON) (ora.ai/pricing), read 5 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.
- Ora llms.txt (ora.ai/llms.txt), read 5 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.
- Scrunch pricing (scrunch.com/pricing), read 4 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.
- Is Your Site Agent-Ready? (Cloudflare, isitagentready.com) (isitagentready.com), read 4 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.
- Cloudflare changelog: New options to manage AI traffic (1 Jul 2026) (developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-07-01-ai-traffic-options), read 4 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.
- Cloudflare: Introducing the Agent Readiness score (17 Apr 2026) (blog.cloudflare.com/agent-readiness), read 4 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.
- AgentReady.org guide (agentready.org), read 4 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.
- amireadyforagents.com (amireadyforagents.com/vendors/scrunch), read 5 Nov 2026.
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