# Prerender Buddy > Prerender Buddy connects website Health, recorded crawler activity and controlled AI Visibility monitoring with evidence-based content and creative preparation for eligible accounts. Managed rendering helps public JavaScript pages deliver crawler-readable HTML when a confirmed rendering gap exists. Websites with complete server HTML may still use eligible monitoring and AI Visibility workflows. AI Visibility records selected questions and provider API answers; it does not read private consumer conversations. Content drafts and ad creatives require review and the applicable external publishing or provider handoff. Local MCP workspace tools are read-only and return bounded evidence. Feature availability depends on the effective account entitlement and provider configuration. Prerender Buddy does not guarantee indexing, rankings, citations, recommendations, traffic or ad performance. ## Key Pages - [Home](https://prerenderbuddy.com/): Product overview, public checks and access to eligible workspace workflows. - [What is Prerender Buddy?](https://prerenderbuddy.com/what-is-prerender-buddy): Canonical summary of the current product, its evolution from crawler rendering, capability boundaries, and distinction from Prerender.io. - [About](https://prerenderbuddy.com/about): Why Prerender Buddy exists, who it is for, and what technical visibility problem it solves. - [Pricing](https://prerenderbuddy.com/pricing): Current public offers; effective account and legacy entitlements must be checked in the workspace. - [Developer API Markdown](https://prerenderbuddy.com/api.md): Developer API paths, authentication, scopes, evidence boundaries and errors. - [Developer API OpenAPI](https://api.prerenderbuddy.com/v1/developer/openapi.json): Machine-readable contract for managed API operations and supported scoped workspace reads. - [APIs.json](https://prerenderbuddy.com/apis.json): API discovery links for the maintained human-readable page and machine-readable contract. - [Docs](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs): Public concepts and references, with contextual access to authenticated guides. - [FAQ](https://prerenderbuddy.com/faq): Answers about Health, AI Visibility, content, Agent, Ads, rendering and account limits. - [Blog](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog): Practical articles about website access, monitoring, AI Visibility, content decisions and eligible creative workflows. - [Contact](https://prerenderbuddy.com/contact): Product support, setup issues, billing, and security contact options. - [Developer tools](https://prerenderbuddy.com/developer-tools): Compare public HTTP diagnostics, scoped local MCP, the agent plugin, managed rendering and the self-hosted engine. - [Self-hosting guide](https://prerenderbuddy.com/self-hosting): Operate the Docker rendering core with your own routing, security, capacity and incident responsibility. - [Self-hosting Markdown](https://prerenderbuddy.com/self-hosting.md): Machine-readable engine operations reference. ## Account setup library - [Dashboard](https://app.prerenderbuddy.com/): The current application. Authentication is required for account data and actions. - [Account setup guides](https://app.prerenderbuddy.com/help): Authenticated instructions for connected websites. Detailed DNS, middleware, API-key, verification, and troubleshooting instructions are available after account creation so each setup uses current site-specific values. ## Product capabilities and public references - [Getting started guide](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/getting-started): Move from website selection and setup verification to the first useful evidence. - [AI Visibility setup](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/ai-visibility-setup): Configure target identity, questions, locale, providers and a comparable baseline. - [Reading AI Visibility results](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/ai-visibility-results): Interpret completion, outcomes, sources, competitors and trends. - [Health and Readiness guide](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/health-readiness): Triage access, rendering, content, entity and discovery evidence. - [Search and AI Visits guide](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/search-ai-visits): Interpret crawler-classified requests, delivery and cache states. - [Plans, limits and add-ons](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/plans-limits-addons): Separate public plan descriptions from effective account access and usage. - [Content and calendar guide](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/content-calendar): Prepare and schedule reviewed drafts without implying automatic publication. - [Agent guide](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/agent): Ask evidence-focused questions within the current read-and-explain boundary. - [AI Ads workflow](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/ai-ads-workflow): Keep opportunities, drafts, proof, handoff, campaigns and results distinct. - [Workspace MCP guide](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/workspace-mcp): Add optional read-only workspace evidence to the local MCP process. - [Visibility report guide](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/share-visibility-report): Share a dated page-level technical snapshot with clear limits. - [AI visibility](https://prerenderbuddy.com/ai-visibility): Track brand mentions, recommendations and citations across selected questions and supported provider answers. - [Website health](https://prerenderbuddy.com/health-monitoring): Review website health, crawler access and discovery-file findings. - [Buddy agent](https://prerenderbuddy.com/agent): Explore evidence and prepare next steps with Buddy. - [AI Ads](https://prerenderbuddy.com/ai-ads): Prepare ad copy and creative for review and provider handoff. - [Capability availability](https://prerenderbuddy.com/availability): Access requirements and current product boundaries. - [Metrics methodology](https://prerenderbuddy.com/docs/metrics-methodology): Definitions and limitations of reported evidence. - [Client report template](https://prerenderbuddy.com/resources/client-report-template): A framework for reporting website findings and next steps. - [Public sitemap](https://prerenderbuddy.com/sitemap.xml): Current public pages and published articles. Draft articles, template previews and authenticated account pages are excluded. ## Free Tools - [Prerender Buddy Chrome extension](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/prerenderbuddy/nfcnbflceplmhoamoehcfojmgdmkjegi): Run quick crawler-readability checks from the current Chrome tab. - [Free crawler tools hub](https://prerenderbuddy.com/tools): Entry point for crawler readability, raw-vs-rendered HTML, JavaScript SEO, robots.txt, and llms.txt checks. - [Bot view checker](https://prerenderbuddy.com/tools/bot-view-checker): Test whether crawler-style requests receive readable page content. - [Raw HTML vs rendered HTML comparer](https://prerenderbuddy.com/tools/raw-vs-rendered-html): Compare initial HTML with the page after JavaScript renders. - [JavaScript SEO score](https://prerenderbuddy.com/tools/javascript-seo-score): Score crawler access, readable text, metadata, and common visibility issues. - [Robots.txt and llms.txt checker](https://prerenderbuddy.com/tools/robots-llms-checker): Check crawler rules, sitemap hints, llms.txt headings, and important links. - [Bulk crawler readability checker](https://prerenderbuddy.com/tools/bulk-crawler-checker): Scan up to 10 sitemap or pasted URLs for thin raw HTML, missing metadata, and JavaScript app-shell signals. - [Open-source crawler diagnostics CLI](https://github.com/kopachlager/prerenderbuddy-cli): Run crawler-readable HTML, response-comparison, and discovery-file checks locally or in CI without an account or telemetry. - [Open-source crawler diagnostics MCP server](https://github.com/kopachlager/prerenderbuddy-mcp): Local public HTTP diagnostics and optional eligible read-only workspace evidence; no browser execution. - [Open-source rendering engine](https://github.com/kopachlager/prerenderbuddy-engine): Run the Dockerized crawler-rendering core in infrastructure you secure, monitor, scale, update, and support. ## Evaluation and migration - [Technical evidence](https://prerenderbuddy.com/evidence): Dated controlled raw-shell and crawler-response measurements from Prerender Buddy-owned public routes, with explicit limitations. - [Crawler support](https://prerenderbuddy.com/crawler-support): Review exact request-agent families and the difference between detected, routed, tested, and independently verified status. - [Prerender Buddy vs Prerender.io](https://prerenderbuddy.com/compare/prerender-io): Compare product fit, setup paths, pricing, cache controls, monitoring, and support using dated official competitor sources. - [Migrate from Prerender.io](https://prerenderbuddy.com/migrate-from-prerender-io): Audit, test, cut over, verify, and roll back a crawler-rendering migration without assuming endpoint or cache compatibility. ## Security, data, and reliability - [Security](https://prerenderbuddy.com/security): Review implemented access, URL-validation, rendering-boundary, and workload controls with current limitations. - [Data processing](https://prerenderbuddy.com/data-processing): See what public page data, operational records, cache entries, and support context are processed and retained. - [GDPR and privacy rights](https://prerenderbuddy.com/gdpr): Learn how to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, objection, or consent withdrawal. - [Failure behavior](https://prerenderbuddy.com/failure-behavior): Understand managed DNS and developer-path outcomes for quota, cache, origin, render, DNS, and HTTPS failures. - [Privacy policy](https://prerenderbuddy.com/privacy): Review the general privacy terms that apply to the website and service. ## Useful Articles - [JavaScript SEO, AI crawlers, and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/javascript-seo-ai-crawlers-prerendering): Main topic hub for crawler-readable HTML, AI crawlers, rendered HTML, and setup paths. - [JavaScript SEO topic hub](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/topics/javascript-seo): Learning path for browser-vs-crawler HTML, checks, prerendering, and troubleshooting. - [AI crawler visibility topic hub](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/topics/ai-crawler-visibility): Guides for AI crawler readability, GEO, AEO, and request-level checks. - [Prerendering basics topic hub](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/topics/prerendering-basics): Rendering decision guides for prerendering, SSR, static export, and audit tools. - [Rendering safety topic hub](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/topics/rendering-safety): Status codes, content parity, route security, crawler access, metadata, and structured data. - [Operations and monitoring topic hub](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/topics/operations-monitoring): Cache freshness, render logs, setup monitoring, hostname mismatches, and social previews. - [No-code and AI builders topic hub](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/topics/no-code-ai-builders): Lovable, Bolt, Base44, DNS, and root-vs-www resources. - [Comparisons topic hub](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/topics/comparisons): Buyer-decision guides comparing Prerender Buddy with alternatives. - [Integration guides topic hub](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/topics/integration-guides): Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify, React, Vue, and Vite implementation resources. - [AI website builder SEO checklist](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/ai-website-builder-seo-crawler-readability): Platform-neutral checks for production domains, raw HTML, public routes, and builder origins. - [Lovable SEO and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/lovable-seo-prerendering): Check new hosted SSR, legacy hosted crawler rendering, and exported deployments before adding another rendering layer. - [Lovable Discoverability vs Prerender Buddy](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/lovable-discoverability-vs-prerender-buddy): Compare built-in Lovable rendering with independent verification and rendering for deployments outside Lovable. - [Prerendering and HTTP status codes](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerendering-http-status-codes): Preserve success, redirect, not-found, and server-error behavior in crawler responses. - [Is prerendering cloaking?](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/is-prerendering-cloaking): Keep rendered crawler content equivalent to the public visitor page. - [Robots.txt vs JavaScript rendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/robots-txt-vs-javascript-rendering): Understand why crawler access does not guarantee readable page HTML. - [Public vs private prerendering routes](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/public-vs-private-routes-prerendering): Exclude APIs, dashboards, checkout, authentication, and private state. - [Metadata and structured data in rendered HTML](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/metadata-structured-data-rendered-html): Verify titles, descriptions, canonicals, directives, Open Graph tags, and JSON-LD. - [Prerendering cache freshness](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerendering-cache-freshness-invalidation): Understand cache hits, fresh renders, stale fallback, URL refreshes, and rendering usage. - [Post-installation prerender monitoring](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/post-installation-prerender-monitoring): Recheck DNS, HTTPS, crawler routing, content, cache, and usage after setup. - [Reading render logs and cache headers](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/reading-prerender-logs-cache-headers): Interpret cache state, duration, status code, user agent, URL, and response headers. - [Diagnosing root vs www mismatches](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/diagnose-root-www-hostname-mismatch): Fix DNS, redirect, canonical, origin, and crawler-path differences. - [Social preview bots and JavaScript websites](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/social-preview-bots-javascript-websites): Check Open Graph metadata, preview images, redirects, and external preview caches. - [Angular SPA prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/angular-spa-prerendering): Compare native Angular SSR, build-time prerendering, and an external crawler-rendering layer. - [Svelte and SvelteKit prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/svelte-sveltekit-prerendering): Check SSR and page options before adding another rendering service. - [Firebase Hosting prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/firebase-hosting-prerendering): Choose among static output, App Hosting, Cloud Run, middleware, and managed origin setup. - [GitHub Pages JavaScript SEO](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/github-pages-javascript-prerendering): Determine whether a static deployment contains route HTML or one SPA shell. - [Railway prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/railway-javascript-prerendering): Use a generated public domain as origin or add server-side middleware. - [Render hosting prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/render-hosting-prerendering): Choose a path for Render static sites and web services. - [Webflow crawler readability](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/webflow-crawler-readability-prerendering): Test Webflow's native hosted HTML and CMS routes before adding another renderer. - [Bubble SEO and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/bubble-seo-prerendering): Check dynamic pages, metadata, sitemaps, and privacy roles. - [Framer SEO and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/framer-seo-prerendering): Understand Framer's native rendering, SEO controls, and proxy behavior. - [Wix Studio SEO and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/wix-studio-seo-prerendering): Use Wix page, domain, indexing, and social controls before considering another layer. - [Weekly or daily AI visibility tracking](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/weekly-or-daily-ai-visibility-tracking): Match prompt count and cadence to decisions, not dashboard size. - [JavaScript SEO](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/javascript-seo): Why bots may not see client-rendered content. - [AI visibility for JavaScript websites](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/ai-visibility-javascript-websites): Check crawler HTML before treating a missing AI mention as a content problem. - [AI visibility and crawler monitoring](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/ai-visibility-crawler-monitoring): Join recorded answers with crawler request and delivery evidence. - [How to check what bots see](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/check-what-bots-see): Practical crawler testing workflow. - [Audit crawler readability across an XML sitemap](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/audit-crawler-readability-xml-sitemap): Scan representative sitemap pages and prioritize thin raw HTML. - [Five free tools to check what crawlers see](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/free-tools-check-what-crawlers-see): Choose the right single-page, rendering-gap, discovery-file, or bulk checker. - [Prerendering vs SSR](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerendering-vs-ssr): When to prerender instead of rebuilding with server rendering. - [React SPA prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/react-spa-prerendering): Make client-rendered React pages readable to crawlers. - [Vite SEO and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/vite-seo-prerendering): Why Vite build speed does not guarantee complete crawler HTML. - [Vue SPA prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/vue-spa-prerendering): Vue Router, SPA mode, Nuxt alternatives, and prerendering. - [Replit Agent SEO and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/replit-agent-seo-prerendering): Check crawler-readable HTML for Replit Agent and Replit Apps. - [v0 SEO and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/v0-seo-prerendering): Generated pages, Vercel hosting, and crawler-readable HTML checks. - [Tempo SEO and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/tempo-seo-prerendering): Test AI-built pages before changing architecture. - [Anything / Create SEO and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/anything-create-seo-prerendering): Check generated pages before choosing a rendering fix. - [YouWare SEO and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/youware-seo-prerendering): Test crawler-readable HTML on the final public domain. - [Shipper.now SEO and prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/shipper-now-seo-prerendering): Verify crawler-readable HTML before launch. - [Cloudflare prerendering setup](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/cloudflare-prerendering-setup): Serving rendered HTML to bots through Cloudflare. - [Prerendering on traditional hosting, cPanel, and VPS websites](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/traditional-hosting-cpanel-vps-prerendering): Choose managed DNS or server-side setup for Hostinger, GoDaddy, cPanel, DigitalOcean, and Nginx. ## Comparisons - [Best Prerender.io alternatives](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerender-io-alternatives): Decision guide covering focused services, broader SEO platforms, browser infrastructure, self-hosting, and SSR. - [Prerender Buddy vs Encited](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-encited): Focused crawler rendering compared with a broader SEO and AI-visibility platform. - [Prerender Buddy vs Hado SEO](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-hado-seo): Flexible managed or developer integration compared with a DNS-first technical SEO service. - [Prerender Buddy vs self-hosted prerendering](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-self-hosted-prerendering): Managed rendering compared with owning browsers, caches, security, and operations. - [Prerender Buddy vs Cloudflare Browser Run DIY](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-cloudflare-browser-run): Managed rendering compared with a custom Worker, Browser Run, and cache stack. - [Prerender Buddy vs Prerender.io](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-prerenderio): Simple prerendering for smaller sites compared with an established prerendering platform. - [Prerender Buddy vs SEO4Ajax](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-seo4ajax): Modern JavaScript crawler rendering compared with traditional AJAX SEO tooling. - [Prerender Buddy vs Rendertron](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-rendertron): Managed prerendering compared with deprecated DIY rendering infrastructure. - [Prerender Buddy vs Browserless DIY](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-browserless-diy): Finished crawler-readable HTML workflow compared with browser automation infrastructure. - [Prerender Buddy vs SSR](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-ssr): Product-focused comparison for already-shipped JavaScript sites. - [Prerender Buddy vs SEO audit tools](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-seo-audit-tools): Rendering fixes compared with diagnostic SEO tools. - [Prerender Buddy vs waiting for Google](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-wait-for-google): Why JavaScript rendering support does not remove the need to test crawler HTML. - [Prerender Buddy vs Profound](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-profound): Compare AI visibility depth, content agents and website access. - [Prerender Buddy vs Searchable](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-searchable): Compare monitoring, content, technical investigation and portfolio work. - [Prerender Buddy vs Promptwatch](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-promptwatch): Compare answer collection methods and the work after a finding. - [Prerender Buddy vs Peec AI](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-peec-ai): Compare tracking depth, source analysis and website workflows. - [Prerender Buddy vs Scrunch](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-scrunch): Compare AI monitoring with crawler and agent content delivery. - [Prerender Buddy vs Otterly](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/prerenderbuddy-vs-otterly): Compare monitoring cadence, engine coverage, audits and ad workflows. - [Profound alternatives](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/profound-alternatives): Six options for different AI visibility and content workflows. - [Searchable alternatives](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/searchable-alternatives): Five options for monitoring, content and website work. - [Promptwatch alternatives](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/promptwatch-alternatives): Compare cheaper and adjacent AI visibility options for startups and small teams. - [Best AI visibility tools under $100](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools-under-100): Compare what you can get below $100/month, including cadence and website work. - [Peec AI alternatives](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/peec-ai-alternatives): Compare daily AI search analytics with website, crawler and rendering workflows. - [Scrunch alternatives](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/scrunch-alternatives): Compare the $250 Core plan with lower-cost monitoring and rendering options. - [Affordable AI visibility tools for startups](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/affordable-ai-visibility-tools-startups): A buying framework for prompt tracking, cadence and crawler access. - [ChatGPT citation tracking tools](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/chatgpt-citation-tracking-tools): Compare citation, mention and recommendation tracking across current tools. - [Semrush and Ahrefs vs specialist AI visibility tools](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/semrush-ahrefs-vs-ai-visibility-tools): Compare suite economics with focused AI tracking and crawler workflows. - [AI visibility tools for agencies](https://prerenderbuddy.com/blog/ai-visibility-tools-agencies-multiple-websites): Compare multi-site pricing, client access and white-label reporting.