Free tools

Check what crawlers can actually read.

Test one page, compare raw and rendered HTML, or scan several URLs without creating an account.

Start with one page

Choose a check

Start with the question you need answered.

Free browser tool

Check the current page without leaving your browser.

Use the Chrome extension for a quick crawler-readability check while reviewing a site. Open the web tools when you need a deeper comparison.

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What the checks cover

The signals needed to diagnose crawler readability.

01

Visible content

Readable text, headings, internal links, and the raw-to-rendered content gap.

02

Page signals

Title, meta description, canonical URL, and structured data when available.

03

Crawler access

robots.txt rules, llms.txt presence, sitemap discovery, and multi-page coverage.

When the result shows thin HTML

Keep the live app. Fix the crawler response.

Prerender Buddy serves rendered HTML to recognized crawler requests while visitors continue using the normal website. These checks diagnose technical visibility; they do not guarantee rankings, traffic, or AI citations.

Crawler checks.Ready for your workflow.

Take crawler-readability checks from the browser into local development and CI, with clear output and no account required.Compare CLI, MCP, Chrome, and managed options

Open-source CLI

Use the same checks where you build.

Inspect a public response, compare crawler profiles, and validate discovery files from one focused command-line tool.

npx @prerenderbuddy/cli check https://example.com

Apache-2.0 · No account required · No telemetry

Included locally

01Inspect crawler HTML
02Compare responses
03Validate discovery files