Can Perplexity actually read your website — and would it cite you when someone asks? Paste your URL for an instant Perplexity visibility score and the exact fixes that get you into its answers.
Perplexity answers questions by citing sources it can read and trust — with a visible “Sources” list. Two problems keep most brands out. First, many sites block PerplexityBot in robots.txt, so it never sees them. Second, many sites are JavaScript-rendered, so the raw HTML Perplexity fetches is nearly empty. Perplexity also favours fresh, well-structured content. This free checker finds the crawl and content issues in seconds — then shows you exactly what to fix.
It’s a free tool that checks whether Perplexity can read your website and how ready you are to be cited in its answers. It reads your live robots.txt and homepage HTML and scores your Perplexity visibility from 0–100.
Usually one of two reasons: your robots.txt blocks PerplexityBot, or your pages are JavaScript-rendered so its crawler sees almost no content. Perplexity also prefers fresh, well-structured pages. The checker detects the crawl and content issues and tells you how to fix them.
Yes. Perplexity uses PerplexityBot to read pages it may cite, and shows a “Sources” list with the answers. If PerplexityBot is blocked or your content is JavaScript-only, Perplexity can’t use your site as a source.
Yes — the instant score and headline findings need no signup. A free Beacon account unlocks the full 38-point audit, AI-prompt tracking (see which prompts you appear in) and competitor benchmarks.
Free account — full audit, AI-prompt tracking and competitor benchmarks.