Google Says You Don't Need llms.txt. Here's the Catch.
Google says llms.txt is unnecessary. Chrome Lighthouse audits it anyway. We fact-checked five studies on what llms.txt really does for AI visibility in 2026.
Jun 12, 2026•19 min read
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Radar by Pixelmojo
Your buyers are getting AI answers about you right now. Are they accurate?
Radar audits ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity for what they say. And where you're missing.
Radar is built for
Digital agencies whose clients ask “are we in ChatGPT?”
B2B SaaS marketing teams losing organic to AI
Enterprise brand teams worried about uncontrolled AI descriptions
Free
$0forever
6 technical readiness tools. 1 audit per domain. No card required.
- 6 technical tools (see below)
- AI bot crawl check
- robots.txt + llms.txt analysis
- Schema markup audit
- AEO page auditor
- AI Readiness score
- Readiness Strategist (5 messages)
- Citation tracking (4 LLMs)
- Reddit brand monitoring
- Hallucination detection
- Prompt SOV + Source Influence
- PDF export + saved history
Best Value
Audit Packs
$5per audit
$5 single, $12 for 3, $40 for 10. Credits never expire.
- All 13 tools per audit
- Sentiment + SOV analysis
- Hallucination detection
- Cross-tool insights
- Implementation threads
- Readiness Strategist (unlimited per audit)
- PDF export
- Competitor comparison
- Saved audit history
Pro Retainer
$199/month
40 audits per month + weekly pulse re-scans on watched domains. For agencies with active client retainers and in-house teams running ongoing AI visibility checks.
- 40 full audits / month
- All 13 tools per audit
- Sentiment + SOV analysis
- Hallucination detection
- Cross-tool insights
- Implementation threads
- Readiness Strategist (unlimited)
- Watched domains (weekly pulse re-scan)
- PDF export
- Competitor comparison
- Saved audit history
“Why not a monthly subscription?”
Most AI visibility tools charge $37 to $499/month whether you use them or not. Radar charges per audit because visibility changes when you change something: publish new content, update robots.txt, launch a campaign.
Run it when it matters. Pay only when you audit.
Gauge
$99/mo
AthenaHQ
$295/mo
Radar
$5/audit
50+
Beta users during launch
10+ min
Average session time
12
Tools run in parallel
Tools at $99 to $295 a month still can't tell you what AI gets wrong about you.
Feature by feature against AthenaHQ and Gauge.
| Feature | Radar | AthenaHQ | Gauge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical Audit | |||
| AI bot crawl check (13+ agents) | |||
| robots.txt deep analysis | |||
| llms.txt validation | |||
| Schema completeness audit (10 types) | |||
| Cross-tool conflict detection | |||
| Intelligence | |||
| Hallucination detection | severity scoring | ||
| Source influence map | |||
| Sentiment analysis | 4-tone | basic | |
| Prompt Share of Voice | weighted scoring | tracking | |
| LLM citation tracking | 4 LLMs | 8 LLMs | varies |
| Pricing | |||
| Free tier | 1 full audit | ||
| Entry price | $5/audit | $295/mo | $99/mo |
AI bot crawl check
Radar
AthenaHQ
Gauge
robots.txt analysis
Radar
AthenaHQ
Gauge
llms.txt validation
Radar
AthenaHQ
Gauge
Schema audit
Radar
AthenaHQ
Gauge
Cross-tool conflicts
Radar
AthenaHQ
Gauge
Hallucination detection
Radar
AthenaHQ
Gauge
Source influence map
Radar
AthenaHQ
Gauge
Sentiment analysis
Radar
AthenaHQ
Gauge
Share of Voice
Radar
AthenaHQ
Gauge
Citation tracking
Radar
AthenaHQ
Gauge
Free tier
Radar
AthenaHQ
Gauge
AthenaHQ charges $295/month. Credits run out after 4 tracking batches. Radar is $5 flat per full audit. No math, no surprises.
Frequently Asked Questions
One complete scan of one domain across all 13 tools. Each paid audit queries ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity in real time, checks your robots.txt, llms.txt, schema markup, and scans Reddit for brand mentions. The Free tier includes 6 of the 13 tools (the technical readiness layer).
AI bot crawl check (13 user-agents), robots.txt analyzer, llms.txt validator, schema markup audit, AEO page auditor, and AI Readiness score. These are the technical readiness tools. The 7 paid-only tools are citation tracking across 4 LLMs, Reddit brand monitoring, hallucination detection, prompt SOV, source influence mapping, answer engine testing, and brand disambiguation.
The 7 paid tools each query live LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity) or run expensive API calls. A single audit hits all 4 providers multiple times. The free tier covers the technical layer that runs against your own site. The paid tier adds the "what AI actually says about you" layer.
No. Credits do not expire. Use them whenever you need to audit.
Power Pack ($40 for 10 audits) is the best value at $4/audit. Buy the Single $5 to test, Starter Pack for 3 audits if you want a smaller commitment, or Pro Retainer $199/mo if you run 10+ audits monthly for client work.
40 full audits per month, plus watched-domain weekly pulse re-scans, PDF export, unlimited Readiness Strategist, and methodology deep-dives. Designed for agencies that bill client retainers.
Yes. Any publicly accessible domain. Radar only queries publicly available data and AI search engines.
ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic), Gemini (Google), and Perplexity AI. Citation and share-of-voice results reflect real-time responses from these systems.
If the failure is on our end, we restore your credit within 24 hours. Third-party API downtime (OpenAI, Google, etc.) is not eligible for credit restoration, but affected tools can be retried individually.
We offer refunds on all purchases within 14 days of the transaction date. Email founders@pixelmojo.io with your order ID. All refunds are processed through Paddle. See our refund policy for full details.
Built from real experience
Radar started as the tool we used to fix our own AI visibility. We went from 0/4 LLMs citing us to 4/4 in 6 months. Every feature maps to a problem we solved ourselves.
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