LLMs Ledger vs llmstxt.studio (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, LLMs Ledger grades higher than llmstxt.studio: 2.8 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
LLMs Ledger grades higher on value for money and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
LLMs Ledger
Public llms.txt directory with a validator and nightly file monitoring
llmstxt.studio
AI readiness audit and llms.txt generator with scheduled monitoring
Which one is for you
Pick LLMs Ledger if
- Fits if you want to know your llms.txt still works after each site update, from $9 a month
- Works for developers who want a CI build to fail when an llms.txt has errors
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to know whether AI assistants mention or cite you, as it doesn't track that
- Watch out: the free listing needs a badge linking to LLMs Ledger, and it's hidden if the badge is gone for 14 days
- Tight if you stay free, as the file is checked only every 3 months
- Skip it if you look after several sites, since every plan but Agency covers one, and Agency comes in 10-site packs at $79 a month
- Watch out: the vendor says it can't promise a listing makes AI assistants read or cite your site
Pick llmstxt.studio if
- Fits if you want a free, detailed check of what AI crawlers can reach on your site
- Works for teams that want an email when an llms.txt or sitemap breaks after a deploy, from Pro
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to track mentions across AI engines, as the citation check uses one engine it doesn't name
- Tight if you stay free: 3 AI-written files and 50 citation checks, once, never renewed
- Watch out: prices are shown in pounds even from the US, and the page description quotes $19.90 a month with no dollar price behind it
- Watch out: the vendor says Google Search doesn't read llms.txt and no major AI provider has confirmed using it
- Skip it if you need integrations or an API, as none are listed
How we grade them
| 2.8GPALLMs LedgerGood | 2.4GPAllmstxt.studioFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AMonthly checks of one site are $9 a month, or $90 a year, under $17.40, which is 60% of where this category's cheaper quarter starts. Nightly checks are $19, and Agency is $79 per 10-site pack. | BPro is £15.83 a month billed yearly, or £19.99 monthly, for 3 sites. That's roughly $21 to $27, a rough dollar figure, inside this category's cheaper quarter, which starts at $29. Premium is £40.83 for 20 sites. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free listing for 1 site with a score and fixes, a monthly readiness check and a free validator API. But the file is checked only every 3 months, and you pay with a badge linking to LLMs Ledger. | CThe 41-check audit and its findings are free with no account, and a free account adds the fixes for 1 site. But its 3 AI-written files and 50 citation checks are one-time and never renew. |
| Features | CA validator, a generator, version history, change emails, a 100-point readiness check and a public listing. It does the llms.txt job fully, but that's a smaller job than this category's, with no tracking of AI answers. | CThe audit, named AI crawler checks, an llms.txt generator, page-by-page crawls and daily re-audits. It does the readiness job fully, but that's a smaller job, and the citation check runs on one unnamed engine. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record, but you submit a domain and it fetches and scores the file. The free plan does ask you to put a badge on your site. | BNo rating on record, but the audit runs from a URL with no account, and paid plans re-audit daily and email only when something changes. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app and no named integrations. A free keyless validator API works in scripts and CI, and a keyed API and webhooks cover your own sites. | CWeb only, with no desktop or phone app and no integrations or API listed. Alerts come by email. |
| Best for | keeping watch on an llms.txt file | checking what AI crawlers can reach on your site |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: LLMs Ledger and llmstxt.studio. How we grade
Price against what you get
LLMs Ledger starts at $9 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. llmstxt.studio starts at about $20.93 a month and scores 2.3.
LLMs Ledger scores higher and starts $11.93 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, none scores higher than LLMs Ledger for less, and 3 score higher than llmstxt.studio for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- llmstxt.studio also covers AI search visibility.
At a glance
| LLMs Ledger | llmstxt.studio | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9 per month for 1 site, file checked monthly | £15.83 per month for 3 sites, billed annually (£19.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free listing for 1 site with a score and fixes, the file checked every 3 months and a monthly AI readiness check, in return for a badge linking to LLMs Ledger. | The audit score and all findings with no account; a free account adds fixes and re-checks for 1 site, 3 AI-written llms.txt generations and 50 citation checks, all one-time. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Mobilize Cloud LLC | llmstxt.studio |
| Price read from | llmsledger.com | llmstxt.studio |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
LLMs Ledger
- It checks and lists llms.txt files; it does not track whether AI assistants mention or cite a business.
- The free listing depends on a badge on your site and checks the file only every 3 months.
- Every plan except Agency covers one site; Agency is sold in 10-site packs, and over 100 sites means contacting the company.
- The vendor says it cannot promise that a listing makes AI assistants read or cite a site.
llmstxt.studio
- Prices are shown in pounds by default, from the US too; the meta description says $19.90 a month but no dollar figure appears in the price data.
- The free account's 3 AI generations and 50 citation checks are one-time allowances that do not renew.
- The citation check runs against an AI search engine it does not name, so it is not a multi-engine tracker.
- The vendor says Google Search does not read llms.txt and that no major AI provider has confirmed using it.
Key features
LLMs Ledger
- llms.txt validator
- Scores a file out of 100 against the llms.txt proposal, with each error or warning explained and the change to make; free on the site.
- Directory listing
- Each submitted site gets a public listing page with its summary, score, validation status and change history, linking back to the site.
- Monitoring and version history
- Paid plans re-fetch the file monthly or nightly, keep every version with a line-by-line comparison and email when it breaks or changes.
- AI readiness check
- A free 100-point check of HTTPS, whether Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude crawlers are allowed, structured data, sitemap and speed.
- Generator
- Writes an llms.txt for sites that do not have one yet, to publish and then submit to the directory.
- API and webhooks
- A free, keyless validator API for scripts and CI builds, plus a keyed API for your own sites and webhooks when a site changes, breaks or goes live.
llmstxt.studio
- AI Readiness Audit
- 41 checks in five groups: whether AI crawlers can reach the site, find its key pages, understand the content, read structured data and quote it safely.
- Named AI crawler checks
- Reads robots.txt the way crawlers do and reports whether GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and Google-Extended are allowed.
- llms.txt generator
- Writes an llms.txt from the sitemap, with AI-written page descriptions; a free account gets 3 AI generations and Pro has no limit.
- Deep Site Crawl
- Runs the 18 page-level checks on up to 100 pages a run on Pro or 500 on Premium, showing which pages fail which check.
- Audit monitoring
- Daily re-audits and sitemap checks on paid plans, emailing only when the score moves, a check flips or the llms.txt disappears.
- AI Citation Check
- Writes 8 queries from your llms.txt, runs them against an AI search engine and reports where you stand and which competitors were named.
Plans
LLMs Ledger
Free$0
Public listing with score and fixes, file checked every 3 months. Needs a badge on your site; the listing is hidden if it is gone 14 days.
Monthly$9
per month for 1 site, file checked monthly
No badge needed, weekly AI readiness re-checks, every version kept and an email if the file stops working. $90 billed yearly.
Nightly$19
per month for 1 site, file checked nightly
Adds a nightly check of every link in the file, an email showing what changed, a Checked nightly label and a place first in results. $190 yearly.
Agency$79
per 10-site pack / month, checked nightly
The Nightly plan for 10 client sites per pack, weekly readiness checks for all and one dashboard; add packs any time. $790 yearly.
llmstxt.studio
Free£0
The 41-check audit with fixes, 1 site, 3 AI-written generations ever, 50 citation checks ever and manual monitoring.
Pro£15.83
per month for 3 sites, billed annually (£19.99 billed monthly)
Daily re-audits and sitemap checks with email alerts, 10 deep crawls of 100 pages a month, 100 citation checks and 10 custom prompts a month.
Premium£40.83
per month for 20 sites, billed annually (£49.99 billed monthly)
30 deep crawls of 500 pages a month, 500 citation checks and 50 custom prompts a month, every competitor shown, longer history and priority support.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited sites and checks, crawls up to 5,000 pages and history kept for the life of the account. Sold through sales.
Ways to pay less
LLMs Ledger
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
The pricing page offers yearly billing at two months free: Monthly is $90 a year, Nightly $190 and each Agency pack $790.
llmstxt.studio
- Annual discount
Save at least 18% with annual billing
The pricing page shows Save 18% on annual billing: Pro is £190 a year instead of £19.99 a month, Premium £490 a year instead of £49.99 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, LLMs Ledger or llmstxt.studio?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LLMs Ledger is cheaper to start with: $9 a month, against about $20.93 a month for llmstxt.studio. LLMs Ledger starts at $9 per month for 1 site, file checked monthly, and llmstxt.studio starts at £15.83 per month for 3 sites, billed annually (£19.99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, LLMs Ledger or llmstxt.studio?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both LLMs Ledger and llmstxt.studio have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.