Redirect Path vs Robots Exclusion Checker (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Redirect Path if

• Fits if you're checking redirects during or after a site migration
• Works for reading a page's HTTP headers without opening developer tools

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you're not on Chrome, as Ayima names no other browser
• Too light for checking a list of URLs, since it reports on pages you visit one at a time
• Watch out: Ask Ayima AI may pass the redirect data to third-party AI providers, and its answers can be wrong
• Not for you if you want anything beyond redirects and headers, like tags, headings or schema

Pick Robots Exclusion Checker if

• Fits if you need to know why a page isn't being crawled or indexed
• Works for checking at a glance whether a site blocks AI crawlers

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you're not on Chrome, as no other browser is named
• Too light for whole-site audits, since it reports on the URL open in the browser
• Not for you if you want the interface in a language beyond English, German, Spanish and French
• Watch out: the developer hasn't identified itself as a trader, so EU consumer rights don't apply

Redirect Path

• It is listed for Chrome only; Ayima names no Firefox, Safari or Edge version.
• It reports on URLs you visit one at a time and does not crawl a list of URLs.
• Ask Ayima AI may pass the redirect data to third-party AI providers, and the licence warns its answers can be wrong.
• The Chrome Web Store lists the interface in English only.

Robots Exclusion Checker

• It is listed for Chrome only; the store listing names no Firefox, Safari or Edge version.
• It reports on the URL open in the browser, one page at a time, rather than auditing a whole site.
• The developer has not identified itself as a trader, so EU consumer rights do not apply, as the store listing notes.
• The interface comes in English, German, Spanish and French only.

Redirect Path

Status code flags

The toolbar icon flags 301, 302, 404 and 500 responses on the page you load, and adds a plus sign when there are several redirects.

Client-side redirects

Detects meta refresh and JavaScript redirects as well as server redirects, so the whole path to a page is shown.

HTTP headers and server IP

Shows the response headers for each step, such as server type and caching headers, along with the server's IP address.

HSTS explanation

Explains when a 307 is only Chrome's cached HSTS upgrade from http to https rather than a redirect set by the site.

Ask Ayima AI

An optional button sends the redirect chain's URLs, status codes and headers to Ayima AI for an analysis; nothing is sent unless you click it.

Robots Exclusion Checker

Robots.txt rule finder

When an Allow or Disallow rule affects the current URL, it shows that rule and the full robots.txt with the rule highlighted.

Meta robots and X-Robots-Tag

Flags index, noindex, follow and nofollow directives in the HTML and in the HTTP header, and shows the full header with exclusions marked.

AI bot check

Checks robots.txt against 14 AI bots from 6 companies, covering training, search indexing and live browsing, and adds an AI label to the icon when any are blocked.

Canonical mismatch warnings

Reads canonical tags from the HTML head and the HTTP header and turns the icon amber when the canonical URL differs from the current one.

Nofollow, UGC and sponsored links

Optionally highlights links with those rel values on the page, in colors you choose; off by default on new installs.

Search engine user-agents

Simulate what Googlebot, Googlebot News, Bing or Yahoo may access, chosen in settings. 404 pages are flagged in red.

Redirect Path

• Free$0

  Redirect and status code checks, HTTP headers and the optional Ask Ayima AI button, free for personal and business use.

Robots Exclusion Checker

• Free$0

  All six checks, the user-agent switcher and link highlighting, free from the Chrome Web Store.