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Privy vs WorkOS: AI Search & MCP Readiness

Category: Embedded Wallets vs Enterprise Identity · Measured 2026-11-14 UTC via aso-live-probe

Measured verdict: WorkOS leads Privy by 36 points (78/100 B+ vs 42/100 D) across ASO Studio’s 47-check HTTP, 29-crawler robots.txt, Markdown (/llms.txt, /pricing.md), MCP, OpenAPI, and Schema.org JSON-LD benchmark. Full individual grade-cards: privy.io (42/100) · workos.com (78/100).

Scope & limits: Side-by-side HTTP status codes and HTML structured data captured 2026-11-14 UTC; independent audit not affiliated with Privy or WorkOS. Technical readiness does not guarantee AI citations or sales.

1. Side-by-Side HTTP & Agent Discovery Telemetry

Signal / Endpoint	privy.io	workos.com
ASO Score & Grade	42/100 (D)	78/100 (B+)
Cohort Rank	#35	#47
Edge TTFB · HTML	74ms · 254 KB (3 scripts)	46ms · 254 KB (23 scripts)
`/robots.txt` (29 Bots)	200 · 29/29 (0 explicit)	200 · 29/29 (4 explicit)
`/sitemap.xml`	200	200
`/llms.txt`	404	200
`/llms-full.txt`	404	200
`/pricing.md`	404	200
`/.well-known/ai.txt`	404	404
`/ai/summary.json`	404	404
`/.well-known/mcp.json`	404	200
`/.well-known/agent-card.json`	404	404
`/.well-known/openapi.json`	404	404
JSON-LD `@type`s	`None`	`Organization, WebSite`

2. Where Privy Leads vs Where WorkOS Leads

Where Privy (privy.io) leads:

Permits 29/29 AI crawlers with HTTP 200 root availability

Where WorkOS (workos.com) leads:

Overall 47-check readiness score (78/100 B+ vs 42/100 D)
Faster root edge response (46ms TTFB vs 74ms)
Serves live /llms.txt (HTTP 200 vs HTTP 404)
Serves live /llms-full.txt (HTTP 200 vs HTTP 404)
Serves live /pricing.md (HTTP 200 vs HTTP 404)
Serves live /.well-known/mcp.json (HTTP 200 vs HTTP 404)
Richer root Schema.org JSON-LD (2 types vs 0)
Explicitly allowlists 4 AI crawlers in /robots.txt (vs 0)

Shared discovery gaps: Both privy.io and workos.com currently return non-200 responses on /.well-known/ai.txt (404/404), /.well-known/agent-card.json (404/404), /.well-known/openapi.json (404/404).

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