Of 60 answers

The most named companies in the study, and S&P 500 financials, with how many of their 60 AI answers named them.

SWIFT47/60TRANSUNION46/60EXPERIAN42/60COINSTAR41/60NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION41/60ZELLE41/60BLOOMBERG L.P.38/60TRADINGVIEW38/60BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO37/60PAYPAL37/60VENMO37/60CHEXSYSTEMS33/60EQUIFAX33/60MORNINGSTAR32/60S&P GLOBAL31/60ALPACA MARKETS30/60COINBASE30/60PINWHEEL29/60STRIPE29/60XERO29/60ACORNS28/60AFFIRM28/60PAYFAST (PAYGATE)28/60PAYONEER28/60INTERACTIVE BROKERS26/60CHARLES SCHWAB19/60THE HARTFORD9/60MOODY'S21/60CME GROUP19/60ACCENTURE11/60CHUBB10/60MORGAN STANLEY6/60AMERICAN EXPRESS14/60SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL12/60FACTSET20/60NASDAQ19/60ALLSTATE11/60WELLS FARGO18/60PAYCHEX10/60ARES MANAGEMENT3/60
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AI visibility statementFinance AI Visibility Study 2026Issued October 14, 2026
Account holder

FileSmart

filetax.com

Accounting, tax and payrollFinancial technology and data

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
831 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
24th of 32 accounting, tax and payroll companies
Closing balance

Named in

2of 60 answers

by 1 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for FileSmart

AI assistants rarely name this accounting, tax or payroll company, mentioning it in 2 out of 60 answers. In those answers, assistants also name FreeTaxUSA, TaxAct and TaxSlayer. Its overall score is 31 out of 100, ranking 831st of 2,219, slightly above the typical company in its sector. The website passes 6 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned FileSmart by name. AI assistants named it in 2 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 223rd of 574 in its sector. The typical financial technology and data company is named in 1.7% of answers.

Named fewer than three times in total. Read this as a sign that AI assistants rarely bring this company up, not as an exact comparison with its peers.

Overall score
31Overall score
  • Visibility3
  • Citations2
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality93
  • AI readiness43
Summary of account
Named by AI in
3.3%
2 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
2.6%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
6/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
237 of 574
by overall score, where the typical financial technology and data company scores 29

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

FileSmart came up on 2 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Flat-fee tax filing platforms vs. pay-per-form services: pros and cons0/4
  2. 02Typical flat-fee pricing ranges for online tax filing services in the US0/4
  3. 03Do low-cost tax extension services include access to year-round support and tools?0/4
  4. 04How to fix common issues when filing a state tax extension online0/4
  5. 05Are online tax filing platforms suitable for late tax filers?0/4
  6. 06Alternatives to online tax filing platforms for preparing and submitting tax returns0/4
  7. 07What to do if your electronic tax filing gets rejected?0/4
  8. 08Online tax filing vs. traditional tax preparers: which is better for individuals?0/4
  9. 09How to find easy tax extension filing options for small businesses1/4
  10. 10Is paying a flat fee for online tax filing worth it compared to doing it yourself?0/4
  11. 11Differences between personal and business tax extension services online0/4
  12. 12Best online tax filing services for self-employed individuals0/4
  13. 13Which online tax filing options are best for freelancers with multiple income sources?0/4
  14. 14Online tax extension solutions for first-time business owners1/4
  15. 15What are the top platforms for stress-free tax return filing in the US?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 0/15Claude: 0/15Perplexity: 0/15Gemini: 2/15All assistants: 2/60
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. Across the study, on 50% of the questions where a company is named, only one AI assistant names it.

Transaction detailSection 02

What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

Gemininamed the company

“Online tax extension solutions for first-time business owners”

… FileTax.com: An authorized IRS e-file provider that helps prepare federal extension forms. They offer electronic submission with fast confirmation for a small fee, or a free option to print and mail the form. They cover both Form 7004 and Form 4868 filetax.com.

ExpressExtension.com: Facilitates filing Form 7004 for S-corporations, partnerships, trusts, and LLCs. They boast quick, easy, and secure filing with instant approval, and offer features like bulk data import, free retransmission for rejected returns, and support for state …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

PayeesSection 03

Where the mentions went

The companies these answers named, and how the mentions were split between this company and its peers.

Also named

CompanyTimes named
  1. 01
    FreeTaxUSA
    21
  2. 02
    TaxAct
    16
  3. 03
    TaxSlayer
    13

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. FreeTaxUSA
    29.9%
  2. H&R Block (Online Filing)
    24.7%
  3. TaxAct
    23.4%
  4. TaxSlayer
    19.5%
  5. FileSmart
    2.6%
  6. eFile.com
    0.0%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

  1. 01
    turbotax.intuit.com
    22
  2. 02
    irs.gov
    18
  3. 03
    taxextension.com
    10
  4. 04
    filelater.com
    7
  5. 05
    worldmetrics.org
    6
  6. 06
    uk.pcmag.com
    6
  7. 07
    hrblock.com
    5
  8. 08
    pcmag.com
    5
  9. 09
    investopedia.com
    5
  10. 10
    spotsaas.com
    5

FileSmart is in the study as an accounting, tax or payroll company.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
2/15
Claude
0/15
OpenAI
0/15
Perplexity
0/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How FileSmart compares with all 2,219 companies

Every tower is a company in the study, taller for a higher overall score and lit where AI assistants named it. Its own group stays lit. Hover a tower to see it, and click to open it.

What makes up the score

Each part is scored out of 100.

Visibility
3

How often AI assistants name the company, and how that compares with its peers

Citations
2

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
93

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
43

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Against its sectorSection 07

Compared with financial technology and data companies

574 companies in this sector. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
31
Ranks 237 of 574. Typical company: 29
Named in answers
3.3%
Ranks 223 of 574. Typical company: 1.7%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 29 of 574. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with accounting, tax and payroll companies

32 companies in this category. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
31
Ranks 24 of 32. Typical company: 38
Named in answers
3.3%
Ranks 23 of 32. Typical company: 15.0%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 2 of 32. Typical company: 29
AI agentsSection 09

Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and pay through, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 3: Agent-readable. Agents can request pages as markdown.

To reach level 4:
  • 1 of MCP Server Card, A2A Agent Card, Agent Skills, API Catalog
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. FileSmart publishes none of the agent payment protocols we look for. An agent would have to click through the website like a person.

Agent payment protocols
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
  • AP2Not present
  • ACPNot present
  • UCPNot present
Interfaces for AI agents
  • MCP Server CardNot present
  • A2A Agent CardNot present
  • Agent SkillsNot present
  • API CatalogNot present
  • llms.txtNot present
  • WebMCPCould not check
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
80 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 86.1%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 87.9%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 1.5%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryPassed

    SVCB or HTTPS records under _agents that advertise agent endpoints.

    study: 4.3%
Content accessibility
50 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationPassed

    Requests sent with Accept: text/markdown receive a markdown version of the page.

    study: 6.2%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 31.0%
Bot access control
100 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPassed

    Explicit robots.txt rules for AI crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot.

    study: 92.7%
  • Content SignalsPassed

    Content-Signal lines in robots.txt declaring search, AI input and AI training preferences.

    study: 2.3%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.3%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 1.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 6.3%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 5.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.2%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.8%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.2%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 1.0%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 0.0%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.2%

Score 52 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · filetax.com · 2,200 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

AI readinessSection 10

The checks behind the AI readiness score

6 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks

Discoverability

  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.1%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 79.4%
  • PassedHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 42.5%

Content Accessibility

  • PassedMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 7.4%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 28.1%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 97.3%

Bot Access Control

  • PassedExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 11.5%

API / Auth / MCP

  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 1.1%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 5.2%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 4.6%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.2%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 0.3%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.1%
AI crawlersSection 11

What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets rules for 14 AI crawlers by name. All others follow its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBot*partly
  • ClaudeBot*partly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extended*partly
  • Applebot-Extended*partly
  • Meta-ExternalAgent*partly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBot*partly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBot*partly
  • Claude-SearchBot*partly
  • PerplexityBot*partly
  • Applebot*partly
  • Amazonbot*partly
  • YouBotpartly

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-User*partly
  • Claude-User*partly
  • Perplexity-User*partly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

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