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

The Payments Dude

sendfox.com

Consultancies and professional servicesAdvisers and services

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
913 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
50th of 177 consultancies
Closing balance

Named in

4of 60 answers

by 1 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for The Payments Dude

AI assistants name this consultancy in 6.7% of answers, higher than the typical company in its sector, which is named in 0%. Its overall score is 29 out of 100, ranking 913th of 2,219 companies. The website passes 6 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned The Payments Dude by name. AI assistants named it in 4 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 62nd of 346 in its sector. The typical advisory or services firm is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
29Overall score
  • Visibility7
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality73
  • AI readiness43
Summary of account
Named by AI in
6.7%
4 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
7.0%
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
123 of 346
by overall score, where the typical advisory or services firm scores 27

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

The Payments Dude came up on 4 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Which platforms are most popular for building and managing creator newsletters?0/4
  2. 02Other ways to distribute regular content updates if you don’t want to use an email marketing service?0/4
  3. 03What are the best free email marketing tools for content creators in the US?1/4
  4. 04How does automated email marketing compare to manual weekly newsletter sending for small publishers?0/4
  5. 05Why aren't my newsletter signup forms increasing the size of my email list?0/4
  6. 06Is upgrading to a paid email marketing plan worth it for someone with under 5,000 subscribers?0/4
  7. 07Email marketing platforms with built-in landing pages vs. those without—what's better for growing an audience?0/4
  8. 08Tips for using automation to send out regular email newsletters for independent publishers.0/4
  9. 09Best ways for content creators to welcome new subscribers automatically?0/4
  10. 10What could cause low open rates on email campaigns for creators and small businesses?0/4
  11. 11What are some low-cost options for creators who only need to send basic automated newsletters?1/4
  12. 12What’s the typical cost for email marketing platforms that offer free starter plans in the US?0/4
  13. 13Alternatives to all-in-one email marketing platforms for managing a small newsletter audience.0/4
  14. 14Are lifetime deals on email marketing tools a good investment for independent writers?1/4
  15. 15Email campaign platforms with the best value for small businesses on a budget.1/4
Total namedOpenAI: 0/15Claude: 0/15Perplexity: 0/15Gemini: 4/15All assistants: 4/60
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

“What are some low-cost options for creators who only need to send basic automated newsletters?”

For creators on a budget who need to send basic automated newsletters, several low-cost and free options offer a range of features:

Free Options with Automation and Subscriber Limits:

SendFox offers a free plan for up to 1,000 contacts and 3,000 email sends per month. It includes one landing page, one form, and one automation. A notable feature is its ability to connect to your blog or social media to automatically create newsletters from your latest content. You can also build a welcome sequence for new subscribers sendfox.com.

Senttt provides a f …

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
    MailerLite
    20
  2. 02
    ConvertKit
    12
  3. 03
    EmailOctopus
    5
  4. 04
    TinyLetter
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. MailerLite
    45.6%
  2. ConvertKit
    29.8%
  3. EmailOctopus
    14.0%
  4. The Payments Dude
    7.0%
  5. TinyLetter
    3.5%
  6. Benchmark Email
    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
    sequenzy.com
    16
  2. 02
    brevo.com
    9
  3. 03
    emailtooltester.com
    8
  4. 04
    hostinger.com
    7
  5. 05
    mailerlite.com
    7
  6. 06
    sender.net
    5
  7. 07
    getresponse.com
    4
  8. 08
    kit.com
    4
  9. 09
    constantcontact.com
    4
  10. 10
    learn.g2.com
    3

The Payments Dude is in the study as a consultancy.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
4/15
Claude
0/15
OpenAI
0/15
Perplexity
0/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How The Payments Dude 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
7

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

Citations
0

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

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
73

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 advisory and services firms

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

Overall score
29
Ranks 123 of 346. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
6.7%
Ranks 62 of 346. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 13 of 346. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with consultancies

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

Overall score
29
Ranks 50 of 177. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
6.7%
Ranks 26 of 177. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 4 of 177. 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 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. The Payments Dude 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.txtPublished
  • WebMCPCould not check
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 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 DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 4.3%
Content accessibility
50 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 6.2%
  • llms.txtPassed

    An llms.txt that tells language models what the site offers.

    study: 31.0%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 92.7%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    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
18 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

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

    study: 1.3%
  • OAuth discoveryPartly met

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

    study: 6.3%
  • OAuth Protected ResourcePassed

    Metadata telling agents which authorization server to use.

    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 42 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · sendfox.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%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 42.5%

Content Accessibility

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

Bot Access Control

  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 11.5%

API / Auth / MCP

  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 1.1%
  • PassedOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 5.2%
  • PassedOAuth 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 no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 86% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • 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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