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.

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AI visibility statementFinance AI Visibility Study 2026Issued October 14, 2026
Account holder
Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
315 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
20th of 203 payment processors
Closing balance

Named in

7of 60 answers

by 3 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Trolley

AI assistants name this payment processor in 11.7% of answers, while the typical company in its sector is named in 0% of answers. Its overall score is 39 out of 100, ranking 315th of 2,219 in the study. Its website passes 6 out of 14 technical checks for readiness for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Trolley by name. AI assistants named it in 7 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 63rd of 375 in its sector. The typical cards and payments company is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
39Overall score
  • Visibility14
  • Citations8
  • Sentiment80
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness43
Summary of account
Named by AI in
11.7%
7 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
18.4%
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
48 of 375
by overall score, where the typical cards and payments company scores 27

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

Trolley came up on 6 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Streamlining recipient onboarding for global freelancers — best practices1/4
  2. 02What pricing tiers do payout automation platforms typically offer for businesses?0/4
  3. 03Other ways platforms can handle tax compliance and identity verification for independent workers0/4
  4. 04Top features to look for in payout automation software for platforms managing gig workers0/4
  5. 05Is it worth investing in automated payout platforms for small businesses working with remote talent?0/4
  6. 06Alternatives to using payout automation platforms for managing creator payments0/4
  7. 07Options for businesses seeking global payout solutions outside of traditional banking1/4
  8. 08What is the best way to automate payouts to freelancers and creators?1/4
  9. 09Integrated recipient onboarding vs standalone compliance tools for freelance payouts1/4
  10. 10Batch payout tools vs manual payment processing for independent contractors1/4
  11. 11Are there affordable solutions for automating tax form collection and payout operations?2/4
  12. 12Common issues businesses face when sending payouts to multiple countries0/4
  13. 13How can digital platforms efficiently manage payments to thousands of creators each month?0/4
  14. 14Do businesses save money by using software for mass payments to creators?0/4
  15. 15How to resolve tax compliance errors when handling large-scale payouts to gig workers0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 0/15Perplexity: 3/15Gemini: 3/15All assistants: 7/60
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 is the best way to automate payouts to freelancers and creators?”

The best way to automate payouts to freelancers and creators involves utilizing a dedicated payout automation platform that centralizes workflows, handles compliance, and offers flexibility in payment methods and scheduling trolley.com.

Here's a breakdown of key features and considerations:

1. Centralized Platform & API Integration:

Single Infrastructure: Modern platforms centralize various workflows, including onboarding, compliance, payment processing, and reporting, eliminati …

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
    Tipalti
    13
  2. 02
    Payoneer
    8
  3. 03
    Papaya Global
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Tipalti
    39.5%
  2. Payoneer
    26.3%
  3. Trolley
    18.4%
  4. Hyperwallet (a PayPal Service)
    13.2%
  5. Papaya Global
    2.6%
  6. Starpay
    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
    routable.com
    30
  2. 02
    tipalti.com
    24
  3. 03
    trolley.com (its own website)
    20
  4. 04
    stripe.com
    9
  5. 05
    irs.gov
    8
  6. 06
    gigapay.com
    5
  7. 07
    thunes.com
    5
  8. 08
    worksuite.com
    5
  9. 09
    payouts.com
    5
  10. 10
    lumanu.com
    4

Trolley is in the study as a payment processor.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
3/15
Perplexity
3/15
OpenAI
1/15
Claude
0/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Trolley 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
14

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

Citations
8

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

Sentiment
80

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

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 cards and payments companies

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

Overall score
39
Ranks 48 of 375. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
11.7%
Ranks 63 of 375. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 15 of 375. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with payment processors

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

Overall score
39
Ranks 18 of 203. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
11.7%
Ranks 22 of 203. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 8 of 203. 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. Trolley 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 · trolley.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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