{"slug":"maze-db59az","companyName":"Maze","domain":"maze.co","url":"https://maze.co","headline":"Maze publishes no prices and routes all commercial conversations to sales, blocking agents from computing cost before signup.","compositeScore":56,"humanScore":73,"agentScore":39,"doorGap":34,"humanMeasured":4,"agentMeasured":6,"percentile":null,"humanPercentile":null,"agentPercentile":null,"isPartial":false,"depth":"free","siteClass":"b2b_saas","scannerVersion":12,"scannedAt":"2026-09-08T13:56:15.014Z","unlocked":false,"mission":{"steps":[{"url":"https://maze.co","outcome":"ok","purpose":"reach the site at all"},{"url":"https://maze.co/robots.txt","outcome":"ok","purpose":"find out whether machines are welcome"},{"url":"https://maze.co","outcome":"ok","purpose":"ask whether the door opens for requests carrying the AI crawlers' names"},{"url":"https://maze.co/llms.txt","outcome":"missing","purpose":"read the site's own guide for language models"},{"url":"https://maze.co/sitemap-index.xml","outcome":"ok","purpose":"find out what pages exist"},{"url":"https://maze.co/.well-known/security.txt","outcome":"ok","purpose":"find a contact route for machines"},{"url":"https://maze.co","outcome":"missing","purpose":"find a published agent interface"},{"url":"https://maze.co/.well-known/ai-plugin.json","outcome":"missing","purpose":"find an agent plugin manifest"},{"url":"https://maze.co","outcome":"missing","purpose":"find out whether verified agents are recognised"},{"url":"https://maze.co","outcome":"ok","purpose":"read the homepage as data rather than as a page"},{"url":"https://maze.co","outcome":"missing","purpose":"find a machine readable API spec"},{"url":"https://maze.co","outcome":"missing","purpose":"read the developer documentation"},{"url":"https://maze.co/pricing/","outcome":"missing","purpose":"read the prices without running JavaScript"},{"url":"https://maze.co","outcome":"ok","purpose":"find a comparison page worth citing"},{"url":"https://auth.maze.co/signup","outcome":"ok","purpose":"walk the way a visitor would, to a signup form or a product"}],"verdict":"The agent got through 8 of 15 requests, but could not read the site's own guide for language models. It came up empty on 6 other checks too. That is enough missing for a machine to give up before it reaches a purchase."},"observations":null,"dimensions":[{"key":"machine_discoverability","audience":"agent","score":96,"summary":"No AI crawler is blocked by robots.txt or user agent rules. A real browser is served the page normally. The sitemap lists 808 URLs and is declared in robots.txt. The homepage carries 6 schema.org types including SoftwareApplication.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":4}},{"key":"programmatic_onboarding","audience":"agent","score":10,"summary":"No API documentation is linked from the homepage in raw HTML or rendered page. No OpenAPI spec exists at any of the 6 standard paths checked. No MCP manifest or ai-plugin.json is published.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":3}},{"key":"pricing_legibility","audience":"agent","score":12,"summary":"The pricing page publishes no prices in raw HTML or after rendering. The page routes to a demo request and sales contact. Pricing is entirely gated behind a conversation with the vendor. An evaluator cannot compute total cost from the site.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}},{"key":"agent_aware_instrumentation","audience":"agent","score":8,"summary":"No MCP manifest.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":4}},{"key":"machine_fetchable_trust","audience":"agent","score":85,"summary":"security.txt is published at /.well-known/security.txt with a contact route for machines. The homepage responds to automated requests with HTTP 200 in 65ms. The site establishes basic machine trust signals.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":2}},{"key":"commercial_rails","audience":"agent","score":25,"summary":"A self serve signup form is 2 steps from the homepage and requires 0 of 3 fields. However, the pricing page routes all commercial inquiry to sales without publishing any prices.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":2}},{"key":"steps_to_first_value","audience":"human","score":80,"summary":"The primary call to action, 'Try Maze for free', reaches a signup form in 2 steps from the homepage. The form itself is a single page. A human can reach working access quickly, though what happens after submission was not observed in this.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}},{"key":"required_fields","audience":"human","score":98,"summary":"The signup form asks 3 fields, 0 of which are required. Google single sign on is offered as an alternative to email entry. A visitor can proceed without providing any information.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}},{"key":"verification_walls","audience":"human","score":80,"summary":"The signup page does not display any verification requirement such as email confirmation or phone verification. Google single sign on avoids verification entirely.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}},{"key":"error_recovery","audience":"human","score":35,"summary":"0 of 8 form inputs carry validation rules, descriptions, or live error regions. The form has 2 live regions but no inline error containers. An agent submitting invalid data receives no guidance on what went wrong or how to correct it.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}}],"issues":[{"rank":1,"title":"Pricing is entirely gated behind a sales conversation, preventing agents from computing cost before signup.","dimensionKey":"pricing_legibility","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":3},"fix":null},{"rank":2,"title":"No developer documentation is linked from the homepage, in raw HTML or the rendered page, so integration starts with a search engine.","dimensionKey":"programmatic_onboarding","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1},"fix":null},{"rank":3,"title":"No API documentation is discoverable from the homepage, blocking agents from learning how to integrate.","dimensionKey":"programmatic_onboarding","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":3},"fix":null}],"fixArtifacts":{"locked":true,"count":4,"summaries":[{"id":"pricing_publish:pricing-md","kind":"pricing_publish","title":"A pricing page that states a price","path":"/pricing.md","effort":{"minutes":60,"role":"owner"},"outcome":{"dimension":"pricing_legibility","external":["Assistants can quote a starting price instead of routing the buyer to a call."]}},{"id":"robots_search_bots:robots-txt","kind":"robots_search_bots","title":"robots.txt rules for AI crawlers","path":"/robots.txt","effort":{"minutes":10,"role":"owner"},"outcome":{"dimension":"machine_discoverability","external":["The assistants' search crawlers read and cite the site to buyers; training stays the owner's decision."]}},{"id":"interfaces_note:notes","kind":"interfaces_note","title":"Machine interfaces: where you stand","path":"notes","effort":{"minutes":10,"role":"owner"},"outcome":{"dimension":"agent_aware_instrumentation","external":["The developer surface is built in an order where every published pointer answers."]}},{"id":"llms_txt:llms-txt","kind":"llms_txt","title":"llms.txt","path":"/llms.txt","effort":{"minutes":15,"role":"owner"},"outcome":{"dimension":"machine_discoverability","external":["Assistants that read llms.txt get a curated map of the site instead of guessing from the homepage."]}}]},"feedback":{"endpoint":"/api/feedback","mcpTool":"rate_fix","targets":[{"type":"report","key":"report"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"machine_discoverability","key":"dimension:machine_discoverability"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"programmatic_onboarding","key":"dimension:programmatic_onboarding"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"pricing_legibility","key":"dimension:pricing_legibility"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"agent_aware_instrumentation","key":"dimension:agent_aware_instrumentation"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"machine_fetchable_trust","key":"dimension:machine_fetchable_trust"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"commercial_rails","key":"dimension:commercial_rails"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"steps_to_first_value","key":"dimension:steps_to_first_value"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"required_fields","key":"dimension:required_fields"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"verification_walls","key":"dimension:verification_walls"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"error_recovery","key":"dimension:error_recovery"},{"type":"issue","dimensionKey":"pricing_legibility","checkId":"pricing_nojs","key":"issue:pricing_legibility:pricing_nojs"},{"type":"issue","dimensionKey":"programmatic_onboarding","checkId":"api_surface","key":"issue:programmatic_onboarding:api_surface"},{"type":"issue","dimensionKey":"programmatic_onboarding","checkId":null,"key":"issue:programmatic_onboarding:-"}]}}