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UK Technology and Software AI Readability 2026

As of 1 October 2026, the median UK technology and software site scored 58 out of 100 on the Crane Index™, the measure of how readably a site presents itself to AI engines. Across the 123 sites a machine could read, scores ran from 21 to 88, a 67-point gap between the strongest and the weakest.

The 2027 edition is scheduled. UK AI Readability 2027 is pinned to the scan scheduled for 1 January 2027. The figures on this page stay fixed to 1 October 2026.

What this measures. The score reads how readably a site presents itself to AI engines: entity markup, structured data and machine resolvability. It is not a measure of design, brand or quality. A site can look excellent to a person and still be hard for a machine to read, and a low score is a readability finding, never a judgement on the business.

58
Median / 100
67
Point gap (21 to 88)
123
Sites read of 169
19
Cleared 70+

The field in 2026

The field was led by Dynatrace at 88, with HubSpot next at 80. 19 sites cleared 70 out of 100, and 25 scored below 40.

At the foot of the field sat Fair Isaac (FICO) at 21, Amdocs at 21, VMware at 23. Each is a site a machine struggled to read, not a business doing anything other than well at what it does.

The full 2026 ranking

Composite out of 100, with the three reads behind it: AI Search Readiness (retrieval), Agent Readiness (execution) and Brand Representation.

RankOrganisationCrane IndexSearchAgentBrand
1Dynatracedynatrace.com88899481
2=HubSpothubspot.com80918366
2=Paycompaycom.com80818674
4=Capgeminicapgemini.com77858562
4=GitLababout.gitlab.com77758274
4=GlobalFoundriesgf.com77828761
4=Guidewire Softwareguidewire.com77818665
8=Atlassianatlassian.com76818662
8=Nintendonintendo.com/us76738966
8=Zoomzoom.com76728374
11Klaviyoklaviyo.com75828953
12=Check Point Software Technologiescheckpoint.com74746681
12=Pure Storageeverpuredata.com74708370
14CrowdStrikecrowdstrike.com/en-us72789146
15Paychexpaychex.com71827258
16=DXC Technologydxc.com70686973
16=Informaticainformatica.com70786665
16=Juniper Networksjuniper.net70757658
16=Match Groupmtch.com70768747
20=Appleapple.com69648955
20=NICEnice.com69759043
20=Qlikqlik.com/us69648658
20=Twiliotwilio.com/en-us69778546
20=Zebra Technologieszebra.com/us/en.html69726273
25=Lam Researchlamresearch.com68699046
25=Micron Technologymicron.com68686867
27=Dropboxdropbox.com67788341
27=KLAkla.com67718743
27=Motorola Solutionsmotorolasolutions.com/en_us.html?geo=redirect67598358
27=Oktaokta.com67686666
31=Asanaasana.com66746659
31=Confluentconfluent.io66766358
31=Fortinetfortinet.com66648946
31=Gen Digitalgendigital.com/us/en66706959
31=Procore Technologiesprocore.com66796355
31=SolarWindssolarwinds.com66687158
31=Western Digitalwesterndigital.com66676566
31=ZoomInfozoominfo.com66817246
31=Zscalerzscaler.com66727651
40=AppLovinapplovin.com/en65708539
40=Salesforcesalesforce.com/?bc=DB65848328
42=Cloudflarecloudflare.com64608546
42=Dassault Systèmes3ds.com64749325
44=MongoDBmongodb.com63647153
44=Workdayworkday.com63696358
46=Squarespacesquarespace.com62797137
46=Wixwix.com62786641
48=Darktracedarktrace.com61646554
48=Endavaendava.com61686252
48=Manhattan Associatesmanh.com61698528
48=Marvell Technologymarvell.com61618041
48=monday.commonday.com61726646
48=Samsung Electronicssamsung.com/us61726941
48=Smartsheetsmartsheet.com61676946
48=UiPathuipath.com61685957
56Open Textopentext.com60715554
57=Adobeadobe.com59695355
57=Dell Technologiesdell.com/en-us59705353
57=Infineon Technologiesinfineon.com59746341
57=Shopifyshopify.com59666646
61=onsemionsemi.com58715351
61=Playtechplaytech.com58688225
61=Unityunity.com58675553
64=Accentureaccenture.com/en57636346
64=Boxbox.com57626346
64=Clouderacloudera.com57626346
64=Nvidianvidia.com/en-us57666343
64=Renesas Electronicsrenesas.com/en57605655
64=Seagate Technologyseagate.com57646246
70=AVEVAaveva.com56616543
70=DocuSigndocusign.com56596346
72Nutanixnutanix.com55686828
73Sophossophos.com/en-us54735337
74Ocado Groupocadogroup.com53656825
75=Bentley Systemsbentley.com52616828
75=Cisco Systemscisco.com52627023
75=Rokuroku.com52565941
78Take-Two Interactivetake2games.com51646228
79=Computacentercomputacenter.com50783043
79=Logitechlogitech.com/en-us50596228
81Meta Platformsmeta.com49523460
82Microsoftmicrosoft.com/en-us48528210
83Ansysansys.synopsys.com47615525
84=Lyftlyft.com46595030
84=Pegasystemspega.com46547113
86=Elasticelastic.co44566213
86=Palo Alto Networkspaloaltonetworks.com44487113
86=Qualcommqualcomm.com44453453
89=BILL (Bill.com)bill.com43506513
89=Brazebraze.com43506513
89=Rightmoverightmove.co.uk43496515
92Ubisoftubisoft.com/en-us42486513
93=Anthropicanthropic.com41496213
93=Arm Holdingsarm.com41456613
93=Datadogdatadoghq.com41456513
93=Synapticssynaptics.com41397113
97=Snowflakesnowflake.com/en40446213
97=Texas Instrumentsti.com40476210
99=Alibaba Groupalibabagroup.com/en-US39336520
99=ASMLasml.com/en3948628
99=ByteDancebytedance.com39356615
99=Robloxroblox.com39423441
99=Wiprowipro.com39446210
104=Cognizantcognizant.com/us/en38376513
104=HP Inc.hp.com/us-en/home.html38416210
104=Kainoskainos.com38346515
107=Electronic Artsea.com37396210
107=Intelintel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html3745598
107=Netflixnetflix.com37276520
107=Skyworks Solutionsskyworksinc.com3739638
107=Synopsyssynopsys.com3740628
112=Pinterestpinterest.com36256815
112=Uber Technologiesuber.com36495010
114NXP Semiconductorsnxp.com3547508
115Garmingarmin.com/en-US3233548
116Amazonamazon.com29205413
117Tyler Technologiestylertech.com28403013
118Snapsnap.com25313410
119=Arista Networksarista.com23213415
119=SAPsap.com/index.html2327348
119=VMwarevmware.com2328348
122=Amdocsamdocs.com21143415
122=Fair Isaac (FICO)fico.com21133415

Download this edition: the full field as a spreadsheet (CSV), or the same run as JSON. Licensed CC BY 4.0, so it is yours to publish and build on with attribution. Every unreadable site carries empty score cells, never a zero.

This is the fixed 2026 edition, pinned to the scan measured 1 October 2026, so the figures on it do not change. The live field, re-run on the first of each month, is on the current Technology and Software benchmark. For how the score is built, see the methodology.

Licensed CC BY 4.0. Cite as: The Crane Index™, UK Technology and Software AI readability 2026, The Crane Consultancy, measured 1 October 2026. https://thecraneconsultancy.com/research/technology-software-ai-readability-2026/

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