HubSpot AEO Grader Alternative: Free AI Audit + Fixes
Maveriko is a free audit tool that grades how ready a page is for AI answer engines and then gives you the specific fix for each gap, which makes it a practical alternative to HubSpot's AEO grader when you want to act on the score rather than just see it.
HubSpot's grader is free, frictionless and backed by a brand everyone already trusts. The honest comparison is less about which score is right and more about what happens after the score appears.
Try it on your own page — free, ~15 seconds, no sign-up for your scores and top fix
Where HubSpot's AEO Grader is the better choice
Genuinely — if any of these is what you need, pick HubSpot's AEO Grader:
- Zero friction and a name you already know — for a first look, a HubSpot-branded grader is an easier internal sell than a tool nobody has heard of.
- It sits inside the HubSpot ecosystem, so if your CRM, CMS and marketing automation already live there, the workflow continuity is real.
- A large content library and support organisation behind it.
- No sign-in friction for the basic result.
Where Maveriko is the better choice
- Three scores instead of one: SEO health, AI readiness and entity authority are reported separately, because a page can be perfectly structured while AI has never heard of the brand.
- Every issue carries the exact fix, and where the fix is a file Maveriko generates it from your page — the corrected JSON-LD, robots.txt or llms.txt, ready to paste.
- Entity authority via keyless Wikipedia and Wikidata lookups, answering whether AI systems can resolve your brand as a real thing.
- A published methodology with every weight and threshold, including a plain statement of what the scores deliberately do not measure.
Side by side
| Dimension | HubSpot's AEO Grader | Maveriko |
|---|---|---|
| Score shape | A single answer-engine readiness grade. | SEO health, AI readiness and entity authority scored separately, plus a category breakdown. |
| What comes after the score | Guidance and educational content. | A prioritised fix list ordered by impact and effort, each with the exact change and a generated file where relevant. |
| Brand entity | Not scored as a separate dimension. | A first-class score built from public entity records. |
| Transparency | Scoring internals are not fully published. | Every check, weight, threshold and source is published, along with what the score cannot tell you. |
| Ecosystem | Deep integration with the wider HubSpot platform — a genuine advantage if you use it. | Standalone. No CRM, no marketing automation, no lock-in. |
What Maveriko does not measure
Every audit tool has a ceiling. Ours, stated plainly so you can judge whether it matters to you:
- No traffic, keyword-volume or backlink data — that needs a paid clickstream database, and guessing it would be worse than omitting it.
- No measurement of whether AI engines cite you today. Maveriko scores whether a page is built to be cited, which is a different (and controllable) thing.
- One live URL per scan, not a whole-site crawl.
The full scoring methodology publishes every weight and threshold, including the signals whose supporting evidence is only experimental.
Frequently asked questions
Is Maveriko free like HubSpot's grader?+
Yes. Your scores and your highest-impact fix appear with no sign-up at all, and signing in with Google — free — unlocks the remaining fixes, the full check-by-check evidence and saved history. Nothing is charged today.
Why does Maveriko separate entity authority from page readiness?+
Because they fail independently and need different work. A flawlessly structured page still will not be recommended if no public record connects the website to the brand, and a household name with an unquotable page gets mentioned from memory while a rival gets cited as the source.
Do I have to change platforms to use it?+
No. Maveriko audits any public URL on any stack — WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, or something hand-built — and the fixes are written for the platform you already run.
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Fixing one page? Audit the whole site.
These tools work on a single page, in your browser. The full live-URL audit — SEO, GEO and entity authority — runs free with no sign-up and hands you your top fix; sign in with Google (also free) for the rest of the fixes and your saved report history.