# Honey (honey.com): agent-readiness 24/100, grade F

> Rank 945 of 1000 on Qomvia (rubric v2.3.0). Last scanned 2026-10-23T01:00:14.733Z. Page: https://qomvia.com/site/honey-com  JSON: https://qomvia.com/api/score/honey-com

## Summary

{
  "known": true,
  "confidence": "high",
  "summary": "Honey is a browser extension and online platform designed to help users save money while shopping online. It automatically finds and applies coupon codes at checkout and offers cashback rewards.",
  "offerings": [
    "Automatic coupon code application",
    "Cashback rewards (Honey Gold)",
    "Price tracking and drop alerts",
    "Comparison shopping for products",
    "Universal shopping cart",
    "Gift card purchases with discounts"
  ],
  "audience": "Online shoppers looking for discounts, deals, and cashback.",
  "geography": "Primarily United States, but supports retailers in various international markets.",
  "strengths": [
    "Automates the coupon finding process, saving time.",
    "Provides cashback on purchases across many retailers.",
    "Easy to use browser extension integration.",
    "Offers price history and drop alerts.",
    "Widely recognized and integrated with numerous e-commerce sites."
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Specific financial performance metrics since PayPal acquisition.",
    "Detailed data privacy policy changes or audit results.",
    "Exact number of active users globally at any given time.",
    "Breakdown of revenue sources beyond affiliate commissions.",
    "Specific technical architecture or security implementations."
  ],
  "alternatives": [
    "capitalone.com",
    "rakuten.com",
    "retailmenot.com",
    "coupons.com",
    "slickdeals.net"
  ],
  "business": "Online platform providing coupon codes, price tracking, and cashback rewards for online shoppers globally.",
  "competitors": [
    "capitalone.com",
    "rakuten.com",
    "retailmenot.com",
    "coupons.com",
    "slickdeals.net",
    "cently.com",
    "groupon.com"
  ]
}

## Score by group
- Machine access: 11/24
- Content legibility: 5/26
- Discovery surface: 0/20
- Identity & policy: 0/12
- Agent-facing performance: 8/8
- Agent protocols: 0/10
Failing checks:
- [blocker] No discoverable sitemap
- [blocker] No llms.txt
- [blocker] The site does not say who it is
- [blocker] Content is buried in boilerplate
- [blocker] Bot protection blocks declared agents

## AI mentions and rivals
Named in 1 AI assistant answers.
- rakuten.com: not measured
- coupons.com: not measured
- cently.com: not measured

## FAQ
Q: Is Honey readable by AI agents?
A: Honey (honey.com) scores 24 out of 100 for agent readiness, grade F, measured today, on 23.10.2026. 0 of 3 agent classes we test can use the site, and 9 checks currently block agents outright.

Q: What stops agents from using honey.com?
A: The heaviest problems are: No discoverable sitemap; No llms.txt; The site does not say who it is; Content is buried in boilerplate; Bot protection blocks declared agents. Each one is scored from a public HTTP response, and the fix for each is listed in the signed-in report.

Q: How is the Honey agent-readiness score calculated?
A: Qomvia fetches public pages of honey.com as an AI agent would and runs the core checks every site gets across 6 groups: Machine access, Content legibility, Discovery surface, Identity & policy, Agent-facing performance, Agent protocols. Checks are weighted by how much an agent loses when they fail, and the score is expressed out of 100.

Q: How often is this score updated?
A: Public scores are re-checked when the site is re-scanned; tracked domains are re-scanned weekly and their owners are alerted when a check regresses. This page shows the scan from today, on 23.10.2026.

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