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Anthropic vs Together AI: AI Search & MCP Readiness
Category: Managed LLM APIs vs Open-Weight Inference · Measured UTC via aso-live-probe
Measured verdict: Together AI leads Anthropic by 15 points (68/100 B vs 53/100 C) across ASO Studio’s 47-check HTTP, 29-crawler robots.txt, Markdown (/llms.txt, /pricing.md), MCP, OpenAPI, and Schema.org JSON-LD benchmark. Full individual grade-cards: anthropic.com (53/100) · together.ai (68/100).
Scope & limits: Side-by-side HTTP status codes and HTML structured data captured 2026-11-14 UTC; independent audit not affiliated with Anthropic or Together AI. Technical readiness does not guarantee AI citations or sales.
1. Side-by-Side HTTP & Agent Discovery Telemetry
| Signal / Endpoint | anthropic.com | together.ai |
|---|---|---|
| ASO Score & Grade | 53/100 (C) | 68/100 (B) |
| Cohort Rank | #29 | #21 |
| Edge TTFB · HTML | 184ms · 170 KB (48 scripts) | 418ms · 254 KB (13 scripts) |
/robots.txt (29 Bots) | 200 · 29/29 (0 explicit) | 200 · 28/29 (0 explicit) |
/sitemap.xml | 200 | 200 |
/llms.txt | 404 | 200 |
/llms-full.txt | 404 | 404 |
/pricing.md | 404 | 404 |
/.well-known/ai.txt | 404 | 404 |
/ai/summary.json | 404 | 404 |
/.well-known/mcp.json | 404 | 404 |
/.well-known/agent-card.json | 404 | 404 |
/.well-known/openapi.json | 404 | 404 |
JSON-LD @types | None | Organization, ImageObject, WebSite |
2. Where Anthropic Leads vs Where Together AI Leads
Where Anthropic (anthropic.com) leads:
- Faster root edge response (184ms TTFB vs 418ms)
- Leaner root HTML payload (170 KB / 48 scripts vs 254 KB / 13 scripts)
Where Together AI (together.ai) leads:
- Overall 47-check readiness score (68/100 B vs 53/100 C)
- Serves live
/llms.txt(HTTP 200vsHTTP 404) - Richer root Schema.org JSON-LD (3 types vs 0)
Shared discovery gaps: Both anthropic.com and together.ai currently return non-200 responses on /llms-full.txt (404/404), /pricing.md (404/404), /.well-known/ai.txt (404/404), /.well-known/mcp.json (404/404), /.well-known/agent-card.json (404/404), /.well-known/openapi.json (404/404).
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