Platform Comparison

Format vs Exhibit

Exhibit leads
54.4
Format
73 sites
64.0
Exhibit
4 sites
WINNER

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability
54.8 73.5
Avg Security
66.5 16.7
Avg Efficiency
50.2 77.3
Avg Total Score
54.4 64.0
Avg Structure
47.4 80.8
Avg Load Complexity
50.9 86.3
Avg Lighthouse
52.4 62.8
Best Site Score
68.9 70.0
Worst Site Score
27.3 59.7
Format Exhibit

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry Format Exhibit
Architecture 60.6 5 sites —
Corporate-personal 63.3 2 sites —
Photography 53.7 66 sites 64.0 4 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Exhibit meaningfully outperforms Format by 9.6 points on average. This reflects a consistent quality gap across their sites.

Dimension Edge

Format leads in: Security. Exhibit leads in: AI Readability, Efficiency, Structure, Load Complexity, Lighthouse. Exhibit has a broader performance advantage across dimensions.

Opportunities for improvement
  • Format could target AI Readability, Efficiency, Structure, Load Complexity, Lighthouse to close the gap.
  • Exhibit could target Security to improve.

Industry-by-Industry Results

Exhibit wins in 1 of 3 shared industries - its overall lead holds across verticals.

Sample Size Consideration

Format has 18.3× more audited sites than Exhibit. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.