Format vs Photoshelter — Platform Benchmark

54.4

Format

73 sites

WINNER

30.4

Photoshelter

32 sites

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability

54.8 37.6

Avg Security

66.5 19.3

Avg Efficiency

50.2 31.7

Avg Total Score

54.4 30.4

Avg Structure

47.4 19.2

Avg Load Complexity

50.9 42.1

Avg Lighthouse

52.4 34.0

Best Site Score

68.9 60.2

Worst Site Score

27.3 15.5

Format Photoshelter

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry	Format	Photoshelter
Architecture	60.6 5 sites	—
Corporate-personal	63.3 2 sites	25.7 10 sites
Photography	53.7 66 sites	32.6 22 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Format significantly outperforms Photoshelter by 24 points - a gap large enough to suggest structural differences in how each platform supports web quality.

Dimension Edge

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

Opportunities for improvement

Photoshelter could target AI Readability, Security, Efficiency, Structure, Load Complexity, Lighthouse to improve.

Industry-by-Industry Results

Format wins in 2 of 3 shared industries, suggesting its advantage is consistent rather than driven by a single vertical.

Sample Size Consideration

Format has 2.3× more audited sites than Photoshelter. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.