Platform Comparison

Format vs Cargo

Format leads
54.4
Format
WINNER
45.4
Cargo

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability
54.8 42.5
Avg Security
66.5 16.7
Avg Efficiency
50.2 56.0
Avg Total Score
54.4 45.4
Avg Structure
47.4 32.5
Avg Load Complexity
50.9 81.9
Avg Lighthouse
52.4 53.3
Best Site Score
68.9 55.1
Worst Site Score
27.3 30.7
Format Cargo

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry Format Cargo
Architecture
Corporate-personal
Design
Film & Video
Photography

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Format meaningfully outperforms Cargo by 9 points on average. This reflects a consistent quality gap across their sites.

Dimension Edge

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

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

Industry-by-Industry Results

The platforms split industry wins evenly across 5 shared verticals - the overall score gap may be driven by a few outlier sites rather than a consistent pattern.

Sample Size Consideration

Format has 2.8× more audited sites than Cargo. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.