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In our sample, Replit sites score higher: a median of 40/100 against 26/100 for Wix, a gap of 14 points. The score counts problems a visitor or a search engine would hit, such as missing headings, exposed keys and blocked zoom, so it says as much about how people use each builder as about the builder itself.
| Replit | Wix | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | AI builder (site written from a prompt) | Visual builder (designed by a person) |
| Default hosting | *.replit.app | *.wixsite.com |
| Sites in our sample | 114 | 150 |
| Median site score | 40/100 | 26/100 |
| Sites with a critical problem of their own | 18.4% | 0% |
| Call a Supabase database from the browser | 0% | 0% |
| No main heading (H1) | 86.8% | 100% |
| No meta description | 41.2% | 100% |
| Zoom disabled on phones | 79.8% | 0% |
| Builder badge left on | 3.5% | 0% |
Highlighted: the better of the two on that row. Lower is better for every percentage.
ReplitHow to spot it: Look at the address: *.replit.app or *.replit.dev is Replit hosting.
What usually goes wrong: The default description is what people see in Google. If the description still says "Update this description to reflect the app", that is the sentence under your title in search results, and in every link preview.
WixHow to spot it: Search the page source for a generator meta tag naming Wix.
What usually goes wrong: A lot of JavaScript for a simple page. Wix ships its whole runtime even for a brochure site. It is the most common reason a Wix page scores poorly on a phone.
Usually, yes. Each leaves its own traces: Replit on *.replit.app and in its scripts, Wix on *.wixsite.com and in its own markers. Paste the URL in the scanner above and it names the builder with the evidence it found.
Neither decides it alone. In our sample the biggest SEO gaps were a missing main heading and a missing meta description, both fixable on either platform. Compare the rows above, then scan your own site to see which of them apply to it.
Not by being AI-built. The problems we see most are defaults nobody changed: titles, badges, blocked zoom, and database keys used without access rules. Each is a short fix once you know it is there.
Numbers from The AI-built web, October 2026: public sites on each builder's own hosting, scanned once. Read the method and its limits there.