What Is a Business Readiness Score?
SaaSalyst's Business Readiness Score is a 0–100 metric that measures how prepared your SaaS product is for enterprise buyers, search engines, and AI recommendation systems. It goes beyond technical performance to evaluate everything a buyer checks before signing a contract.
How SaaSalyst Calculates Your Score
SaaSalyst scans your website and runs 52 automated checks across 8 technical categories. Each check produces a pass, fail, or warning result. The severity of each check determines how heavily it influences your score.
Technical check scores are then combined into 6 business categories using a weighted matrix. The overall Business Readiness Score is the average of all scored business categories.
Severity Weights
Not all checks are equal. SaaSalyst assigns severity-based weights to each check. A critical failure has far more impact than a low-severity warning.
| Severity | Weight (points) | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 25 | Foundational issues that block enterprise adoption. |
| High | 15 | Major gaps that enterprise buyers will notice. |
| Medium | 8 | Important signals that differentiate strong products. |
| Low | 3 | Nice-to-have improvements for polish. |
Business Categories
SaaSalyst maps technical checks into 6 business categories that mirror how enterprise buyers evaluate SaaS products.
Compliance & Legal
compliance (100%)
Privacy policy, terms of service, cookie consent, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, EU AI Act, and contact information.
Security & Infrastructure
security (80%) + stack_detection (20%)
HTTPS, security headers, source map exposure, mixed content, API key leaks, and technology stack detection.
Accessibility
accessibility (100%)
Alt text, ARIA landmarks, heading hierarchy, lang attribute, and mobile viewport.
Performance
performance (100%)
PageSpeed Insights metrics — overall score, LCP, CLS, and FCP.
Distribution Readiness
seo (70%) + analytics (30%)
Title tags, meta descriptions, Open Graph, structured data, analytics detection, AI crawler access, and social proof signals.
Pricing & Monetization
pricing_page (100%)
Pricing page transparency, free tier/trial, billing toggle, refund policy, and pricing tiers.
Competitive Positioning
Manual analysis (Phase 1)
Technology stack detection and competitive intelligence. Fully automated scoring coming in Phase 2.
Grade Scale
| Grade | Score | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| A | 90–100 | Enterprise-ready. Your product meets or exceeds expectations across all categories. |
| B | 80–89 | Strong foundation with a few gaps. Address remaining issues to reach enterprise-grade. |
| C | 70–79 | Moderate readiness. Several areas need attention before targeting enterprise buyers. |
| D | 60–69 | Significant gaps. Multiple critical issues require remediation. |
| F | Below 60 | Not ready. Foundational issues across categories need to be resolved first. |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Business Readiness Score?
A Business Readiness Score is a 0–100 metric calculated by SaaSalyst that measures how prepared your SaaS product is for enterprise buyers, search engines, and AI recommendation systems.
How does SaaSalyst calculate the score?
SaaSalyst runs 52 automated checks across 8 technical categories, scores each category based on check severity and pass/fail status, then combines them into 6 business categories using a weighted matrix.
How is the Business Readiness Score different from a Lighthouse score?
Lighthouse measures technical web performance. SaaSalyst's Business Readiness Score goes further by evaluating compliance, legal readiness, SEO, security, accessibility, pricing transparency, and AI discoverability — everything an enterprise buyer evaluates before purchasing SaaS.
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