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Launch Auditor vs Lighthouse
Lighthouse vs Launch Auditor — score vs go/no-go clearance
Lighthouse is excellent for performance and best-practice scoring on a single URL. Launch Auditor is a pre-launch clearance gate — 11 categories, multi-page crawl, trust & AI visibility, and a ship / fix verdict with AI fix prompts.
Supabase backend testing (optional)
Provide Supabase credentials to run deeper RLS and cross-tenant isolation probes. Secrets are encrypted at rest and never appear in scan reports.
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| Feature | Launch Auditor | Lighthouse |
|---|---|---|
| Go / no-go launch verdict | ||
| Multi-page crawl | ||
| Security headers & secrets | ||
| SEO metadata & sitemap | ||
| Trust / legal page checks | ||
| AI visibility / llms.txt | ||
| Core Web Vitals lab score | ||
| AI fix prompts for builders | ||
| CI / GitHub Action gate |
Choose Launch Auditor when
- You need a go/no-go decision before Product Hunt, demo day, or client handoff
- You want security headers, secrets, legal pages, and AI visibility in one pass
- You need Cursor-ready fix prompts and a CI/GitHub Action gate
- You care about multi-page crawl, not only the homepage Lighthouse score
Choose Lighthouse when
- You are tuning Core Web Vitals on a single page in Chrome DevTools
- You already have security/SEO covered and only need a performance lab score
- You want Google’s raw Lighthouse JSON in a custom pipeline
FAQ
Lighthouse comparison questions
Is Launch Auditor a Lighthouse alternative?
For pre-launch clearance, yes — it covers more than performance. For pure lab performance scoring inside Chrome, keep using Lighthouse. Many teams run both.
Can I use both in CI?
Yes. Use Lighthouse CI for performance budgets and Launch Auditor as the go/no-go clearance gate for security, SEO, trust, and launch blockers.