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title: Compare two cities: business websites and AI agents · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/compare?format=md
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# Two cities, side by side

Pick any two indexes. The page puts their headline numbers next to each other: sites scanned, who takes bookings or orders on their own site, who turns AI crawlers away, who scores A or B, the menus, the channels, the builders, the vendors, the assistants, and the months.

Any two index slugs: /compare/{a}/{b} (alphabetical order; the other order redirects), JSON at /api/compare/{a}/{b}. The slugs are in /api/countries and /cities.

Each comparison has a Markdown twin (?format=md), JSON at /api/compare/{a}/{b} and a share image. Agents: the MCP tool compare_cities, or "compare lisbon and porto" over A2A.

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## Across borders

[London / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/london/new-york) · [New York / Paris](https://directindex.org/compare/new-york/paris) · [Berlin / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/berlin/new-york) · [Hamburg / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/hamburg/new-york) · [London / Paris](https://directindex.org/compare/london/paris) · [New York / Vienna](https://directindex.org/compare/new-york/vienna) · [Berlin / London](https://directindex.org/compare/berlin/london) · [Munich / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/munich/new-york) · [Berlin / Paris](https://directindex.org/compare/berlin/paris) · [Madrid / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/madrid/new-york) · [Amsterdam / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/amsterdam/new-york) · [New York / Toronto](https://directindex.org/compare/new-york/toronto) · [New York / Stockholm](https://directindex.org/compare/new-york/stockholm) · [New York / Prague](https://directindex.org/compare/new-york/prague) · [Milan / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/milan/new-york) · [Copenhagen / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/copenhagen/new-york) · [New York / Rome](https://directindex.org/compare/new-york/rome) · [Cologne / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/cologne/new-york) · [Hamburg / London](https://directindex.org/compare/hamburg/london) · [Frankfurt / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/frankfurt/new-york)

## Within a country

### [Belgium](https://directindex.org/country/be)

[Antwerp / Brussels](https://directindex.org/compare/antwerp/brussels)

### [Canada](https://directindex.org/country/ca)

[Toronto / Vancouver](https://directindex.org/compare/toronto/vancouver) · [Montreal / Toronto](https://directindex.org/compare/montreal/toronto) · [Montreal / Vancouver](https://directindex.org/compare/montreal/vancouver)

### [France](https://directindex.org/country/fr)

[Lyon / Paris](https://directindex.org/compare/lyon/paris) · [Nice / Paris](https://directindex.org/compare/nice/paris) · [Bordeaux / Paris](https://directindex.org/compare/bordeaux/paris) · [Marseille / Paris](https://directindex.org/compare/marseille/paris) · [Lyon / Nice](https://directindex.org/compare/lyon/nice) · [Bordeaux / Lyon](https://directindex.org/compare/bordeaux/lyon) · [Lyon / Marseille](https://directindex.org/compare/lyon/marseille) · [Bordeaux / Nice](https://directindex.org/compare/bordeaux/nice) · [Marseille / Nice](https://directindex.org/compare/marseille/nice) · [Bordeaux / Marseille](https://directindex.org/compare/bordeaux/marseille)

### [Germany](https://directindex.org/country/de)

[Berlin / Hamburg](https://directindex.org/compare/berlin/hamburg) · [Berlin / Munich](https://directindex.org/compare/berlin/munich) · [Berlin / Cologne](https://directindex.org/compare/berlin/cologne) · [Hamburg / Munich](https://directindex.org/compare/hamburg/munich) · [Berlin / Frankfurt](https://directindex.org/compare/berlin/frankfurt) · [Cologne / Hamburg](https://directindex.org/compare/cologne/hamburg) · [Frankfurt / Hamburg](https://directindex.org/compare/frankfurt/hamburg) · [Cologne / Munich](https://directindex.org/compare/cologne/munich) · [Frankfurt / Munich](https://directindex.org/compare/frankfurt/munich) · [Cologne / Frankfurt](https://directindex.org/compare/cologne/frankfurt)

### [Ireland](https://directindex.org/country/ie)

[Cork / Dublin](https://directindex.org/compare/cork/dublin)

### [Italy](https://directindex.org/country/it)

[Milan / Rome](https://directindex.org/compare/milan/rome) · [Milan / Turin](https://directindex.org/compare/milan/turin) · [Florence / Milan](https://directindex.org/compare/florence/milan) · [Rome / Turin](https://directindex.org/compare/rome/turin) · [Milan / Naples](https://directindex.org/compare/milan/naples) · [Florence / Rome](https://directindex.org/compare/florence/rome) · [Naples / Rome](https://directindex.org/compare/naples/rome) · [Florence / Turin](https://directindex.org/compare/florence/turin) · [Naples / Turin](https://directindex.org/compare/naples/turin) · [Florence / Naples](https://directindex.org/compare/florence/naples)

### [Netherlands](https://directindex.org/country/nl)

[Amsterdam / Rotterdam](https://directindex.org/compare/amsterdam/rotterdam)

### [Portugal](https://directindex.org/country/pt)

[Lisbon / Porto](https://directindex.org/compare/lisbon/porto)

### [Spain](https://directindex.org/country/es)

[Barcelona / Madrid](https://directindex.org/compare/barcelona/madrid) · [Madrid / Valencia](https://directindex.org/compare/madrid/valencia) · [Madrid / Seville](https://directindex.org/compare/madrid/seville) · [Barcelona / Valencia](https://directindex.org/compare/barcelona/valencia) · [Barcelona / Seville](https://directindex.org/compare/barcelona/seville) · [Seville / Valencia](https://directindex.org/compare/seville/valencia)

### [Switzerland](https://directindex.org/country/ch)

[Geneva / Zurich](https://directindex.org/compare/geneva/zurich)

### [United Kingdom](https://directindex.org/country/gb)

[Edinburgh / London](https://directindex.org/compare/edinburgh/london) · [Birmingham / London](https://directindex.org/compare/birmingham/london) · [London / Manchester](https://directindex.org/compare/london/manchester) · [Glasgow / London](https://directindex.org/compare/glasgow/london) · [Birmingham / Edinburgh](https://directindex.org/compare/birmingham/edinburgh) · [Edinburgh / Manchester](https://directindex.org/compare/edinburgh/manchester) · [Edinburgh / Glasgow](https://directindex.org/compare/edinburgh/glasgow) · [Birmingham / Manchester](https://directindex.org/compare/birmingham/manchester) · [Birmingham / Glasgow](https://directindex.org/compare/birmingham/glasgow) · [Glasgow / Manchester](https://directindex.org/compare/glasgow/manchester)

### [United States](https://directindex.org/country/us)

[Chicago / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/chicago/new-york) · [Los Angeles / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/los-angeles/new-york) · [New York / San Francisco](https://directindex.org/compare/new-york/san-francisco) · [New York / Seattle](https://directindex.org/compare/new-york/seattle) · [Boston / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/boston/new-york) · [Austin / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/austin/new-york) · [Miami / New York](https://directindex.org/compare/miami/new-york) · [Chicago / Los Angeles](https://directindex.org/compare/chicago/los-angeles) · [Chicago / San Francisco](https://directindex.org/compare/chicago/san-francisco) · [Los Angeles / San Francisco](https://directindex.org/compare/los-angeles/san-francisco) · [Chicago / Seattle](https://directindex.org/compare/chicago/seattle) · [Los Angeles / Seattle](https://directindex.org/compare/los-angeles/seattle)

Suggested pairs are indexes of the same kind with at least 100 scanned sites each. Any two indexes can be compared through the form, including two kinds of business in one city: [Lisbon restaurants against Lisbon cafes](https://directindex.org/compare/lisbon/lisbon-cafes-bars), for example.

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#### Vendors and help

[Booking and ordering vendors](https://directindex.org/vendors)[Do their terms allow agents?](https://directindex.org/vendors/terms)[Vendor verification](https://directindex.org/vendors/verification)[Website builders](https://directindex.org/builders)[Who can fix this](https://directindex.org/providers)[For agencies](https://directindex.org/agency)

#### For agents

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#### Data

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Business listings from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Scores under the same licence.

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