AI audit vs rubric — DropCommerce

An independent LLM scored DropCommerce against the same published rubric. The deterministic rubric result is our canonical score. The LLM's result is shown here as a sanity check — never mixed into the scoring formula.

Dimension Rubric LLM Δ (LLM − Rubric)
Pricing transparency 84 20 -64
Business transparency 40 25 -15
Shipping clarity 92 85 -7
Public reviews 86 0 -86
Product range 62 30 -32
Access & onboarding 85 40 -45
Support track record 82 0 -82
Store integrations 72 40 -32
Overall 75 28 -47
What this means: Large disagreement — investigate. The LLM read the published signals very differently from the deterministic rules. Median per-dimension |Δ| = 38.5.
pricingTransparency: Pricing is opaque; contact-sales. businessTransparency: Private company with about page. reviewScore: < stars or no reviews. productRange: Curated small set. access: Paid only with demo. support: Consistently poor support feedback. integration: Manual / API only.
This is the LLM's own explanation, not editorial commentary from SupplierSpy. The LLM result is a sanity check on the rubric — never mixed into the scoring formula.