SOM or DOM

Head to head comparison for agent browsing

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DOM is built for rendering. SOM is built for meaning. This tester shows tokens, speed, and cost side by side.

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Speed race - ms DOM, - ms SOM
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GPT-4 input cost (est.)
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SOM Score

Score considers compression, structure, and content coverage. High score means your page is easy for AI agents to understand.

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DOM
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SOM
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What is SOM?

SOM (Semantic Object Model) is a structured, token efficient representation of a web page. It keeps meaning and throws away layout noise.

Why does this matter?

Agents pay for tokens and time. SOM reduces both, so your agent can browse more pages, faster, for less money.