# State of agent access

Each month: how far an AI agent gets on its own in the software we drive, and what the most-linked software sites let in.

As of 24 Oct 2026, our agent got in on its own at 52 of the 151 products we drove. Of the 5,000 most-linked software sites we asked, 602 stopped it at the home page.

Source: https://agentdrives.com/research/state-of-agent-access?via=md · Latest: https://agentdrives.com/research/state-of-agent-access-2026-10.md?via=md · license CC BY 4.0

## October 2026 in numbers

- Let our agent in on its own: 52 of 151 products
- Met a bot check on the way in: 113 of 151 products
- Took a payment from our agent: 5 of 151 products
- Stopped our agent at the home page: 602 of 5,000 sites
- Sign-up pages with a CAPTCHA: 204 of 1,153

## Every edition

- [State of agent access, October 2026](https://agentdrives.com/research/state-of-agent-access-2026-10.md?via=md): our agent got in on its own at 52 of the 151 products we drove. Data: https://agentdrives.com/research/state-of-agent-access-2026-10.json?via=md

## The data

- Today's records as CSV: https://agentdrives.com/data/agentdrives-current.csv?via=md
- Data plans: https://agentdrives.com/data/licence?via=md
- Cite: AgentDrives, State of agent access, https://agentdrives.com/research/state-of-agent-access?via=md