AI website builders have crossed an important threshold: they can produce a credible first release quickly.

That does not make the output production-ready.

The generated pages are the easiest part to inspect. The harder questions appear after launch, when someone needs to change an offer, trace a missing lead, reverse a bad deployment or move the system to another operator.

Here are the seven checks I use to separate a fast build from an operable website.

1. Let a non-builder change one price