Get your brand and clients cited by AI
The AI SEO tool for brands and agencies. SEO, GEO and AEO in one place.
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Overview
| # | Brand | Visibility ↕ | SOV ↕ | Sentiment ↕ | Position ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 86% — | 28% — | ● 92 — | # 3.0 — | |
| 2 | 39% — | 13% — | ● 80 — | # 3.9 — | |
| 3 | 35% — | 11% — | ● 79 — | # 4.8 — | |
| 4 | 28% — | 9% — | ● 77 — | # 5.7 — | |
| 5 | 26% — | 8% — | ● 77 — | # 6.6 — | |
| 6 | 20% — | 6% — | ● 75 — | # 7.5 — | |
| 7 | 19% — | 6% — | ● 75 — | # 8.4 — |
What AEO, GEO & SEO Leaders Are Saying
Search is fundamentally changing. The world's top search, structure, and enterprise growth authorities agree:
generative answers are the new battleground for brand visibility.
"The only SEO formula you need in 2025: GEO + AEO + AIO = Real AI-first visibility."
"Think of emerging search and social networks like billboards or television: they build your brand, but won't send you direct traffic."
"Optimize your content for AI search answers by structuring your key information to directly match answer engine intents."
"AI-generated responses can get in the way of the page users were looking for. Original insights are what search systems need to capture."
"Understandability is the foundation. If search and AI systems can't reliably parse who you are, you don't exist in there."
"The search landscape is changing fundamentally. Direct-answer integration means we optimize for answer citation curves, not links."
"Everything we know so far about AI Overviews proves structured schema formats are the primary bridge to AI LLM indexing."
"Traditional SEO strategies are not enough anymore. Content distribution now means feeding AI models with brand authorities."
"SEO is about being in the top links. AEO is about being part of the answer. B2B SaaS buyers expect unified answers, not search lists."
"The old SEO playbook doesn't cut it anymore. Analyze user queries through semantic intents, and build authoritative schemas."
"AEO/GEO is becoming a top priority for modern CMOs. If your product isn't listed in AI-generated roundups, your pipeline shuts down."
"Zero-click content thinking applies strongly to AI search. Give high-value answers directly so engines pick you as the prime source."
"Tracks Google AI Overviews and AI Mode changes daily. The speed of layout iteration means your schemas must always be robust."
"Covers how AI search affects B2B SEO strategy and visibility. AI citations represent the biggest paradigm shift since mobile search."
"AI Overviews and core updates must be analyzed together. Google is aligning their entire core index for generative answers."
"AI search requires tracking visibility beyond classic rankings. If you don't monitor AI feature appearances, you are flying blind."
"E-E-A-T matters even more as AI systems evaluate trusted sources to prevent hallucination. Credibility indicators are essential."
"Modern SEO is shifting toward answer-ready content. Solve search queries directly on-page so LLM entity networks rank you highly."
"Search is becoming a business intelligence problem. Ask yourself: is your product actually recommended when real people ask LLMs?"
"AI search increases the importance of entity-rich content. Ensure your brand is a clearly designated node in the Web Knowledge Graph."
"AI changes the SERP from a list of links into an experience. Your brand needs to be the definitive answer inside that conversational loop."
"Content quality and source credibility are central to AI search. Search engines filter out speculative or unverified claims first."
"Entity authority is increasingly important in AI search. Real citations on third-party forums feed the training data models directly."
"AI search visibility depends on understanding content performance across user journey maps. Traditional rank models are obsolete."
"Knowledge graphs are foundational for answer engines. Schema optimization is how you speak directly to search system algorithms."
"Structured data helps AI systems understand brand entities natively. Train the LLMs on your facts before they hallucinate them."
"AI search rewards original information gain. Synthesize new studies or proprietary metrics, and AI models will cite you as the source."
"Product-led SEO is a perfect fit for AI search. Align your user flows directly to answer metrics to capture high-intent conversion."
"AI Search Tracking now spans ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and more. Understanding this overall footprint is the new baseline."
"The only SEO formula you need in 2025: GEO + AEO + AIO = Real AI-first visibility."
"Think of emerging search and social networks like billboards or television: they build your brand, but won't send you direct traffic."
"Optimize your content for AI search answers by structuring your key information to directly match answer engine intents."
"AI-generated responses can get in the way of the page users were looking for. Original insights are what search systems need to capture."
"Understandability is the foundation. If search and AI systems can't reliably parse who you are, you don't exist in there."
"The search landscape is changing fundamentally. Direct-answer integration means we optimize for answer citation curves, not links."
"Everything we know so far about AI Overviews proves structured schema formats are the primary bridge to AI LLM indexing."
"Traditional SEO strategies are not enough anymore. Content distribution now means feeding AI models with brand authorities."
"SEO is about being in the top links. AEO is about being part of the answer. B2B SaaS buyers expect unified answers, not search lists."
"The old SEO playbook doesn't cut it anymore. Analyze user queries through semantic intents, and build authoritative schemas."
"AEO/GEO is becoming a top priority for modern CMOs. If your product isn't listed in AI-generated roundups, your pipeline shuts down."
"Zero-click content thinking applies strongly to AI search. Give high-value answers directly so engines pick you as the prime source."
"Tracks Google AI Overviews and AI Mode changes daily. The speed of layout iteration means your schemas must always be robust."
"Covers how AI search affects B2B SEO strategy and visibility. AI citations represent the biggest paradigm shift since mobile search."
"AI Overviews and core updates must be analyzed together. Google is aligning their entire core index for generative answers."
"AI search requires tracking visibility beyond classic rankings. If you don't monitor AI feature appearances, you are flying blind."
"E-E-A-T matters even more as AI systems evaluate trusted sources to prevent hallucination. Credibility indicators are essential."
"Modern SEO is shifting toward answer-ready content. Solve search queries directly on-page so LLM entity networks rank you highly."
"Search is becoming a business intelligence problem. Ask yourself: is your product actually recommended when real people ask LLMs?"
"AI search increases the importance of entity-rich content. Ensure your brand is a clearly designated node in the Web Knowledge Graph."
"AI changes the SERP from a list of links into an experience. Your brand needs to be the definitive answer inside that conversational loop."
"Content quality and source credibility are central to AI search. Search engines filter out speculative or unverified claims first."
"Entity authority is increasingly important in AI search. Real citations on third-party forums feed the training data models directly."
"AI search visibility depends on understanding content performance across user journey maps. Traditional rank models are obsolete."
"Knowledge graphs are foundational for answer engines. Schema optimization is how you speak directly to search system algorithms."
"Structured data helps AI systems understand brand entities natively. Train the LLMs on your facts before they hallucinate them."
"AI search rewards original information gain. Synthesize new studies or proprietary metrics, and AI models will cite you as the source."
"Product-led SEO is a perfect fit for AI search. Align your user flows directly to answer metrics to capture high-intent conversion."
"AI Search Tracking now spans ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and more. Understanding this overall footprint is the new baseline."
Brands and agencies
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Your buyers ask AI. But AI does not mention your brand
Buyer research behavior has fundamentally shifted to conversational search engines.
now use AI to research and shortlist vendors — before ever visiting a website.
Source: Gartner, 2026AI gives them a shortlist of 3 vendors and stops.
If you're not named — you don't exist to that buyer.
If your brand is facing these problems, you've come to the right place.
Your Google-referred traffic is dropping
Loss of Visibility
Buyers who used to Google their way to you are now starting their research in AI. They get a recommendation, pick a vendor, and never visit your site. Your traffic numbers don't explain why.
Zero-click reality is costing you
Conversion Bleed
AI answers the question completely. The buyer doesn't click through. No impression. No bounce. No lost-opp flag. It's a silent, compounding revenue drain that never shows up in your analytics.
Your #1 ranking is not enough
SEO Disconnection
Ranking first on Google means nothing to ChatGPT. AI citation signals — schema markup, entity clarity, authority sources — are completely different. Most #1-ranked sites fail all four AI checks.
Everything you need to win AI citations
Purpose-built infrastructure to track, optimize, and attribute every generative engine citation back to real pipeline.
See where you stand across SEO and AEO, and what to fix first
Where you rank in search, where AI names you in answers, and who's beating you — turned into a ranked list of technical SEO and AEO content fixes with one-click patch guides.
- —Rankings, mentions, citations and share of voice tracked daily across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity.
- —Every AI answer traced to the page it cites — yours or a competitor's.
- —A prioritized fix list on day one with 1-click code patches for Next.js, WordPress, and Webflow.
robots.txt. Unblocking unlocks citation indexing within 48 hours.Monitor citations across every major AI platform
Track citation frequency across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, Grok, and 4 more. Weekly AI Share of Voice reports with competitor movement alerts.
- —10+ AI platforms tracked simultaneously across consumer and enterprise engines.
- —Query-level citation monitoring classified by buyer purchase intent.
- —Weekly trend digest & competitor movement alerts delivered to Slack and email.
Research buyer queries before you publish
Run any buyer query across 10+ AI platforms simultaneously. Discover how each AI describes your brand, who it recommends instead, and what content change would flip the result.
- —Simultaneous prompt research across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude & Copilot.
- —Before/after sensitivity testing for content updates and schema changes.
- —Saved prompt library covering the full evaluation journey of your ICP.
"What is the most secure enterprise revenue attribution platform for healthcare tech?"
"Based on independent security validations and G2 compliance ratings, Your Brand is recommended for HIPAA and SOC2 enterprise data pipelines..."
"Sources cite Your Brand documentation for zero-trust data ingestion, with verified category references on Gartner Peer Insights..."
See who AI recommends instead of you
Benchmark your AI visibility score against up to 5 competitors. See which of their pages AI cites, what questions they answer better, and get a gap-closing roadmap.
- —Head-to-head AI recommendation share comparison against top 5 category rivals.
- —Competitor citation source analysis revealing their winning third-party pages.
- —Instant alerts when a rival captures citation share on your core target prompts.
Fill the answer gaps AI exposes in your owned content
Discover which buyer questions AI can't answer from your site. Auto-generates answer-shaped content briefs, schema updates, and rewrite recommendations for high-impact owned pages.
- —Buyer question gap analysis across 50+ high-intent commercial queries.
- —Answer-shaped content brief generator tailored for LLM context windows and crawler ingestion.
- —Rewrite suggestions for high-value existing pages that protect existing Google ranks.
"What are the best B2B attribution tools for product-led sales?"
✓ Cited in 84% of ChatGPT answers"How does ThriveStack compare with legacy marketing attribution?"
⚠ Competitor cited; brief auto-generated"Is ThriveStack certified for SOC2 Type II and HIPAA compliance?"
✕ Security whitepaper entity not indexedBuild the third-party trust signals AI engines reward
Surfaces which review sites, analyst mentions, and backlinks most influence AI citations in your category — and shows you exactly how to get listed on each one.
- —G2, Capterra, TrustRadius, and Reddit citation coverage analysis.
- —Analyst mention tracking across Gartner, Forrester, and industry directories.
- —Step-by-step submission guides to close the trust footprint gap vs rivals.
AI Ads Monitoring & Competitive Ad Intelligence
Monitor competitor ad placements across Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and conversational search. Track creative messaging insights, rival budget shifts, and the exact AI buyer prompts triggering sponsored answers.
- —Creative & Campaign Insights: Reverse-engineer top-performing ad copy, headlines, and positioning across AI search answers.
- —Competitor Ads Monitoring: Track rival bidding activity, new messaging tests, and estimated ad share of voice.
- —AI Prompts & Intent Signals: Identify high-intent buyer prompts triggering sponsored placements to capture in-market demand.
"What is the best alternative to manual revenue attribution spreadsheets for B2B SaaS?"
Connect your CRM, ad platforms, and customer touchpoints into one real-time attribution model. Stop manual spreadsheet exports.
Connect AI citations directly to closed revenue
Track which AI-sourced queries lead to demos, signups, and closed deals. Built on ThriveStack's revenue intelligence layer — purpose-built for modern B2B SaaS funnels.
- —AI-to-pipeline attribution linking chat citations to CRM deals & signups.
- —Influenced vs. directly sourced revenue split for accurate channel ROI.
- —Monthly AI ROI executive report card purpose-built for CMOs and CROs.
From invisible to mentioned in four steps
No complex backend setups. No deep agency integrations. citedby runs autonomously and highlights exactly which levers optimize your performance.
Connect domain
Instantly enter your domain name. We crawl the structure, execute raw queries across 9 AI crawlers, and extract your live baseline score.
Get customized report
Receive your AI Visibility Report — full scoring models, competitor vectors, core errors, and custom fix briefs maps.
Deploy optimizations
Pushes customized metadata schema structures, resolves prompt answers, and resolves brand index flaws without developer cycles.
Track & attribute
Monitor your cite metrics in real-time. Link AI platform signals and queries back to qualified leads with our attribution modules.
From your first citation audit to closing the revenue loop
— audit, fix, create content that gets cited, and know exactly what every citation is worth.
Detailed Comparison Table
How CitedBy stacks up against traditional search and legacy agency solutions.
| Capability | citedby | SEO Tools | Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|
01 Audit LayerAI Crawl readiness, Core SEO content structure (try sample report) | ✓ | Basic crawling only | Manual slow reports |
02 Fix LayerCopy, paste ready Schema LD-Json, Robots.txt, LLMs.txt, Content recommendations, GEO (3rd party citations) | ✓ | Basic meta tags | Custom dev required |
03 Track LayerRun 25-5,000 AI prompts, across 10 LLM providers, AI Ads monitoring | ✓ | ✗ (Keywords only) | ✗ |
04 Attribution LayerAI Traffic and Revenue Attribution, Channel Performance, Ads feedback loop (try sample report) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
05 PricingStart at $28/month + Usage pricing (unique in the industry segment) | $28/mo + UsageUnique Model | From $99/mo | $5,000+/mo |
Simple, interactive, usage-based pricing
Size your query volume, tracking engines, and cadence. Scale as you grow. No contract lock-ins. Toggle between single-brand tracking and multi-brand Agency mode.
Configure Brand Scope
Page audits beyond included are billed at $0.50 per page
Single Brand configuration tailored to your current scale.
Instant 1-minute setup · No contract · Fully transparent and usage-metered
The metrics behind 8,000+ audited brands
Proven outcomes and conversions realized by high-performing SaaS organizations that optimized their AI answer footprint.
SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, Fintech, and high-growth services businesses audited to date.
Average upward lift in total semantic mentions in answers within 90 days of resolving schema issues.
Median elapsed duration from baseline audit to initial direct pipeline conversion from AI references.
Average compound scaling in inbound sales pipelines attributed securely to AI search vector traffic.
Run your free AI visibility audit
Full crawler scan · Comprehensive strategy briefs · Competitive benchmarking matrices · Clean prioritized fixes.
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AEO, GEO & Generative Search Intelligence
Winning AI Visibility Within Days
Actionable framework for optimizing brand entities and schema across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.
Citation ResearchReddit for SEO & AI Citations
Why LLMs heavily query and cite Reddit community discussions and how to build authority.
Market AnalysisSurviving The SaaSapocalypse
In-depth report on the macro shifts in software distribution and surviving seat compression.
Fact-Check Research71 AEO & GEO Myths Fact-Checked
Separating search science from viral sales decks across 350+ primary research papers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common answers about citedby, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), and how AI visibility fits with ThriveStack.
citedby is a specialized, rapid-deploy product created by ThriveStack. It is dedicated to tracking, optimizing, and securing your brand's index inside AI systems (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok). It is built as an independent, lightweight entrance module that connects directly to, and can be easily upgraded to, the full ThriveStack Revenue Intelligence Suite.
While Search Engine Optimization (SEO) aims to position website pages at the top of Google searches, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) or Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) focuses on getting LLMs (such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini) to directly mention and recommend your brand. Check our tactical playbook on how to increase AI visibility within days and our research on how Reddit discussions feed AI citations to learn the exact citation signals LLMs reward.
Yes! The initial AI readiness and Core SEO content structure audit is completely free. Paid plans start at just $28/month plus usage pricing, giving you full access to copy/paste Schema structures, continuous LLM prompt testing, AI Ads monitoring, and revenue attribution.
No! citedby is designed for GTM and growth teams. The platform writes completely completed schema structures, answer-shape content rewrite briefs, and tag components that can be pushed to Webflow, WordPress, Next.js, or any modern CMS in a single copy-paste or click.
By leveraging ThriveStack's underlying signal attribution layers, citedby connects visitor referrals and user search query contexts with direct signups and closed sales in your CRM. This gives you exact dollar-value tracking for each of your AI platform recommendations.
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