What exactly is “GEO”?

Generative Engine Optimization: getting your brand named when someone asks an AI assistant for a recommendation. It is the search battle that happens without a results page — and without a click you can measure in analytics.

How does CitedBy know which brands were mentioned?

We run a detection pass on the full answer and match your brand and your tracked competitors, including common aliases. Every mention is stored with its position and the question that produced it, so a generic word collision never counts as a win.

Which AI models do you track?

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity on every plan. Every engine runs the same fixed question set, so you can compare engines without averaging away the differences.

Do I need an API key to try it?

No. Without keys, CitedBy runs a deterministic simulated engine so you can walk the whole product — questions, runs, detection, dashboard, actions — before connecting anything. Add provider keys when you go live.

How is this different from the big GEO platforms?

They sell a 240-check audit and a content agency. CitedBy does one job: your fixed question set, four engines, who won, and five things to do. It is a fraction of the price and you can read the whole result in five minutes.

Can my AI agents read the data?

Yes. CitedBy ships an MCP server, so Claude, Cursor or your own agent can suggest questions, detect cited brands in an answer and score a draft for AI citation readiness.

Generative Engine Optimization

See if AI recommends your brand

CitedBy asks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity your buyers' questions every week, shows who gets recommended instead of you, and gives you five concrete actions to win the answer.

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Free plan · 1 project, 5 questions · No API key needed to try

ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexity

buyer question

“What's the best CRM for a small sales team?”

Here are the options I'd compare first:

1
HubSpot — the most complete all-in-one, best if you also want marketing.
2
Bluewave — a focused, fast-to-set-up CRM for small sales teams.
you
3
Pipedrive — strong pipeline view, popular with SDRs.
4
Zoho CRM — cheapest once you scale seats.

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mention rate

58% ▲ 6pp

Tracked across the engines your buyers actually use

ChatGPTOpenAIClaudeAnthropicGeminiGooglePerplexityPerplexity

Buyers ask an assistant

“Best CRM for a small team”, “HubSpot vs Pipedrive”, “cheaper alternative to Salesforce”. The shortlist is written before anyone opens a browser tab.

The assistant names brands

Four or five names, in order. No blue links, no page two — and no ranking report you can inspect to see where you stand.

Most sites are not in the room

If you are not in the answer, you never hear about it. CitedBy keeps the score for you, every week, against the names that do get named.

How it works

Three steps, one number, five actions.

Add your site and questions

One project: your domain, your brand name, the competitors you care about, and your buyer questions. Two minutes, no crawl, no tracking script.

We ask the engines

CitedBy sends every question to the four models and reads the answers. A detection pass records who was named, in what order, and which sources were cited.

4 engines × 10 questions = 40 answers per run

Track the movement

Your dashboard shows mention rate, share of voice and average position over time, who replaced you, and the five highest-leverage actions for the week.

Features

The whole loop, and nothing you have to maintain.

Your buyers' real questions

Add the questions your customers actually type — “best CRM for a small team”, “X vs Y”, “alternatives to Z”. CitedBy keeps the set fixed so every run is comparable.

Four engines, every week

Each question runs across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. We capture the full answer, not just a screenshot, and re-run it on a schedule.

Who gets recommended instead

Brand detection tags every name in every answer. You see your mention rate, your share of voice against competitors, and your average position.

Five actions, not five dashboards

Every week you get a short, prioritised plan: which page to write, which directory to get listed on, which source the models keep citing for your category.

A report in your inbox

A weekly email with your movement, the competitor that gained, and the actions to ship — small enough to read on Monday morning.

Live demo

See it before you sign up

The demo is the real dashboard, filled with a fictional brand so you can read every answer and every action.

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The dashboard

One number you can move, and who is beating you to it.

Mention rate and share of voice, week over week.
The competitor named instead you, per question.
Every captured answer, with the sources each model trusted.

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Bluewave CRM

bluewave.io

week 6

Mention rate

88%

Share of voice

18%

Avg. position

#2.2

1
Salesforce19%
36 ans.
2
Zoho CRM19%
36 ans.
3
Bluewaveyou18%
35 ans.
4
Pipedrive17%
33 ans.
5
HubSpot16%
32 ans.
6
Freshsales12%
23 ans.

updated weekly · 4 engines · 40 answers per run

Why CitedBy

Built to be read in five minutes, not demonstrated in a call.

	CitedBy	Monitoring-only GEO tools	Checking by hand
First answer	5 minutes after signup	After onboarding calls	Whenever you remember
Setup	Your site + 10 questions	Audits, integrations, seats	Spreadsheets and screenshots
What you get	One clear number and 5 actions	Scores, dashboards, a content upsell	Raw notes, no benchmark
How often	Weekly, automatically	Daily (priced per prompt)	When you find the time
Price	Free, then $19/month	$99–$249/month	Your evenings

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when the answer actually changes.

Prices in US dollars, billed monthly. Cancel anytime.

Free

Try the whole loop.

$0/forever

1 project
5 buyer questions
All four engines, weekly
Dashboard and 5 actions
Community support

Start free

Pro

For founders and small teams.

$19/per month

10 projects
25 buyer questions each
Daily re-runs
Weekly email report
Competitor tracking
MCP server access

Choose Pro

Agency

Many brands, one login.

$49/per month

50 projects
100 buyer questions each
White-label reports
Multiple seats
Priority support

Choose Agency

Secure checkout · Free plan needs no card · Annual billing saves two months

For agents

A CitedBy MCP server, so your tools can ask too.

Point Claude, Cursor or your own agent at /mcp and it can suggest buyer questions, detect which brands an answer cited, and score a draft for AI citation readiness.

mcp tools

suggest_questionsDraft a buyer question set for a brand
detect_brandsList the brands named in any answer text
score_contentRate a draft for AI citation readiness
get_demo_visibilityRead the demo project’s metrics

FAQ

Questions, answered plainly.

Still unsure? The demo uses real dashboards and fictional data — go read it.

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Find out what the models say about you — this week.

Add your site and your buyer questions. The free plan is the whole loop, not a teaser.

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