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Cognizo
AEO platform tracking brand visibility in AI answers, with agents that create and publish content.
From $499/monthWhy it's on this listPublishes to your site · YesPublishes to the customer's own site, with approval-per-piece or fully autonomous auto-publishEvidence ↗
Where it improves on 5W Public Relations
- +Google AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode named explicitly, separately from AI OverviewsEvidence ↗
- +Microsoft Copilot · YesVendor states it tracks the Copilot surface as part of its platform coverageEvidence ↗
Trade-offs against 5W Public Relations
- −Done-for-you service · PartialDone-for-You executes autonomously via agents rather than staff; a human strategist is an Enterprise inclusionEvidence ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established - 02
AIclicks
Tracks brand mentions and cited sources across 10+ AI engines, then drafts and publishes the fixes.
From $59/monthWhy it's on this listPublishes to your site · YesOne-click publish or draft-push to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify or Framer; re-publishing updates the existing post. CMS integration is listed on every paid tier.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on 5W Public Relations
- +Google AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is a selectable model, and counts against the plan's model slots like any other.Evidence ↗
- +Microsoft Copilot · YesMicrosoft Copilot is in the monitored list and in the Compare Plans models row.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against 5W Public Relations
- −Technical AEO · PartialTechnical AEO is sold as a people-delivered audit from $750 and as free standalone tools (llms.txt generator, AI crawlability and robots.txt checkers); no schema or llms.txt feature is documented inside the tracked product.Evidence ↗
- −Wrong answers about you · NoSentiment is binary favourability attached to themes such as pricing or support quality; no feature in the docs, feature list or plan table flags a factually false claim about the brand.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 03
AthenaHQ
AEO/GEO platform that tracks brand visibility across AI answer engines and prescribes fixes.
From FreeWhy it's on this listPublishes to your site · YesShopify, Webflow and Framer integrations publish optimised content.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on 5W Public Relations
- +Google AI Mode · PartialGoogle AI Mode is added by paid plans; absent from the free Essential engine list.Evidence ↗
- +Microsoft Copilot · YesIncluded on every plan, free tier included.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against 5W Public Relations
- −Done-for-you service · PartialA certified GEO/SEO specialist and white-glove enablement come only with Enterprise.Evidence ↗
- −Claude · PartialClaude is added by paid plans; absent from the free Essential engine list.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 04
GetCito
Open-source AI visibility tool sold with a human GEO team that executes content, schema and brand-mention work.
From FreeWhy it's on this listGoogle AI Mode · PartialOnly in the Enterprise engine list; the Growth and Scale lists name four engines and do not include it.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on 5W Public Relations
- +DeepSeek · PartialEnterprise-only; the Growth and Scale coverage lines omit DeepSeek.Evidence ↗
- +Coverage in the vendor’s words · YesCoverage is tiered: two engines self-hosted, four on Growth and Scale, ten (one "coming soon") on Enterprise.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against 5W Public Relations
- −Generates content · PartialContent is written by GetCito's people on the paid retainers, not generated by the tool; 5 pieces/month on Growth.Evidence ↗
- −Claude · PartialEnterprise-only; the Growth and Scale coverage lines omit Claude.Evidence ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established - 05
Brandlight
Enterprise AI visibility platform sold as a managed program with dedicated AI strategists.
Why it's on this listGoogle AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is listed separately from AI Overviews in the vendor's own statement of which engines it covers.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on 5W Public Relations
- +Coverage in the vendor’s words · YesSeven engines are named outright, but two other vendor pages claim 11 (soon 12) and 13 tracked engines without listing the extras, so the totals conflict.Evidence ↗
- +Brand sentiment · YesSentiment, mention frequency and a direct bias score are reported, so the sheet covers how engines characterise the brand, not just whether they mention it.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against 5W Public Relations
- −Meta AI · NoAbsent from Brandlight's own enumerated engine list; the article names Meta AI only under Profound.Evidence ↗
- −How often it checks · PartialReporting cadence is stated - bi-weekly executive report, automated weekly email - but the vendor never publishes how often the engines themselves are re-queried.Evidence ↗
29/32 researched criteria · 3 not established - 06
Adobe Brand Visibility
Enterprise GEO application that measures brand presence in AI answers and deploys fixes at the CDN edge.
Why it's on this listGoogle AI Mode · YesNamed on both the product page share-of-voice list and the AI Visibility supported-engine list.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on 5W Public Relations
- +Microsoft Copilot · YesNamed in the share-of-voice list and in the FAQ's list of tracked LLM families; not covered by the AI Visibility module or by edge delivery.Evidence ↗
- +Coverage in the vendor’s words · YesTen LLM families tracked, five named; the AI Visibility module is limited to ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode and Gemini, and edge deployment reaches only ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against 5W Public Relations
- −Done-for-you service · NoSoftware the customer's own marketing, SEO and content teams operate; the only human help documented is Adobe onboarding assistance for CDN routing (abv-at-edge@adobe.com).Evidence ↗
- −Wrong answers about you · PartialNo feature that flags a false statement about the brand; the docs name responding to misinformation as a persona use case, and the Details view exposes the full AI response text behind each prompt.Evidence ↗
28/32 researched criteria · 4 not established
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