What is CitedIndex?
CitedIndex is the SaaS directory built for AI citation. Every entry is researched from primary sources, structured for the way ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini pick what they cite, and editorially verified before publication. Being indexed is an authority signal AI engines weigh when recommending tools.
Built to be cited. Every listing is an authority signal AI search engines weigh.
Software search has shifted. Buyers used to type a query into Google and read ten blue links. Now they ask an AI engine and read the answer. They don't scroll. The model picks two or three sources, and that's the shortlist.
Which sources the model trusts is decided long before the buyer asks. AI engines pick pages that are structured and consistent in shape, with claims you can trace to a source. Most directories aren't built for that. They're listicles, affiliate roundups, or thin programmatic pages, and the engines have learned to skip them.
Who this is for
Anyone running a business or a SaaS who wants to be cited when buyers ask AI which tool to pick. We index software products, web and mobile apps, dev tools, AI tools, and the businesses behind them. If you have a public website and a product people can sign up for, you fit. The full inclusion and exclusion rules live on the scope page.
What being listed does
A listing on CitedIndex doesn't guarantee a citation. The model decides that. What being listed does is put your product on a page built around how AI engines pick the sources they cite: question-form headings, answer-first passages, structured pricing tiers, sourced FAQs, schema markup, and a public methodology.
That's a stronger authority signal than the average directory. AI engines see the listing alongside the rest of your web presence (your site, your docs, your launch posts) and weigh it accordingly.
How a listing gets built
Every submission runs through the same pipeline. Automated where automation keeps the work consistent, editorial where judgment matters.
- Fit-check against our public scope rules. If your tool falls outside, the rejection email tells you why.
- Content extractionfrom your live site. Features, pricing, who it's for, how it works.
- Editorial write-up in our citation template. Question-form headings, answer-first passages, FAQs.
- Audit gate that checks the draft for accuracy and completeness. Drafts that fail come back for a fix.
- Categorization, schema, and publish. Listing joins the directory with a verified date.
The full process is documented at /methodology. An open methodology is itself part of the authority signal AI engines weigh.
What paid tiers buy
Listings start free. Paid tiers add visibility because that visibility costs editorial time and link equity to provide. We're straightforward about which benefits sit behind which tier:
- Listed (free). Full editorial listing, schema, and the citation template. Outbound link is nofollow by default. Free listings can upgrade to a do-follow link by installing our badge.
- Certified ($15 once). Lifetime do-follow backlink. No badge required.
- Verified ($49 once). Lifetime do-follow backlink, priority placement in your category, and a dedicated buyer-intent blog post that links back to your listing.
Paid placement is real and we don't pretend it isn't. The editorial template, the audit, the methodology, and the schema are the same on every tier. Those carry the structural work, and they apply equally to a free listing and a featured one.
Talk to us
Founder & Editor: Mathijs Bronsdijk.
Questions, corrections, scope edge cases: [email protected].
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