# AI Sightline — AI visibility monitoring and AI traffic analytics across six answer engines, with ranked fix recommendations. > Source: CitedIndex — https://citedindex.com/ai-sightline (structured, researched, re-verified) > Facts last verified: 2026-09-19 AI Sightline is a self-serve AI visibility platform that scans six answer engines for brand mentions, citations, sentiment and competitor share of voice. It adds server-side AI traffic analytics and recommendations ranked by predicted score lift. | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://aisightline.com | | Price | free, then from $29.95/month | | Free tier | Yes | 2 AI platforms (ChatGPT, Google AIO), 3 prompts, 10 keywords per brand, 1 brand, 1 seat, 7-day scan cycle, 100 API calls/mo, read-only MCP, 10,000 AI Traffic pageviews/mo, 7-day data retention. Permanent, no credit card. ## What it does **Monitors AI answers** · Yes — Scans brand prompts on an automatic per-tier cycle and scores mention presence, quality and position per engine. > AI visibility monitoring measures how your brand appears when people ask AI assistants for recommendations. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, Getting Started, "What is AI visibility monitoring?" **Optimises your content** · Yes — Analyses your existing pages and schema, then names the specific page-level change to make, ranked by predicted lift. > Our engine ranks actions by predicted score lift and effort so you always know what to fix next. > — https://aisightline.com/features · Section 02, Recommendations engine **Generates content** · No — The published 22-row tier matrix covers only schema and citation analysis; no tier offers drafting or writing of new content. > Every feature, every tier. 22 rows, one table. Numbers resolve from our live tier config; no doc drift possible. > — https://aisightline.com/pricing · Feature matrix heading, above the 22-row comparison table **Publishes to your site** · No — Nothing in the full tier matrix or integrations list pushes content to a CMS; recommendations are handed to your own writer or developer. > Ship the work Hand off to your writer, dev, or agency. The portal tracks who shipped what. > — https://aisightline.com/for/smb · "Four steps, zero handholding", step 3 **Technical AEO** · Partly — Schema analysis is tiered (none on Free, Basic on Starter, autogeneration only on Business and above) and it flags blocked bots and missing discovery files. > New recommendation types for blocked bots, thin content, missing discovery files, and underperforming AI landing pages. > — https://aisightline.com · Homepage, step 3 "See exactly what to fix" **Done-for-you service** · No — Software only, sold self-serve by a solo founder; the vendor markets the absence of sales calls rather than done-for-you work. > Public pricing, self-serve No sales call. No procurement cycle. Click Start Pro, pay with a credit card, scan on Monday. > — https://aisightline.com/for/smb · "Built for the team that is doing everything", first card ## Answer engines **ChatGPT** · Yes — ChatGPT is one of the two engines scanned on the permanent Free plan and is included on every tier above it. > Free gets 2 (ChatGPT + Google AIO). > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, Scanning and Cycles, "Which AI platforms do you monitor?" **Perplexity** · Partly — Perplexity is the most gated engine: it only appears on Business at $289.95/mo and on Agency, not on Pro. > Business and Agency add Perplexity to cover all 6. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you monitor?" **Gemini** · Partly — Gemini is excluded from the Free plan and unlocks on Starter, the cheapest paid tier, alongside Copilot. > Starter adds 2 more (Copilot + Gemini). > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you monitor?" **Google AI Overviews** · Yes — Google AI Overviews is scanned under the name Google AIO and, like ChatGPT, is available from the Free tier up. > Six: ChatGPT, Google AIO (AI Overviews), Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, Scanning and Cycles, "Which AI platforms do you monitor?" **Google AI Mode** · No — The vendor enumerates its coverage as exactly six platforms and Google AI Mode is not among them on any tier. > Six: ChatGPT, Google AIO (AI Overviews), Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot. Free gets 2 (ChatGPT + Google AIO). Starter adds 2 more (Copilot + Gemini). Pro adds Claude. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you monitor?" — complete platform inventory **Claude** · Partly — Claude is gated to the $149.95 Pro tier and above; Free and Starter buyers cannot scan it at all. > Pro adds Claude. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you monitor?" **Microsoft Copilot** · Partly — Copilot is not scanned on Free; it arrives with the $29.95 Starter tier as one of the two engines that plan adds. > Starter adds 2 more (Copilot + Gemini). > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you monitor?" **Grok** · No — Grok is absent from the vendor's own complete six-platform inventory and from the per-tier platform rows in the pricing matrix. > Six: ChatGPT, Google AIO (AI Overviews), Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot. Free gets 2 (ChatGPT + Google AIO). Starter adds 2 more (Copilot + Gemini). Pro adds Claude. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you monitor?" — complete platform inventory **DeepSeek** · No — DeepSeek appears nowhere in the six-platform inventory nor in any tier column of the published feature matrix. > Six: ChatGPT, Google AIO (AI Overviews), Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot. Free gets 2 (ChatGPT + Google AIO). Starter adds 2 more (Copilot + Gemini). Pro adds Claude. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you monitor?" — complete platform inventory **Meta AI** · No — The FAQ inventory of six platforms omits Meta AI, although the site-wide meta description still advertises it. > Six: ChatGPT, Google AIO (AI Overviews), Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot. Free gets 2 (ChatGPT + Google AIO). Starter adds 2 more (Copilot + Gemini). Pro adds Claude. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you monitor?" — complete platform inventory **Coverage in the vendor’s words** · Yes — Coverage is six engines total but rationed by tier: two on Free, four on Starter, five on Pro, all six only from Business up. > Six: ChatGPT, Google AIO (AI Overviews), Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot. Free gets 2 (ChatGPT + Google AIO). Starter adds 2 more (Copilot + Gemini). Pro adds Claude. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you monitor?" ## What it reports **Names the cited sources** · Partly — Citation analysis is tiered — Basic on Free, Full from Starter, trends on Business and export only on Agency — and results are labelled citation, reference or passing. > Full + trends + export > — https://aisightline.com/pricing · Feature matrix, Content & Analysis section, "Citation analysis" row, Agency column **Competitor tracking** · Yes — Unlimited competitors per brand on every tier, with share-of-voice by topic cluster and automatic gap analysis on each scan. > Automatic gap analysis surfaces queries competitors win where you are invisible. > — https://aisightline.com/features · Section 05, Competitive intelligence **Brand sentiment** · Partly — A sentiment (BSI) score ships on every tier, but its trend line needs Starter and competitor BSI needs Pro; no attribute-level perception breakdown is documented. > Sentiment (BSI) score included on every tier > — https://aisightline.com/features · Section 01 Monitor, bullet list **Recommendations** · Yes — It prescribes rather than only reports: each action carries a predicted score lift and effort rating, with an impact tracker comparing before and after. > Each comes with a predicted score lift and effort rating. Ship the top 3, wait for the next scan cycle, watch the score move. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, Recommendations, "What does the Recommendations engine actually do?" **AI crawler analytics** · Partly — AI bot crawls are tracked server-side on every plan, but the number of crawlers is capped by tier — 2 on Free rising to all 17 only on Agency. > Server-side tracking of AI bot crawls, AI referral clicks, and discovery-file activity. > — https://aisightline.com · Homepage, step 2 "See where AI sends you traffic" ## Plans and signing up **Prompt or credit allowance** · Yes — Prompts are distinct tracked queries — 3 on Free, 20 Starter, 75 Pro, 200 Business, 400 Agency — pooled across all brands on the subscription. > Free is 3 prompts / 10 keywords, Starter 20 / 25, Pro 75 / 100, Business 200 / 300, Agency 400 / 750. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, Scanning and Cycles, "How do I add more prompts or keywords?" **Projects or brands** · Yes — Multiple brands live under one subscription, from a single brand on Free up to fifty on Agency, with quotas pooled across them. > Free covers 1 brand. Starter 3, Pro 10, Business 25, Agency 50. Quotas pool across brands so you allocate where they matter. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, Team and Multi-Brand, "Can I manage multiple brands on one account?" **How often it checks** · Yes — Cadence is set by tier on an oldest-first rolling dispatcher: every 7 days on Free, every 3 on Starter, daily from Pro upward. > Every prompt is re-scanned on an automatic cycle based on your tier: 7 days on Free, 3 days on Starter, daily on Pro and above. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, Scanning and Cycles, "How does the rolling scan cycle work?" **Card required to start** · No — The Free plan is a standing $0 tier with real scanning and takes no card; paid tiers are a separate Stripe checkout decision. > No. The Free plan is permanent, not a trial. Real scanning across 2 AI platforms, 3 prompts, 10 keywords, 100 API calls per month. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, Getting Started, "Do I need a credit card to start?" **Self-serve signup** · Yes — Every tier including the $549.95 Agency plan is bought through Stripe checkout without a demo, quote or contract. > Yes. Click Start Agency on /pricing. Stripe checkout, $549.95/mo, live immediately. No quarterly procurement cycle, no custom contract required. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, Pricing and Tiers, "Can I buy Agency without a sales call?" ## Access and integrations **API** · Yes — A Bearer-authenticated REST API ships on all five tiers with published monthly call ceilings and rate-limit headers, keys self-issued in settings. > Yes. Free gets 100 calls/mo, Starter 500, Pro 2,500, Business 15,000, Agency 50,000. REST endpoints, JSON, Bearer auth. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, API and MCP, "Is the API available on every tier?" **MCP server** · Partly — Free and Starter get only a read-only subset; the full 37-tool server needs Pro, and it runs as a local stdio process rather than a hosted endpoint. > Pro and above get 30+ MCP tools. Free and Starter get a read-only subset. MCP runs as a local stdio process today (config in /for/developers); a hosted HTTP endpoint is on the roadmap. > — https://aisightline.com/faq · FAQ, API and MCP, "What is the MCP server?" **BI export** · Yes — The vendor names Looker and Snowflake as REST API destinations, and CSV export is listed on every tier for reporting. > Looker via REST API > — https://aisightline.com/for/developers · "PLUGS INTO YOUR STACK" integrations row, Looker tile ## Coverage elsewhere | Source | Kind | Read | | --- | --- | --- | | mo.agency | Independent source | 2026-08-23 | ## CitedIndex in AI answers 1 of 4 answers cite CitedIndex. | Engine | Result | Question | Asked on | Other sources | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Perplexity | Cites CitedIndex | AI Sightline alternatives | 2026-10-12 | g2.com, aisightline.com, stackshare.io, getapp.com, softwaresuggest.com, getapp.ie | | ChatGPT | Does not cite CitedIndex | AI Sightline alternatives | 2026-10-12 | g2.com, zapier.com, teachable.com, help.seranking.com, allaboutai.com | | Claude | Does not cite CitedIndex | AI Sightline alternatives | 2026-09-04 | capterra.com, getapp.com.au, us.fitgap.com | | Gemini | Does not cite CitedIndex | AI Sightline alternatives | 2026-09-04 | g2.com, kime.ai, aisightline.com, aibuildingtools.com, buildsync.ai, vitruvisoftware.com | ## What changed - 2026-09-19 — Capabilities · Free tier - 2026-09-02 — Capabilities · Free tier - 2026-09-01 — Capabilities · Free tier - 2026-08-31 — Capabilities · Free tier · Price - 2026-08-23 — Alternatives · Crunchbase link · Documentation link · LinkedIn link · Summary · Tagline - 2026-08-19 — Summary ## Corrections If you represent AI Sightline, or anything here is wrong or out of date, send a correction with a source. 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