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Summary

ApexGEO is a dashboard-first GEO/AEO platform that measures whether AI answer engines mention and cite a brand. It also audits the site for AI readability, generates brand-voice content, and ranks fixes by expected score impact.

Best for
Brand owners and agencies who want ongoing measurement across the major AI engines, with audit-and-fix in the same dashboard.
Not for
Teams who only need a one-off snapshot, or anyone looking for a chat wrapper or a free-tier SEO suite.
From
Freethen $19 monthly · $15 billed annually
Free tier
YesFree plan at $0: 1 brand, up to 1 user, 3 credits/month, Basic Monitoring and Basic Audit, no credit card required. Separately, every self-serve paid plan offers a 7-day free trial with no card.
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What it does

Monitors AI answers
YesCore surface: scheduled buyer-style prompts are dispatched at the engines and each brand mention, citation and framing is recorded.MONITOR — runs real buyer-style prompts against 7 core AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek, Google AI Overviews) on a…apexgeo.app/llms.txt
Optimises your content
YesAn audit grades the existing site for AI readability and a recommendation engine ranks concrete fixes by expected score impact.AUDIT — technical site analysis for AI-readability: schema.org coverage, entity clarity, structure, metadata, accessibility; graded A+ to F.apexgeo.app/llms.txt
Generates content
PartlyBrand-voice generation exists but the Content Generator is listed only from the Professional tier upward, not on Free, Starter or Growth.apexgeo.app/pricing
Publishes to your site
YesThe Create pillar carries a publish loop with a WordPress connector and auto-publish, so drafts can go live rather than just export.CREATE — brand-voice content generation with a publish loop: WordPress connector, white-label hosted blogs, auto-publish autopilot.apexgeo.app/llms.txt
Technical AEO
YesSchema and llms.txt work is explicit: the audit checks structured data and the product emits deploy-ready technical artefacts.ApexGEO ships JSON-LD, llms.txt, HTML patches, and FAQ schema as deploy-ready output.apexgeo.app/compare/apexgeo-vs-profound
Done-for-you service
NoThis is self-serve software operated by the customer; the agency tier is tooling for agencies, not ApexGEO doing the work.Operators manage all client brands from one account. Each brand has its own monitoring loop, score history, recommendation queue, and closed-loop…apexgeo.app/ai-visibility-tool-for-agen…

Answer engines

ChatGPT
YesChatGPT is one of the seven core engines and is additionally named as grounded in real web search.It measures, improves, and proves brand visibility in AI-generated answers across 7 core AI engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok,…apexgeo.app/llms.txt
Perplexity
YesPerplexity is a named core engine and appears in the sub-processor list as a live inference dependency.It measures, improves, and proves brand visibility in AI-generated answers across 7 core AI engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok,…apexgeo.app/llms.txt
Gemini
YesGemini is a named core engine and is one of the four engines run with real web-search grounding.ApexGEO now grounds monitoring in real web search on ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok, so a citation reflects what the engine actually retrievedapexgeo.app/what-is-apexgeo
Google AI Overviews
YesGoogle AI Overviews is sampled per prompt for inclusion, brand naming and whether the brand URL is cited.Google's AI answer surface in Search — the largest by user reach; we sample per-prompt inclusion, mention and citation.apexgeo.app
Google AI Mode
NoGoogle AI Mode appears nowhere in the vendor's stated engine inventory; only AI Overviews is named as the Google answer surface.It measures, improves, and proves brand visibility in AI-generated answers across 7 core AI engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok,…apexgeo.app/llms.txt
Claude
YesClaude is a named core engine, grounded in real web search, and Anthropic is a listed inference sub-processor.It measures, improves, and proves brand visibility in AI-generated answers across 7 core AI engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok,…apexgeo.app/llms.txt
Microsoft Copilot
YesCopilot sits outside the seven core engines but the vendor states it is dispatched today alongside them.Microsoft Copilot is also dispatched alongside the 7 core engines.apexgeo.app/llms.txt
Grok
YesGrok is a named core engine, is grounded in web search, and xAI is a listed inference sub-processor.It measures, improves, and proves brand visibility in AI-generated answers across 7 core AI engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok,…apexgeo.app/llms.txt
DeepSeek
YesDeepSeek is a named core engine and the vendor publishes its own measured DeepSeek sample counts.ApexGEO monitors Grok and DeepSeek among its core engines.apexgeo.app/compare/apexgeo-vs-profound
Meta AI
NoMeta AI is absent from the stated core inventory, from the Copilot addition, and from the named roll-out engines.+ 6 more in roll-outCohereMistralLlamaYandexGPTKimiQwenapexgeo.app
Coverage in the vendor’s words
YesSeven core engines plus Copilot are stated as live, with six further engines described as in roll-out rather than shipped.ApexGEO tracks brand visibility on the 7 AI engines that drive AI-search market share today, with rollout to the wider long-tail in progress.apexgeo.app

What it reports

Names the cited sources
YesThe product reports which sources are cited, including a citation-source taxonomy with gap analysis and who is cited instead.records whether the brand is mentioned or cited, how it is framed (sentiment), and who gets cited instead (share of voice, competitors)apexgeo.app/llms.txt
Competitor tracking
YesCompetitor benchmarking is a named capability and share of model is scored relative to rivals in the same view.Share of Model — How often the brand is cited relative to competitors.apexgeo.app/what-is-apexgeo
Brand sentiment
PartlySentiment of citations is scored and weighted into the score, but the vendor describes polarity rather than named brand attributes.Sentiment — Whether citations describe the brand positively.apexgeo.app/what-is-apexgeo
Recommendations
YesIt does not only report: a recommendation engine orders concrete fixes and measures the before/after delta.SMART RECOMMENDATIONS — ranks concrete fixes by expected score impact; the "what to do next" layer.apexgeo.app/llms.txt
AI crawler analytics
YesAI crawler fetches are classified per bot and each request's source IP is verified against the operator's published ranges.LLM crawler analytics show which AI crawlers — GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and more — actually fetch your pages, with each…apexgeo.app/what-is-apexgeo
Wrong answers about you
PartlyAccuracy of description is scored and a Brand Facts verification queue exists to pre-empt wrong basics, but no dedicated false-claim flag or alert is published.The failure mode they prevent is quiet: an engine confidently states a wrong founding year or a discontinued product line, sourced from a page nobody…apexgeo.app/glossary/brand-facts

Plans and signing up

Prompt or credit allowance
YesMetering is in monthly credits, from three on Free up to five hundred on Enterprise, with brands capped per tier.3 credits/monthapexgeo.app/pricing
Projects or brands
YesSeveral brands are supported above the entry tiers: one brand on Free and Starter, scaling to ten and then unlimited.10 brandsapexgeo.app/pricing
Countries
YesAny market can be tracked regardless of where the brand sits, with four South African languages named for prompt sweeps.The platform monitors all major AI engines — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek, Google AI Overviews — regardless of geographic…apexgeo.app/geo-tools-south-africa
How often it checks
PartlyWeekly is the default sweep and anything faster is sold as a paid add-on, which the vendor states beside the engine table.Monitoring runs weekly by default; higher frequency is a paid add-on.apexgeo.app
Card required to start
NoNeither way in asks for a card: the Free plan states none is required and the trial is advertised card-free.7-day free trial, no card requiredapexgeo.app/pricing
Self-serve signup
YesFive tiers sign up directly from the pricing page; only Enterprise routes through a sales conversation.Start for free, no credit card required.apexgeo.app/pricing

Access and integrations

API
PartlyAPI access is listed only in the Enterprise column, which is custom-quoted from $999/mo and sold on annual contracts.apexgeo.app/pricing
BI export
PartlyNo BI or warehouse connector is published; reporting export is per-brand PDF. Enterprise adds API access, and custom integrations are offered on request.ApexGEO integrates with Jira, Trello, Asana, Linear, Slack, Google Analytics, and Google Search Console, with alert delivery to email, Slack, and…apexgeo.app

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