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Summary

BrightEdge is an enterprise SEO and answer-engine-optimisation platform that tracks how brands appear in AI search alongside Google rankings. It combines keyword and prompt research, competitive analysis, content briefs and drafts, site audits and automated on-page publishing agents in one workflow.

Not for
Small businesses, solo marketers or startups with limited budgets who want self-serve signup and transparent pricing without a sales negotiation and an annual contract commitment
AI engines it tracks

The AI engines BrightEdge tracks

  • ChatGPT: on every plan
  • Gemini: on every plan
  • Perplexity: on every plan
  • AI Overviews: on every plan
  • Claude: on some plans only
  • AI Mode: on every plan
  • Copilot: not tracked
  • Grok: not tracked
  • DeepSeek: not tracked
  • Meta AI: not tracked

5 on every plan, 1 more on some plans only.

Price
Price on request
Open source
No
API
Yes
Category
GEO and AEO agencies
Best for
Enterprise SEO teams tracking rankings and AI search visibility across markets
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What it does

Monitors AI answers
YesBrightEdge's AI Catalyst layer watches how AI engines mention, cite and describe a brand, with sentiment tracked alongside presence.AI Catalyst tracks how your brand is mentioned, cited, and described across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, and Perplexity.brightedge.com/win-in-ai-search
Optimises your content
YesRecommendations analyses existing pages and issues page-level instructions covering titles, H1s, backlinks and other on-page and off-page factors.Recommendations lift the veil of key SEO ranking factors and provide you with prescriptive instructions to optimize.brightedge.com/products/s3/recommendati…
Generates content
YesContent Advisor produces briefs and optional AI first drafts that a team can export or paste into its own CMS.Write your own content, or start with an AI draft. Either way, download it in Word, PDF, or Markdown, or copy it straight into your CMS.brightedge.com/products/content-advisor
Publishes to your site
PartlyPublishing Agent pushes title, meta and H1 changes into WordPress or Drupal after human approval; full articles are still exported or pasted manually.Yes, within limits. Publishing Agent pushes BrightEdge's recommended updates to title tags, meta titles and H1 tags directly into WordPress, Drupal…brightedge.com/products/site-agents-sui…
Technical AEO
YesSchema Agent deploys JSON-LD as pages change, and Agent Edge serves verified AI agents a lightweight markdown version at the CDN.Schema Agent generates structured data automatically by building and deploying JSON-LD schema markup, the standard format search engines expect, as…brightedge.com/products/site-agents-sui…
Done-for-you service
PartlyNo standalone done-for-you agency offer; a customer success team of search experts is bundled with the platform to help build and execute strategy.From day one, our customer success team, composed of seasoned search experts, helps you realize value by acting as an extension of your team to build…brightedge.com

Answer engines

ChatGPT
YesChatGPT is covered on both sides: AI Catalyst measures brand mentions and sentiment, and Instant checks ranking positions on demand.BrightEdge Instant checks your rankings across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google's AI Mode, alongside classic engines like Google, Bing, and…brightedge.com/products/instant
Perplexity
YesPerplexity is named in the AI Catalyst tracking set and in the Instant ranking checks, so both mentions and positions are covered.Track brand presence and sentiment simultaneously across Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity.brightedge.com/ai-catalyst
Gemini
YesGemini appears in the AI Catalyst brand-tracking list and in Instant's on-demand ranking checks, alongside the Google surfaces.brightedge.com/win-in-ai-search
Google AI Overviews
YesAI Overviews is the most developed surface: brand tracking, citation gaps, and a Share of Voice filter for queries where an overview appears.Share of Voice lets you filter your entire competitive analysis by AI Overview presence, so you can see your share and your competitors' share…brightedge.com/products/s3/share-of-voi…
Google AI Mode
YesGoogle AI Mode is in the AI Catalyst brand-tracking list and in the Instant ranking checks.Was Partly before our last check.BrightEdge AI Catalyst tracks how often your brand is mentioned and cited across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini and…brightedge.com/ai-catalyst
Claude
PartlyClaude appears only as a crawling agent tracked by AI Agent Insights; no page claims Claude answers are queried for brand mentions.AI Agent Insights tracks all three across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini, so the SEO, content, and technical work in your organization runs…brightedge.com/ai-agent-insights
Microsoft Copilot
NoMicrosoft Copilot is absent from the engine list; it appears only as a platform that can consume BrightEdge's MCP server.brightedge.com/products/instant
Grok
NoGrok appears nowhere in BrightEdge's stated engine coverage, which names ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Mode.brightedge.com/products/instant
DeepSeek
NoDeepSeek is absent from the tracked-engine list; /deepseek is an educational guide to the model, not a tracking claim.brightedge.com/products/instant
Meta AI
NoMeta AI is absent from the engine list that names ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI Mode.brightedge.com/products/instant
Coverage in the vendor’s words
YesAI Catalyst names ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode and Gemini, and no tier limits are published.brightedge.com/ai-catalyst

What it reports

Names the cited sources
YesAI Hyper Cube names the domains and the exact content behind AI answers in a category, not just whether the brand appeared.AI Hyper Cube shows which domains hold authority in your brand category, what earns that authority, and how to increase your brand's presence in the…brightedge.com/ai-hyper-cube
Competitor tracking
YesCompetitors sit in the same view across AI answers and classic search, weighted by search demand and broken down to URL level.It then tracks the competitive brands mentioned in those conversations, weighted by real search demand, so you get a reliable read on your…brightedge.com/ai-hyper-cube
Brand sentiment
YesSentiment is tracked beside presence, and AI Catalyst surfaces the sentiment gaps and brand-voice inconsistencies it says cost citations.It surfaces sentiment gaps and brand voice inconsistencies costing you citations and identifies the specific actions to fix them.brightedge.com/win-in-ai-search
Recommendations
YesThe platform prescribes actions rather than only reporting: page-level recommendations, prioritised fixes and briefs feed straight into the workflow.Each recommended action is unique to your content page and its own competition. Review estimated impact on SEO by each optimization tactic to…brightedge.com/products/s3/recommendati…
AI crawler analytics
YesAI Agent Insights reports which AI systems reach the site, what they engage with and where they hit errors or blocks.AI Agent Insights shows you which AI systems are visiting your site, what they're engaging with, and where they're getting stuck, so you can fix the…brightedge.com/optimize-for-google-ai-o…
Wrong answers about you
PartlyThe platform flags negative and outdated narratives AI repeats about a brand, but never claims to detect factually false statements as such.Where AI is amplifying older issues (e.g., outdated reviews, legacy news, historical controversies) into today's buying journeybrightedge.com/news/press-releases/brig…

Plans and signing up

Projects or brands
YesMultiple domains and multiple client accounts run from one platform, which covers brand portfolios, international sites and agency rosters.Yes, BrightEdge is built to manage multiple domains from a centralized platform. Enterprise organizations can track performance, implement SEO…brightedge.com/enterprise-seo
Countries
YesGlobal tracking is quantified at 145 country/language combinations, and Instant drills down to state, city and hyperlocal comparisons.Rank Globally – Drive global conversions with support for 145 country/language combinations across 6 continents.brightedge.com/technology/local-global-…
How often it checks
PartlyShare of Voice moves week over week and Instant answers on demand in real time; no refresh frequency is published for AI prompt monitoring.Share of Voice tracks your position week over week, so shifts in your category surface immediately, not in a quarterly review.brightedge.com/products/s3/share-of-voi…
Self-serve signup
NoEvery call to action is a demo request, and the pricing page directs buyers to a form or phone number rather than a checkout.We would be more than happy to discuss our product and pricing with you. Please get in touch with us using the form to the right, or over the phone…brightedge.com/products/product-pricing

Access and integrations

API
YesBrightEdge Connect is a REST API used to push rank, search and social data into analytics and BI stacks; packaging by tier is not published.BrightEdge Connect is a REST-based API that provides the 1,500+ brands that are actively using the API with a way to measure the effects and…brightedge.com/technology/integration/c…
MCP server
YesA read-only MCP server with OAuth 2.0 is open to every customer with login credentials, with HTTP and SSE endpoints and ten client setup guides.All BrightEdge customers with a valid set of BrightEdge login credentials (including username and password) can connect to the MCP server.brightedge.com/brightedge-mcp

What we checked

Pages last read
AI answers
Named in 16 of 242Our October check

1 fact changedHow we checkEditorial policy

Changed since our last check

  • Google AI Mode: now Yes. It was Partly when we checked on .

Plans and pricing

Price and terms

Free plan or trial
NoNo
Sign up without sales
NoNo

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Works with

  • ChatGPT
  • Perplexity
  • Gemini
  • Google AI Overviews
  • Google AI Mode
  • Claude

    Partly

For AI agents

MCP server
Yes
API
Yes

Developer docs

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Screenshots

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