Canonry

Summary

Canonry is an answer-engine-optimization company that tracks whether AI assistants name and cite a brand and does the fixing work. It ships a self-hosted open-source platform, agency reporting products, per-market deployments and a managed AEO service.

Not for: non-technical marketers who want a zero-setup hosted dashboard, or anyone needing a managed plan with published pricing below agency-scale quotes

AI engines it tracks: The AI engines Canonry tracks
ChatGPT: on every plan
Gemini: on every plan
Perplexity: on every plan
AI Overviews: not tracked
Claude: on every plan
AI Mode: not tracked
Copilot: on some plans only
Grok: on some plans only
DeepSeek: on some plans only
Meta AI: on some plans only
4 on every plan, 4 more on some plans only.
From: Free
Open source: Yes
API: Yes
Category: AI visibility monitoring
Best for: Developer-led or privacy-conscious teams and agencies that want a free, self-hosted AEO stack they can drive from Claude Code or Codex

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What it does

Monitors AI answers: YesScheduled runs record mentions, citations and omissions per question and engine, and the same record is what both the service and the self-hosted platform report on.Scheduled checks record whether each AI tool mentions your brand, cites your site, or leaves you out, along with the competitors it names.canonry.ai
Optimises your content: YesA free 16-check page audit scores existing pages, returns evidence per check and ranks the top three fixes, and the same model drives paid engagements.You get a score from 0 to 100, evidence for each check, and the text AI found. The top three fixes are ranked by their likely impact.canonry.ai/audit
Generates content: YesContent writing is part of the AEO work Canonry's own team performs, alongside structured data and brand-fact consistency; it is a service output, not a generator you drive yourself.Was Partly before our last check.We clarify business details, write useful content, add structured data, and keep your brand information consistent across the web.canonry.ai
Publishes to your site: PartlyWith integrations configured the platform can push fixes into WordPress and submit pages for indexing, but publishing is documented for WordPress only and on the platform you host yourself.With the right integrations configured, Canonry can help execute fixes through WordPress, JSON-LD schema workflows, and indexing submissions.canonry.ai/llms-full.txt
Technical AEO: YesTechnical AEO is the core of the published methodology: JSON-LD carries the heaviest weight, with separate checks for llms.txt, robots.txt, sitemaps and AI bot access.These 16 checks cover your site's technical foundations, with the most weight given to JSON-LD structured data.canonry.ai/aeo-methodology
Done-for-you service: YesCanonry's own team runs research, fixes, tracking and client reporting under an agency's brand, with the agency keeping pricing and the client relationship.We deliver AEO under your brand while you keep the client relationship. Our team handles research, planning, technical and content fixes, tracking,…canonry.ai/white-label-aeo-for-agencies

Answer engines

ChatGPT: YesChatGPT is one of the five engines the vendor says it focuses on, and the self-hosted platform lists OpenAI among its supported providers.We focus on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Copilot, and also track Grok, Meta AI, and DeepSeek.canonry.ai
Perplexity: YesPerplexity is named in the focus list and is also a supported provider in the open-source platform, so it is covered on both the service and self-hosted paths.Canonry supports Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, and local models with OpenAI-compatible APIs.canonry.ai/open-source-platform
Gemini: YesGemini is in the vendor's focus list and in the open-source platform's supported provider list, and case-study observations cite Gemini inline citations.canonry.ai/open-source-platform
Google AI Overviews: NoThe vendor's complete inventory of tracked AI tools names eight chat assistants and no Google search surface; AI Overviews appear only as discussion in blog and methodology prose.canonry.ai
Google AI Mode: NoGoogle AI Mode is absent from the eight-engine tracking inventory; the Google-side data Canonry connects is Search Console and Business Profile, not AI Mode placements.canonry.ai
Claude: YesClaude is in the focus list, a supported provider in the self-hosted platform, and one of the three engines whose answers the sentiment feature classifies.canonry.ai/open-source-platform
Microsoft Copilot: PartlyCopilot is named among the five engines the service focuses on, but it is absent from the open-source platform's supported provider list, so self-hosted operators do not get it.canonry.ai/open-source-platform
Grok: PartlyGrok is listed as tracked but outside the five focus engines, and the self-hosted platform's provider list does not include xAI, so coverage sits with the serviced offerings.canonry.ai
DeepSeek: PartlyDeepSeek is in the secondary 'also track' group rather than the focus five, and it is not among the open-source platform's named providers.canonry.ai
Meta AI: PartlyMeta AI is named only in the secondary tracked group, with no provider adapter listed for the self-hosted platform, so it is service-side coverage rather than product-wide.canonry.ai
Coverage in the vendor’s words: YesThe vendor states a two-ring inventory: five focus engines plus three also-tracked ones, with the self-hosted build limited to four providers and local models.canonry.ai

What it reports

Names the cited sources: YesCitation share is a first-class metric beside mention share, and each stored answer keeps the cited URLs and the sources that supported it.Citation share is the share that link to the client's domain as a source.canonry.ai/embedded
Competitor tracking: YesCompetitors found in a tracked brand's own AI answers are reported beside it, including share of answers, and the client portal view exposes the same comparison.Yes. It shows competitors in that client's AI answers. You can see who AI names or links to instead of your client.canonry.ai/embedded
Brand sentiment: PartlySentiment scoring exists with per-verdict source quotes across three engines, but the vendor labels it experimental, ships it off by default and requires a third-party TypeSafe key.Was Yes before our last check.Canonry 5.30 adds sentiment scores using Jev from TypeSafe.canonry.ai/blog/canonry-sentiment-analy…
Recommendations: YesOutput is prescriptive rather than purely descriptive: the audit ranks three fixes by likely impact, and the platform's loop has an agent plan work for human approval.canonry.ai/audit
AI crawler analytics: YesServer logs from supported hosts are read without a browser tag and grouped into AI bot visits, user-requested fetches and clicks arriving from AI links, with verification status kept.We read server logs from supported hosts without adding a browser tag or changing your site's app code.canonry.ai/custom
Wrong answers about you: PartlyMonitoring records whether the business is misdescribed, but no dedicated false-claim flag or alert is documented; the vendor attributes hallucination detection to other tools in its own comparison table.The system tracks whether the business is cited, mentioned, absent, or misdescribed across models over time.canonry.ai/ai-search-visibility

Plans and signing up

Prompt or credit allowance: PartlyThe self-hosted platform meters nothing: you supply provider keys and pay token and grounding costs. The hosted Embedded product is priced per client with no published prompt allowance.Canonry does not meter checks, but measurement is not free. The operator supplies provider keys and pays the underlying grounding and token costs.canonry.ai/blog/canonry-vs-paid-ai-visi…
Projects or brands: YesSeveral brands or markets are the design centre: Custom keeps each market as its own target under one domain, and the platform manages many clients declaratively.Canonry keeps each result with its market and shows all markets together.canonry.ai/custom
Countries: YesLocation is a configured variable rather than an artefact of where the probe runs, so the same prompt set can be run against different markets and each result keeps its location.you can run the same prompt set from different geographiescanonry.ai/llms-full.txt
How often it checks: YesThe stated service cadence is weekly with diffs, and the self-hosted platform supports both on-demand runs and scheduled runs set by the operator.Canonry tracks each signal above against each model on a weekly cadence with diffscanonry.ai/llms-full.txt
Card required to start: NoThe free page check asks for nothing at all: no signup, no email and no card, with a published fair-use ceiling instead of a payment wall.Full results are free, with no signup.canonry.ai/audit
Self-serve signup: PartlyThe free audit and the self-hosted platform need no contact at all, but every paid offering (Embedded, Custom, Managed, the full report) is scoped and priced through Canonry first.Embedded has a price per client. We help you get started and give you an estimate based on your client count.canonry.ai

Access and integrations

API: YesThe self-hosted platform exposes a versioned REST API alongside CLI and webhooks, with the dashboard described as just another client of the same project API.Other agents can use CLI commands with JSON output, a versioned REST API, or MCP tools loaded as needed.canonry.ai/open-source-platform
MCP server: YesAn MCP adapter fronts the same project API for any MCP-capable agent, with native Codex and Claude Code plugins as the alternative path (the vendor says not to run both).Canonry gives your agent evidence, tools, spending limits, and approval checks through CLI, REST, MCP, webhooks, or a Codex or Claude Code plugin.canonry.ai/open-source-platform

Checked 3 October 2026 · Named in 6 of 242 AI answers, October check · 2 facts changed · How we check · Editorial policy

Changed since our last check

Generates content: now Yes. It was Partly.
Brand sentiment: now Partly. It was Yes.

Plans and pricing

Price and terms

Free plan: YesYesFree page-level site check with no signup, capped at 10 checks per hour from one IP address
The terms in full
the full open-source Canonry platform is MIT-licensed and self-hostable at no licence fee, with provider and infrastructure costs borne by the operator.
Card to start: YesNot required
Sign up without sales: PartlySome plans

Checked 3 October 2026.

Works with

ChatGPT
Perplexity
Gemini
Claude
Microsoft Copilot
Canonry managed tracking
Grok
Canonry managed tracking
DeepSeek
Canonry managed tracking
Meta AI
Canonry managed tracking

For AI agents

MCP server: Yes
API: Yes

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Filed under

AI visibility monitoring GEO toolsAPIBrand monitoringChatGPTClaudeContent optimizationGeminiPerplexity

Sources and updates

Last changed 3 October 2026

Sources on canonry.ai18

Repository30 August 2026

Stars: 126
Forks: 14
Last push: 30 August 2026

Updates6

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