# Citadex — AEO/GEO platform that tracks brand mentions across AI answer engines, then scores, drafts and publishes content. > Source: CitedIndex — https://citedindex.com/citadex (structured, researched, re-verified) > Facts last verified: 2026-09-13 Citadex is a full-stack AEO and GEO platform that queries AI answer engines with a brand's prompt library and scores where it is mentioned, cited and ranked. It also drafts articles and publishes them to external platforms through a browser extension. | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://citadex.io/ | | Price | from $39/month billed monthly, $33/month billed annually | | Free trial | Partly | No standing $0 plan for the monitoring platform: every tier opens with a 7-day trial that inherits the chosen plan's features, capped at 20 auto-generated articles, and then bills automatically. A separate set of single-purpose AEO tools is free of charge but sits behind an account login. The help centre still describes an older 'Free' plan and a 3-day trial, which the live pricing page contradicts. ## What it does **Monitors AI answers** · Yes — Brand monitoring is the core module: it replays the buyer prompts you configure against every engine on your plan, then parses each answer for mentions, mention type, sentiment and competitor co-mentions. > The Visibility module is Citadex's real-time monitoring engine. It systematically queries AI platforms with your topic-based prompts and measures how consistently your brand is mentioned > — https://citadex.io/help/visibility-tracking-guide · Help Center, 'AI Visibility Tracking' article, opening paragraph **Optimises your content** · Yes — Content Scoring audits any public URL you paste, including competitor pages, and returns a 0-100 score broken into five dimensions with issues ranked critical, warning and info. > Content Scoring is Citadex's page-level audit tool. It analyzes any URL and returns a detailed breakdown of how well that page is structured for AI engines, with specific prioritized recommendations. > — https://citadex.io/help/content-scoring-guide · Help Center, 'Content Scoring' article, 'Page-Level AI Readiness Audit' section **Generates content** · Yes — Every paid plan includes an article generator with a monthly cap, from five articles on the entry tier up to sixty on Business, alongside the Content Studio writing surface. > 5 AI-generated articles / month > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Starter feature list **Publishes to your site** · Yes — Publishing runs through a Chrome extension that fills each destination's editor using sessions you are already signed into, rather than through CMS API credentials you configure. > The extension fills in each platform's editor for you — just confirm and hit publish. > — https://citadex.io/resources/integrations · Integrations page, 'One click, zero copy-paste' section **Technical AEO** · Yes — The tools directory carries a technical set covering llms.txt generation, JSON-LD schema and crawler directives, and Content Scoring scores Structured Data and Technical Health as named dimensions. > llms.txt Generator Generate an llms.txt for your site > — https://citadex.io/resources · Tools directory, Technical category card **Done-for-you service** · No — Citadex sells the software to agencies rather than doing the work; its partner programme matches buyers with third-party certified agencies who run the campaigns themselves. > Citadex lets agencies measure, diagnose and lift a client's visibility in AI search in real time. It also helps you win new business — matching you with business owners and marketing leaders > — https://citadex.io/partners · Partner Program page, hero paragraph ## Answer engines **ChatGPT** · Yes — ChatGPT is one of the four engines included on the cheapest paid plan, so it is available on every self-serve tier without an add-on purchase. > 4 AI engines (ChatGPT · Gemini · Perplexity · Google AI Overviews) > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Starter feature list, engines row **Perplexity** · Yes — Perplexity sits in the entry plan's four-engine bundle, so it is covered from the cheapest paid tier upward with no add-on required. > 4 AI engines (ChatGPT · Gemini · Perplexity · Google AI Overviews) > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Starter feature list, engines row **Gemini** · Yes — Gemini is included in the entry plan's four-engine bundle and carries through to every higher tier without an add-on charge. > 4 AI engines (ChatGPT · Gemini · Perplexity · Google AI Overviews) > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Starter feature list, engines row **Google AI Overviews** · Yes — Google AI Overviews is the fourth engine on the entry plan, making it the only Google surface available to a Starter buyer without upgrading. > 4 AI engines (ChatGPT · Gemini · Perplexity · Google AI Overviews) > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Starter feature list, engines row **Google AI Mode** · Partly — Google AI Mode appears only from the Pro tier's seven-engine bundle upward; the entry plan's four engines exclude it, and the same Pro card confusingly also lists AI Mode among its paid add-ons. > 7 AI engines (ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini · Perplexity · Copilot · Google AI Overviews · Google AI Mode) > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Pro feature list, engines row **Claude** · Partly — Claude is part of the seven-engine bundle that starts at the Pro tier; a buyer on the cheapest paid plan cannot track Claude at all, even as an add-on. > 7 AI engines (ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini · Perplexity · Copilot · Google AI Overviews · Google AI Mode) > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Pro feature list, engines row **Microsoft Copilot** · Partly — Copilot joins the standard bundle only from the Pro tier; it is absent from the entry plan's four engines and is not offered there as a paid add-on either. > 7 AI engines (ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini · Perplexity · Copilot · Google AI Overviews · Google AI Mode) > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Pro feature list, engines row **Grok** · Partly — Grok is never in a plan bundle below Enterprise: it is a nineteen-dollar-a-month optional engine sold on top of the Pro and Business plans only. > Optional engines Track extra AI engines by market need. Added on top of the standard 7. Grok US · X / social $19/mo > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Add-ons section, 'Optional engines' card **DeepSeek** · Partly — DeepSeek is sold as a per-engine add-on at nineteen dollars a month on the Pro and Business plans, and is bundled only in the custom-quoted Enterprise tier. > Optional engines Track extra AI engines by market need. Added on top of the standard 7. Grok US · X / social $19/mo DeepSeek China $19/mo > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Add-ons section, 'Optional engines' card **Meta AI** · No — Meta AI is absent from the vendor's own complete eleven-engine inventory, and the changelog records it being pulled out of the product, interface and pricing after an earlier release added it. > Citadex monitors 11 engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Qwen, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode. > — https://citadex.io/ · Homepage FAQ, 'Which AI engines does Citadex track?' **Coverage in the vendor’s words** · Yes — Eleven engines in total, but tiered: four on the entry plan, seven from Pro, four more sold at nineteen dollars each per month on Pro and Business, and all eleven only on Enterprise. > Citadex monitors 11 engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Qwen, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode. > — https://citadex.io/ · Homepage FAQ, 'Which AI engines does Citadex track?' ## What it reports **Names the cited sources** · Yes — Source tracing attributes statements back to the domains that produced them, naming Reddit, Wikipedia, industry publications and review platforms as weighted source categories; citation analysis is listed on every paid plan. > A core feature is the ability to trace why AI models make specific statements about your brand > — https://citadex.io/help/insights-source-tracing · Help Center, 'AI Insights Feed' article, 'Source Tracing: Understanding the Why' section **Competitor tracking** · Yes — Rivals are configured per project and folded into every subsequent ranking check, with a documented ceiling of ten competitors per project on the Pro plan. > Add competitor domains or brand names (up to 10 per project on Pro) > — https://citadex.io/help/competitor-analysis-guide · Help Center, 'Competitor Analysis' article, 'Setting Up Competitor Tracking' steps **Brand sentiment** · Yes — Every captured answer is classified positive, neutral or negative and charted over time, with a separate LLM-judged context-health signal for wrong-industry or wrong-language descriptions. > For every AI platform response about your brand, Citadex analyzes sentiment > — https://citadex.io/help/insights-source-tracing · Help Center, 'AI Insights Feed' article, 'Sentiment Analysis' section **Recommendations** · Yes — It does not stop at reporting: each detected issue carries an explicit recommendation and a hand-off button into the editor with the context already loaded. > Each issue card shows a specific description, exact recommendation, and a "Fix in Content Studio →" button pre-filled with context. > — https://citadex.io/help/content-scoring-guide · Help Center, 'Content Scoring' article, 'Issue List' section **AI crawler analytics** · No — The only crawler feature is a one-shot checker that reads whether robots.txt admits named AI bots; no plan feature list or help article offers server-log analytics of which bots actually fetched your pages. > AI Crawler Access Checker Is GPTBot/ClaudeBot/PerplexityBot allowed? > — https://citadex.io/resources · Tools directory, Technical category, AI Crawler Access Checker card **Wrong answers about you** · Yes — A dedicated alert type fires when engines state something inaccurate or misleading about the brand, and it is graded urgent with a documented response playbook. > AI platforms are generating negative, inaccurate, or misleading content about your brand — what the industry calls "AI hallucinations." > — https://citadex.io/help/alerts-reputation-monitoring · Help Center, 'AI Alerts' article, 'Reputation Risk (Hallucination Alert)' alert type ## Plans and signing up **Prompt or credit allowance** · Yes — Tracked prompts are the metered unit: fifteen on the entry plan, one hundred on Pro, three hundred on Business, with extra hundred-prompt packs sold at eighty-nine dollars a month. > 15 tracked prompts > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Starter feature list **Projects or brands** · Yes — One brand on the entry plan, five on Pro and unlimited from Business upward, with each project keeping its own prompt library, competitor list and history. > 1 project / brand / URL > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Starter feature list, first row **Countries** · Partly — Any market in any language is supported from the Pro tier upward, but the cheapest paid plan is hard-limited to a single country and language. > Any country / language supported > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Pro feature list (Starter row reads '1 country / language') **How often it checks** · Partly — Scans run on demand by default; daily and weekly automation is documented as a paid-tier setting in project settings rather than something every account gets. > Manual — Run scans on demand Daily — Automated daily scan (Pro) Weekly — Automated weekly scan (Pro) > — https://citadex.io/help/projects-and-workspace-guide · Help Center, 'Projects and Workspace' article, 'Scan Schedules' list **Card required to start** · Partly — Marketing pages promise no card is needed, yet the pricing FAQ says the chosen plan bills automatically when the seven days end, which implies payment details are captured up front. > When the trial ends, your selected plan is billed automatically. If you don't want to continue, cancel anytime before the trial ends and you won't be charged. > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Pricing FAQ, 'What happens after my 7-day trial?' **Self-serve signup** · Yes — The three published tiers are bought by card through Stripe with no sales conversation, no setup fee and no minimum term; only Enterprise routes through contact sales. > No. Self-serve plans are month-to-month (or annual if you choose), with no setup fees and no minimum commitment. Enterprise agreements can be customized on request. > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Pricing FAQ, 'Are there contracts, minimum terms, or setup fees?' ## Access and integrations **API** · Partly — A May 2026 comparison post claims an API, but no plan tier lists API access, no API documentation exists in the help centre, and the same post is stale on price and engine count. > Solid API, fewer pre-built integrations today, but easy custom workflows. > — https://citadex.io/blog/citadex-vs-profound · "Feature-by-feature" section, "API and integrations" subsection, Citadex line **BI export** · Partly — A 'Data export' line appears only from the Business tier upward, and the only export the vendor actually describes is a filtered PDF report, not a warehouse, CSV or BI connector. > Data export > — https://citadex.io/pricing · Plan cards, Business feature list (absent from Starter and Pro) ## Coverage elsewhere | Source | Kind | Read | | --- | --- | --- | | tracxn.com | Independent source | 2026-08-24 | ## CitedIndex in AI answers 1 of 4 answers cite CitedIndex. | Engine | Result | Question | Asked on | Other sources | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Perplexity | Cites CitedIndex | Citadex alternatives | 2026-10-12 | itreview.jp, g2.com, note.com, citadex.io | | ChatGPT | Does not cite CitedIndex | Citadex alternatives | 2026-10-12 | prtimes.jp, citadex.io, orchly.ai, hexus.ai, businesswire.com, globenewswire.com | | Claude | Listed no sources | Citadex alternatives | 2026-09-04 | — | | Gemini | Does not cite CitedIndex | Citadex alternatives | 2026-09-04 | capterra.com, g2.com | ## What changed - 2026-09-13 — Capabilities · Free tier - 2026-09-02 — Capabilities - 2026-09-01 — Capabilities · Free tier - 2026-08-31 — Capabilities · Free tier · Price - 2026-08-24 — Alternatives · Summary · Tagline ## Corrections If you represent Citadex, or anything here is wrong or out of date, send a correction with a source. 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