CiteLens

What it does

Monitors AI answers

YesRuns your prompts live against the engines and parses each answer for brand mentions and domain citations.CiteLens measures how often ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude mention and cite your brand — and shows you who they recommend instead.citelens.ai ↗

Optimises your content

YesThe GEO content audit judges an existing page on question focus, headings and quotability.Content — whether the page answers a clear question, uses headings and structure engines can lift, and presents facts in a quotable, self-contained…citelens.ai/docs/geo-audit ↗

Generates content

NoThe generative side is prompt suggestions and a recommendation list; the vendor never claims to write publishable content.Alongside the measurement it generates recommendations: which pages aren't citable, which prompts you're losing, and which sources you need mentions…citelens.ai/faq ↗

Publishes to your site

NoMeasures from outside the site with no code, plugin or CMS connection of any kind.No. CiteLens measures from outside your site — it queries the AI engines on your behalf. There's no code, plugin or DNS change; you just create your…citelens.ai/faq ↗

Technical AEO

PartlyAudits robots.txt, AI user-agent blocking and render-without-JS, but only reports; it does not write directives or markup.Crawlability — robots.txt rules, blocking of AI user-agents, HTTP status, redirects and whether the page renders without JavaScript the crawler won't…citelens.ai/docs/geo-audit ↗

Done-for-you service

YesDone-for-you audits and a paid 1:1 session sold separately from the software, run by the vendor's own team.Our team measures, benchmarks and fixes your AI visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews.citelens.ai/services ↗

Answer engines

ChatGPT

YesOne of the three engines named as live in the software.We query each prompt across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude, then collect the answers and the sources they cite.citelens.ai ↗

Perplexity

YesOne of the three engines named as live in the software.We query each prompt across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude, then collect the answers and the sources they cite.citelens.ai ↗

Gemini

PartlyCovered by the done-for-you Full and Agency audits; in the software the vendor says Gemini is still being added.ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude on Snapshot; Full and Agency add Gemini and Google AI Overviews.citelens.ai/ai-visibility-audit ↗

Google AI Overviews

PartlyCovered by the Full and Agency audit packages; the software FAQ still lists Google AI Overviews as being added.ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude on Snapshot; Full and Agency add Gemini and Google AI Overviews.citelens.ai/ai-visibility-audit ↗

Google AI Mode

NoAbsent from the engine list the vendor tracks and from the list it says it is adding.ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude (with web search). Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Google AI Overviews are being added — anywhere your customers ask…citelens.ai/faq ↗

Claude

YesQueried with web search enabled, alongside ChatGPT and Perplexity.ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude (with web search) in one dashboard. Per-engine visibility, a cross-engine matrix and source comparison.citelens.ai/features ↗

Microsoft Copilot

NoNamed only as an engine being added, and it appears in no plan or audit package.ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude (with web search). Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Google AI Overviews are being added — anywhere your customers ask…citelens.ai/faq ↗

Grok

NoNot in the tracked list nor in the roadmap list the vendor publishes.ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude (with web search). Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Google AI Overviews are being added — anywhere your customers ask…citelens.ai/faq ↗

DeepSeek

NoNot in the tracked list nor in the roadmap list the vendor publishes.ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude (with web search). Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Google AI Overviews are being added — anywhere your customers ask…citelens.ai/faq ↗

Meta AI

NoNot in the tracked list nor in the roadmap list the vendor publishes.ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude (with web search). Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Google AI Overviews are being added — anywhere your customers ask…citelens.ai/faq ↗

Coverage in the vendor’s words

YesThree engines named as live and three as coming; plans meter 3 engines on Free, 4 on Starter/Growth, 5 on Pro/Agency without naming engines four and five.ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude (with web search). Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Google AI Overviews are being added — anywhere your customers ask…citelens.ai/faq ↗

What it reports

Names the cited sources

YesCitations explorer lists each cited URL by category and engine; source influence ranks the cited domains, with the full pool paid.See every URL AI cites when answering your tracked prompts — categorized (owned / competitor / reference), which engines surface it, and who's ahead…citelens.ai/features ↗

Competitor tracking

YesCompetitors are measured on every prompt and reported as share of voice against you.Yes. Add your competitors and CiteLens measures them side by side with you on every prompt.citelens.ai/faq ↗

Brand sentiment

PartlyOne sentiment metric on how positive the language is; no breakdown of the attributes AI associates with the brand.Sentiment — how positive the language around your brand is across mentions.citelens.ai/docs/dashboard ↗

Recommendations

YesRecommendations name the page and source to target after each scan; on Free the data is capped so the list is thinner.Not generic advice. An executable action list generated from your visibility gaps that tells you exactly which page, which source and which steps to…citelens.ai/features ↗

AI crawler analytics

NoThe two audit checkers test whether AI bots are permitted to fetch a URL; there is no report of bot visits to your site.Two checkers — Crawlability (can bots reach the page) and Content (is the page quotable).citelens.ai/docs/geo-audit ↗

Not established: Wrong answers about you

Plans and signing up

Prompt or credit allowance

Yes10 / 25 / 75 / 200 / 600 tracked prompts by plan, metered against a separate engine-call pool of 100 to 28,000 per month.Tracked prompts 10 25 75 200 600citelens.ai/pricing ↗

Projects or brands

YesOne workspace per brand: 1 on Free and Starter, 3 on Growth, 10 on Pro, 50 on Agency, all sharing one prompt pool.By plan: Free and Starter 1, Growth 3, Pro 10, Agency 50 workspaces. Each workspace tracks one brand/project and takes a slice of your prompt pool.citelens.ai/pricing ↗

Countries

PartlyMultilingual prompts and an English/Turkish interface; no country or location selector is documented in the app, though the audit service sets country and language.Yes. CiteLens supports multilingual prompts and the interface runs in English and Turkish.citelens.ai/faq ↗

How often it checks

YesWeekly scans with 2x repeats on every paid plan; the plan table shows no scan frequency for Free.All paid plans scan weekly with 2× repeats and include a 14-day free trial.citelens.ai/pricing ↗

Card required to start

NoNeither the permanent free plan nor the 14-day trial on paid plans asks for a card.Yes. The free plan includes 10 prompts, and every paid plan has a 14-day trial — both with no card required.citelens.ai/faq ↗

Self-serve signup

YesRegister, add prompts and scan; every subscription tier and every audit package is priced and bought without a sales call.Pricing is transparent and listed with real numbers on the pricing page — no waiting for a quote.citelens.ai/faq ↗

Access and integrations

API

PartlyRead-only REST API (v1) on Pro and Agency only; the plan table marks Free, Starter and Growth 'No API'.The public API (v1) is included on Pro and Agency. You create keys in the app under Organization → API keys — it's separate from billing.citelens.ai/pricing ↗

BI export

PartlyCSV export of citations, JSON export of all organisation data and the read-only API on Pro/Agency; no Looker, Power BI or warehouse connector is named.Yes. You can export results as CSV and, for agencies, as white-label PDF reports; the API also gives you programmatic access to the raw data.citelens.ai/faq ↗

Not established: MCP server