Summary
Cognizo is an answer engine optimization platform that tracks how AI assistants mention and cite a brand across major AI engines. It pairs that monitoring with technical site audits and agents that draft and auto-publish optimized content.
- Best for
- Marketing teams and agencies that want AI-visibility monitoring bundled with real content production and are comfortable booking a demo.
- Not for
- Buyers who need Claude coverage without an Enterprise quote, or who want to self-checkout without a sales call.
- From
- $499/monthbilled monthly
- Free tier
- NoNo $0 plan is published; the cheapest tier is Growth at $499/month. The only free offer is a one-off AEO audit report requested through a form.
What it does
- Monitors AI answers
- YesRuns prompt sets against each AI engine continuously and reports where and how the brand appears in generated answers.
We run prompts on each AI platform continuously to collect millions of responses daily, tracking where and how your brand appears in AI-generated…
cognizo.ai - Optimises your content
- YesAudits existing pages for crawlability, schema and internal-linking gaps and issues prioritised fixes, included on every published plan.
Identify the technical blockers that prevent AI models from retrieving, indexing, and using your content effectively.
cognizo.ai/platform/content-optimization - Generates content
- YesAgents write briefs, outlines, drafts and FAQs, but the monthly article allowance is capped per tier at 8 or 20.
AI agents create briefs, drafts, refreshes, FAQs, and structured updates aligned with real buyer questions.
cognizo.ai/platform/content-optimization - Publishes to your site
- YesAuto-publishing pushes finished pages straight to the customer's own site with metadata and schema, on all three plans.
Approve once or turn on auto-publish and every piece goes straight to your site. Metadata, schema, and internal links included.
cognizo.ai/platform/done-for-you - Technical AEO
- YesGenerates llms.txt, schema markup and FAQ blocks and flags crawlability problems as part of the technical audit toolbox.
Automate your AEO tasks, from llms.txt to schema markup and on-page structure.
cognizo.ai/platform/content-optimization - Done-for-you service
- PartlyThe work is done by agents in-product; human managed services and a dedicated strategist are marked as Enterprise-only additions.
Custom agents & managed services
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Answer engines
- ChatGPT
- YesChatGPT is one of the six selectable engines on the entry Growth plan and appears in every tier's platform list.cognizo.ai/pricing
- Perplexity
- YesPerplexity is listed among the selectable platforms for Growth and Pro and is included on Enterprise.cognizo.ai/pricing
- Gemini
- YesGoogle Gemini appears in the available-platforms list for every plan, counting against the five-platform pick.cognizo.ai/pricing
- Google AI Overviews
- YesGoogle AI Overviews is one of the six platforms self-serve buyers can select on Growth and Pro.cognizo.ai/pricing
- Google AI Mode
- PartlyGoogle AI Mode is named in the FAQ engine list but only appears in the Enterprise column of the platform comparison.cognizo.ai/pricing
- Claude
- PartlyClaude is absent from the six platforms Growth and Pro can choose and shows only in the Enterprise platform list.cognizo.ai/pricing
- Microsoft Copilot
- YesMicrosoft Copilot is in the selectable six on the entry plan and in the Enterprise platform list.cognizo.ai/pricing
- Grok
- YesGrok is in the six-platform pick list shown on both Growth and Pro plan cards.cognizo.ai/pricing
- DeepSeek
- PartlyDeepSeek appears only under the custom-quoted Enterprise tier's platform list, not in the self-serve selection.cognizo.ai/pricing
- Meta AI
- PartlyMeta AI is shown in the Enterprise platform list only; Growth and Pro pick from six engines that exclude it.cognizo.ai/pricing
- Coverage in the vendor’s words
- YesVendor names nine engines but caps paid self-serve tiers at five chosen platforms from a six-engine menu; all platforms need Enterprise.
You can track a wide range of leading AI platforms and generative engines with Cognizo, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews,…
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What it reports
- Names the cited sources
- YesReports the domains and pages engines reference, split into owned, earned and competitor citations, on all plans.
See the top domains and pages AI references to generate responses in your category.
cognizo.ai/platform/answer-engine-insig… - Competitor tracking
- YesCompetitors are unlimited on every tier and benchmarked on visibility, sentiment, position and citation authority.
See how you stack up against competitors on visibility, sentiment, position and citation authority.
cognizo.ai/platform/answer-engine-insig… - Brand sentiment
- YesSentiment analysis is checked on all three plans and maps themes, use cases and pain points AI attaches to the brand.
Understand the themes, use cases, and pain points AI associates with your brand.
cognizo.ai/platform/answer-engine-insig… - Recommendations
- YesGoes past reporting: ranks prioritised actions from citation-pattern analysis and states what to create or refine next.
Our proprietary algorithms analyze citation patterns to identify actions so your team always knows what to do next.
cognizo.ai/platform/content-optimization - AI crawler analytics
- YesCrawler analytics is checked on every plan and separates indexing, retrieval and training visits by bot, for one domain.
Track all AI crawler activity and behavior in real time, understand which AI bots access your content and how often.
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Not established: Wrong answers about you
Plans and signing up
- Prompt or credit allowance
- YesEntry Growth tier tracks 150 prompts and 22,500 analysed responses a month; Pro doubles that to 350 prompts.
Prompts tracked 150 ... Responses analyzed per month 22,500
cognizo.ai/pricing - Projects or brands
- PartlyPaid self-serve plans track a single domain; several brands and workspaces are reserved for the custom Enterprise tier.
Multiple brands & workspaces
cognizo.ai/pricing - Countries
- YesRegions and languages are listed as unlimited on every tier and performance can be sliced by region.
Regions Unlimited ... Languages Unlimited
cognizo.ai/pricing - How often it checks
- YesDaily tracking is ticked for all three plans and the vendor describes continuous prompt runs collecting millions of responses daily.cognizo.ai/pricing
- Card required to start
- NoNo payment details at the point of entry: the free AI visibility report form asks only for contact details, and the self-serve sign-up page is headed 'Get started for free'. There is no free product tier or trial on the pricing page.
Website URL * First name * Last name * Work email * Phone number
cognizo.ai/solutions/enterprise - Self-serve signup
- NoEvery plan button is a demo request and onboarding runs through an assigned customer success call, so no plan can be bought unaided.
Your customer success partner will set up an onboarding call to ensure you have a robust AI search strategy and all your questions are answered.
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Access and integrations
- API
- YesA REST API is ticked on all three plans and documented for dashboards, ETL and scheduled jobs with per-workspace keys.
the API at https://core.cognizo.ai/api/v2/ is what you'd use for dashboards, ETL pipelines, and scheduled jobs
cognizo.ai/platform/mcp - MCP server
- YesA hosted remote MCP server is included on every plan with no add-on fee, exposing read and write tools to agents.
Every Cognizo plan includes the MCP server. Create an API key in your workspace settings and connect. No separate MCP fee, no enterprise tier, and no…
cognizo.ai/platform/mcp - BI export
- PartlyExporting and scheduled reporting into external dashboards is offered on all plans, but no named warehouse or BI connector is described in prose.
Schedule your data reporting into any tool or live dashboard. Set up once, and keep it updated without touching it again.
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AEO/GEO platform tracking brand visibility across 11 AI models, with content and technical actions.
Content platform that researches, drafts, optimises and publishes pages, then tracks AI citations.
Tracks brand mentions and citations in ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews and AI Mode, plus an AI-readiness site audit.
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Answer-engine source observations0 of 4
0 of 4 collected answers have source URL/title annotations naming CitedIndex. These are the latest stored observations per engine, not current consumer-UI results. They do not measure product mentions or establish that a source supports a claim.
- ChatGPTNot assessable — no source annotationsModel: gpt-4o-mini · Collected on · 0 source annotationsQuery:
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- ClaudeNot assessable — no source annotationsModel: claude-haiku-4-5 · Collected on · 0 source annotationsQuery:
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- GeminiCitedIndex domain not found in observed source annotationsModel: gemini-2.5-flash · Collected on · 37 source annotationsQuery:
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Other source hosts (up to 6): elmohq.com, g2.com, orchly.ai, nuwtonic.com, slashdot.org, cognizo.ai - PerplexityCitedIndex domain not found in observed source annotationsModel: sonar · Collected on · 20 source annotationsQuery:
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Other source hosts (up to 6): g2.com, surfedo.com, orchly.ai, nuwtonic.com, elmohq.com, capterra.com
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