# Cognizo — AEO platform tracking brand visibility in AI answers, with content generation and auto-publishing.

> Source: CitedIndex — https://citedindex.com/cognizo (structured, researched, re-verified)
> Facts last verified: 2026-09-21

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.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.cognizo.ai |
| Price | from $499/month |
| Free tier | No |

No $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** · Yes — Runs 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 answers, analyzing citations, sentiment and rankings.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/ · FAQ, 'How does Cognizo measure AI visibility?'

**Optimises your content** · Yes — Audits 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.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/content-optimization · 'Automate AI-ready content creation' tabs, Technical Audits panel

**Generates content** · Yes — Agents 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.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/content-optimization · 'Automate AI-ready content creation' tabs, Content Studio panel

**Publishes to your site** · Yes — Auto-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.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/done-for-you · Automated Publishing section

**Technical AEO** · Yes — Generates 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.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/content-optimization · 'Optimization Toolbox' tab panel

**Done-for-you service** · Partly — The work is done by agents in-product; human managed services and a dedicated strategist are marked as Enterprise-only additions.

> Custom agents & managed services
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Enterprise plan card, feature list

## Answer engines

**ChatGPT** · Yes — ChatGPT is one of the six selectable engines on the entry Growth plan and appears in every tier's platform list.

> ChatGPT
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights > Available platforms, Growth column

**Perplexity** · Yes — Perplexity is listed among the selectable platforms for Growth and Pro and is included on Enterprise.

> Perplexity
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights > Available platforms, Growth column

**Gemini** · Yes — Google Gemini appears in the available-platforms list for every plan, counting against the five-platform pick.

> Google Gemini
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights > Available platforms, Growth column

**Google AI Overviews** · Yes — Google AI Overviews is one of the six platforms self-serve buyers can select on Growth and Pro.

> Google AI Overviews
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights > Available platforms, Growth column

**Google AI Mode** · Partly — Google AI Mode is named in the FAQ engine list but only appears in the Enterprise column of the platform comparison.

> Google AI Mode
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights > Available platforms, Enterprise column

**Claude** · Partly — Claude is absent from the six platforms Growth and Pro can choose and shows only in the Enterprise platform list.

> Claude
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights > Available platforms, Enterprise column

**Microsoft Copilot** · Yes — Microsoft Copilot is in the selectable six on the entry plan and in the Enterprise platform list.

> Microsoft Copilot
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights > Available platforms, Growth column

**Grok** · Yes — Grok is in the six-platform pick list shown on both Growth and Pro plan cards.

> Grok
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Growth and Pro plan cards, 'Choose 5 platforms' logo row

**DeepSeek** · Partly — DeepSeek appears only under the custom-quoted Enterprise tier's platform list, not in the self-serve selection.

> DeepSeek
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights > Available platforms, Enterprise column

**Meta AI** · Partly — Meta AI is shown in the Enterprise platform list only; Growth and Pro pick from six engines that exclude it.

> Meta AI
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights > Available platforms, Enterprise column

**Coverage in the vendor’s words** · Yes — Vendor 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, Google AI Mode, Claude, Meta AI, Grok and more.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/ · FAQ, 'Which AI platforms can I track?'

## What it reports

**Names the cited sources** · Yes — Reports 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.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/answer-engine-insights · 'Know which sources influence AI answers' section

**Competitor tracking** · Yes — Competitors 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.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/answer-engine-insights · 'Compare your AI presence to category leaders' section

**Brand sentiment** · Yes — Sentiment 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.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/answer-engine-insights · 'Control the narrative in AI conversations' section

**Recommendations** · Yes — Goes 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.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/content-optimization · 'Content Opportunities' tab panel

**AI crawler analytics** · Yes — Crawler 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.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/ai-traffic-analytics · 'Monitor all AI-driven traffic in real time' section

## Plans and signing up

**Prompt or credit allowance** · Yes — Entry 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
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights rows, Growth column

**Projects or brands** · Partly — Paid self-serve plans track a single domain; several brands and workspaces are reserved for the custom Enterprise tier.

> Multiple brands & workspaces
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Enterprise plan card, feature list

**Countries** · Yes — Regions and languages are listed as unlimited on every tier and performance can be sliced by region.

> Regions Unlimited ... Languages Unlimited
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights section, Regions and Languages rows

**How often it checks** · Yes — Daily tracking is ticked for all three plans and the vendor describes continuous prompt runs collecting millions of responses daily.

> Daily tracking
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Answer Engine Insights section, Daily tracking row

**Card required to start** · No — No 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
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/solutions/enterprise · 'Get a free AI visibility report' form at the top of the page, field labels

**Self-serve signup** · No — Every 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.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing · FAQ, 'What does onboarding look like?'

## Access and integrations

**API** · Yes — A 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
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/mcp · FAQ, 'What is the difference between the Cognizo MCP server and the Cognizo API?'

**MCP server** · Yes — A 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 support ticket to enable access.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/mcp · FAQ, 'Which plans have access to Cognizo MCP?'

**BI export** · Partly — Exporting 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.
> — https://www.cognizo.ai/platform/mcp · 'Automate the reports you send every week' section

## Coverage elsewhere

| Source | Kind | Read |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tbmag.co.uk | Independent source | 2026-08-23 |

## CitedIndex in AI answers

0 of 4 answers cite CitedIndex.

| Engine | Result | Question | Asked on | Other sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT | Does not cite CitedIndex | Cognizo alternatives | 2026-10-12 | orchly.ai, aitools.inc, tryanalyze.ai, metehan.ai, letgptdo.com |
| Claude | Listed no sources | Cognizo alternatives | 2026-09-04 | — |
| Gemini | Does not cite CitedIndex | Cognizo alternatives | 2026-09-04 | elmohq.com, g2.com, orchly.ai, nuwtonic.com, slashdot.org, cognizo.ai |
| Perplexity | Does not cite CitedIndex | Cognizo alternatives | 2026-10-12 | g2.com, surfedo.com, surferstack.com, capterra.com.au, orchly.ai, toolradar.com |

## What changed

- 2026-09-21 — Capabilities · Free tier
- 2026-09-02 — Capabilities · Free tier
- 2026-09-01 — Capabilities · Free tier
- 2026-08-31 — Capabilities · Free tier · Price
- 2026-08-22 — Documentation link · LinkedIn link · Summary · Tagline

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