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Summary

Foglift is an AI search visibility platform that runs saved prompts against five answer engines and records mentions, cited URLs, competitors and sentiment. It also ships unlimited free technical audits with an AI readiness score.

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Freethen $49 monthly · $41 billed annually
Free tier
Yes200 monitoring tokens/month, Perplexity only on a weekly cadence, 1 brand and 1 seat, 5 prompts at setup, no full-site audits, no authenticated API key; unlimited single-page Technical Audits and AI Crawler Analytics included, no credit card required.
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What it does

Monitors AI answers
YesCore function: saved prompts are replayed against answer engines and the mention, position, cited sources and response text are stored per run.Foglift monitors the prompts buyers ask, the engines that mention you, the URLs they cite, the competitors that appear instead, share of voice, and…foglift.io/monitor
Optimises your content
YesAudits an existing URL and returns a prioritised fix list, and the Actions Engine turns monitoring data into page-level restructuring guidance.The Actions Engine reads monitoring data and generates page-level content briefs covering what to restructure, which entities to clarify, what schema…foglift.io/what-is-foglift
Generates content
PartlyIt writes briefs, not publishable copy: target prompts, structure gaps and entity coverage for a URL, leaving the drafting to the team.Paste any URL and get a content brief in seconds: target prompts the page should answer, structure gaps, entity coverage, and AEO score breakdown.…foglift.io/content-brief
Publishes to your site
NoThe enumerated 46-feature set spans audits, monitoring, developer tools, team alerts, agency delivery and webhook automation, with no CMS write-back path anywhere.46 features across Technical Audits, AI Visibility monitoring, developer tools, team communication, agency features, and automation. Free tier…foglift.io/features
Technical AEO
YesEvery audit checks crawler access, JSON-LD quality and citation readiness, and free tools cover robots.txt and schema generation.Each Technical Audit analyzes search health, AI crawler access, structured data, citation readiness, performance, security, and accessibility.foglift.io/faq
Done-for-you service
NoSelf-serve software sold to agencies rather than a service: the vendor states there is no agency SKU and nobody does the optimisation work for you.There is no separate Agency SKU, and the limits below are the published buying boundary.foglift.io/for/agencies

Answer engines

ChatGPT
PartlyChatGPT with web search is monitored from the Launch tier upward; the free workspace is restricted to Perplexity only.Free accounts monitor Perplexity weekly. Paid plans monitor visibility across five AI engines: ChatGPT (with web search), Perplexity, Google AI…foglift.io/pricing
Perplexity
YesThe only engine available without paying, on a weekly cadence, and it carries the highest token cost of five per prompt on paid plans.AI Visibility on Perplexity (weekly)foglift.io/pricing
Gemini
PartlyGemini is a paid-tier engine and the vendor flags it as ungrounded with no citations, so it yields mentions rather than source URLs.Gemini Ungrounded · no citations 3foglift.io/pricing
Google AI Overviews
PartlyGoogle AI Overview is one of the five monitored engines at three tokens per prompt, but only from the Launch plan upward.Launch, Growth, and Enterprise plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, and Gemini.foglift.io/monitor
Google AI Mode
NoGoogle's AI Mode is absent from the closed five-engine list the vendor publishes; only Google AI Overview is covered on the Google side.Foglift monitors 5 AI engines: ChatGPT (OpenAI), Perplexity, Google Gemini, Claude (Anthropic), and Google AI Overview.foglift.io/faq
Claude
PartlyClaude is monitored with web search at five tokens per prompt, but sits behind the Launch tier like every engine except Perplexity.Claude Monitoring Launch Monitor Anthropic's Claude for brand mentions and recommendationsfoglift.io/features
Microsoft Copilot
NoMicrosoft Copilot is not in the enumerated engine set; the site only discusses optimising for Copilot editorially, never monitoring it.Foglift monitors 5 AI engines: ChatGPT (OpenAI), Perplexity, Google Gemini, Claude (Anthropic), and Google AI Overview.foglift.io/faq
Grok
NoGrok appears nowhere in the five-engine list or the per-model token table that prices every engine Foglift can query.Foglift monitors 5 AI engines: ChatGPT (OpenAI), Perplexity, Google Gemini, Claude (Anthropic), and Google AI Overview.foglift.io/faq
DeepSeek
NoDeepSeek is absent from both the engine list and the token-cost table, which together enumerate every queryable engine.Foglift monitors 5 AI engines: ChatGPT (OpenAI), Perplexity, Google Gemini, Claude (Anthropic), and Google AI Overview.foglift.io/faq
Meta AI
NoMeta AI is not among the five engines the vendor names, and no plan row or token price exists for it.Foglift monitors 5 AI engines: ChatGPT (OpenAI), Perplexity, Google Gemini, Claude (Anthropic), and Google AI Overview.foglift.io/faq
Coverage in the vendor’s words
YesFive engines on every paid tier with no per-tier engine gating; the free workspace gets Perplexity alone, and each engine costs three or five tokens per prompt.Free accounts monitor Perplexity weekly. Paid plans monitor visibility across five AI engines: ChatGPT (with web search), Perplexity, Google AI…foglift.io/pricing

What it reports

Names the cited sources
YesCited URLs are stored and normalised per answer, and a source-gap view lists domains cited when the brand is missing entirely.Which URLs from your site get cited by AI engines? Track source attribution and link equity.foglift.io/monitor
Competitor tracking
YesCompetitor domains are tracked in the same prompt set with share of voice and their cited URLs, so you can see why a rival wins.Foglift stores competitor mentions, share of voice, and cited URLs per prompt so you can see whether a competitor is winning because of their own…foglift.io/monitor
Brand sentiment
PartlySentiment is scored as a three-way polarity per mention and trended over time; the vendor never claims an attribute or theme breakdown.Sentiment scoring labels each mention (positive, neutral, negative), competitor tracking shows where rivals appear, and the AI Visibility Score…foglift.io/what-is-foglift
Recommendations
YesIt does not stop at reporting: each audit returns a ranked fix list, and the monitor page prints a per-engine recommended action beside each visibility figure.AI Action Plan Free AI-generated fix list prioritized by impact. Plain English, no jargon.foglift.io/features
AI crawler analytics
YesA server-side or edge Sensor records AI bot hits per page, and the analytics are included at zero token cost on every tier including Free.Track which AI crawlers are visiting your website: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and OAI-SearchBotfoglift.io/ai-crawler-analytics

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Plans and signing up

Prompt or credit allowance
YesMetered in tokens, not prompts: 200 free, 4,000 on Launch, 11,500 on Growth, with each engine query costing three or five tokens and no rollover.Monitoring tokens / month 200 4,000 11,500 Customfoglift.io/pricing
Projects or brands
YesSeveral brands per workspace, each with its own prompts and competitors, scaling from one on Free to three, ten, then effectively unlimited.Brands / sites 1 brand 3 brands 10 brands Unlimitedfoglift.io/pricing
How often it checks
YesCadence is the main thing the tiers buy: weekly on Free, daily on Launch, twice daily on Growth and hourly on Enterprise.Launch checks prompts daily, Growth checks prompts twice daily, and Enterprise checks prompts hourly. Free workspaces get weekly Perplexity checks…foglift.io/monitor
Card required to start
NoThe free tier is a standing plan rather than a trial, and the vendor states outright that no card is needed to start.No. The Free tier includes 200 tokens/month, unlimited Technical Audits, and weekly Perplexity monitoring with no credit card required.foglift.io/pricing
Self-serve signup
YesSign-up, Stripe checkout and in-dashboard plan changes need no sales contact up to Growth; only the Enterprise tier routes through 'Talk to us'.Secure payments by Stripe · Cancel anytime · No setup feesfoglift.io/pricing

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Access and integrations

API
PartlyThe authenticated REST API, CLI and GitHub Action start at Launch; free accounts get only the playground and the unauthenticated single-page scan endpoint.Yes. Launch and higher plans include the authenticated REST API, CLI tool (npx foglift-scan), and MCP server for AI coding assistants.foglift.io/pricing
MCP server
PartlyA hosted OAuth MCP endpoint plus a local stdio npm server; free accounts can connect but reach only public scans, so agent access to monitoring data needs Launch.API key creation is available on Launch, Growth, and Enterprise plans. Free accounts can use the hosted OAuth MCP flow and public scan_website calls…foglift.io/integrations/mcp
BI export
PartlyReaching a BI tool means pulling the history endpoint yourself from Launch upward, or using the Growth-tier BI webhooks; no native warehouse connector is offered.Pipe visibility, sentiment, and citation data from /api/v1/history into Grafana, Metabase, your internal BI tool, or a Notion database.foglift.io/developers

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Sources and updates

Answer-engine source observations1 of 4

1 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.

  • PerplexityCitedIndex domain found in source annotationsModel: sonar · Collected on · 20 source annotationsQuery: Foglift alternativesOther source hosts (up to 6): conger.com, foglift.io, roast.page, capterra.com, siftly.ai, elmohq.com
  • ChatGPTNot assessable — no source annotationsModel: gpt-4o-mini · Collected on · 0 source annotationsQuery: Foglift alternatives
  • ClaudeCitedIndex domain not found in observed source annotationsModel: claude-haiku-4-5 · Collected on · 9 source annotationsQuery: Foglift alternativesOther source hosts (up to 6): foglift.io
  • GeminiCitedIndex domain not found in observed source annotationsModel: gemini-2.5-flash · Collected on · 30 source annotationsQuery: Foglift alternativesOther source hosts (up to 6): g2.com, foglift.io, capterra.com, vls.com, premiumbeat.com, reddit.com

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