# GetCito — Open-source AI visibility tracking sold with a managed human GEO team on paid plans. > Source: CitedIndex — https://citedindex.com/getcito (structured, researched, re-verified) > Facts last verified: 2026-09-25 GetCito is an open-source, self-hostable platform that tracks how AI answer engines cite and describe a brand. Its paid plans bundle that tool with a managed GEO team producing content, schema and brand-mention work. | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://getcito.com | | Price | free, then from $599/month billed monthly, $479/month billed annually | | Free tier | Yes | Self-Host Plan: MIT-licensed software you run yourself, ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews only, weekly data update, basic single domain analytics, community support, and you pay third-party API usage directly. ## What it does **Monitors AI answers** · Yes — Core purpose: it records how named AI engines answer brand prompts and turns that into citation, mention and domain metrics on a dashboard. > Tracks how your brand appears across AI platforms > — https://getcito.com/features · 3 Powerful Features section, AI Visibility Checker card **Optimises your content** · Yes — The dashboard issues prioritised recommendations on existing pages, and paid plans add a counted monthly quota of technical on-page optimisation work. > Personalized, data-driven suggestions designed to improve visibility, fix sentiment issues, and expand market intelligence, prioritized by impact and effort. > — https://getcito.com/features/ai-visibility-checker · From Blind Spot to Spotlight section, AI Recommendations card **Generates content** · Partly — New content is written by GetCito's people rather than by the tool, and only on paid plans with a fixed monthly count of pieces. > 5 Human-written content pieces created or refreshed monthly > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Growth Plan card, What You Get list **Publishes to your site** · Partly — No CMS publishing feature in the tool; on paid plans their frontend developer implements schema and on-page changes on a page quota instead. > Structured data + schema markup implementation for 10-15 pages > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Growth Plan card, What You Get list **Technical AEO** · Yes — It audits crawlability and indexability for AI bots, and paid plans deliver structured data and schema markup implementation on a monthly page quota. > Audits your site’s AI crawlability and indexability > — https://getcito.com/features · 3 Powerful Features section, AI Crawlability Clinic card **Done-for-you service** · Yes — Every paid tier is sold as tool plus staffed team — strategist, writer, developer, outreach and community roles doing the work for you. > Too busy to implement a new strategy? Our team can manage everything from content optimization to PR outreach on your behalf. > — https://getcito.com · Our Services section, Fully Managed Execution card ## Answer engines **ChatGPT** · Yes — ChatGPT is covered on every tier including the free self-hosted plan, which lists it as one of only two engines. > Coverage: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Growth Plan card, What You Get list **Perplexity** · Yes — Perplexity is included from the entry paid Growth plan upward; the free self-host tier's platform row names only ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews. > Coverage: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Growth Plan card, What You Get list **Gemini** · Yes — Gemini appears in the coverage line of the entry paid plan and again in the Enterprise inventory, so it is tracked from $599/mo. > Coverage: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Growth Plan card, What You Get list **Google AI Overviews** · Yes — Google AI Overviews is the one engine besides ChatGPT that even the free self-hosted plan's platform row names, and it runs through every tier. > Coverage: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Growth Plan card, What You Get list **Google AI Mode** · Partly — Google AI Mode appears only in the custom-quoted Enterprise coverage list; the two self-serve paid plans name four engines and AI Mode is not among them. > Coverage: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok (Coming soon), DeepSeek, Meta AI > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Enterprise Plan card, What You Get list **Claude** · Partly — Claude is tracked only on the Enterprise plan, which is quoted rather than priced; Growth and Scale list four engines without it. > Coverage: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok (Coming soon), DeepSeek, Meta AI > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Enterprise Plan card, What You Get list **Microsoft Copilot** · Partly — Microsoft Copilot sits in the Enterprise coverage inventory only, so a self-serve buyer on Growth or Scale does not get it. > Coverage: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok (Coming soon), DeepSeek, Meta AI > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Enterprise Plan card, What You Get list **Grok** · No — Grok is the only engine the vendor marks unavailable: it appears in the Enterprise list explicitly labelled coming soon, and nowhere on cheaper tiers. > Grok (Coming soon) > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Plan comparison table, AI Platforms Covered row, Enterprise column **DeepSeek** · Partly — DeepSeek is listed only in the Enterprise coverage inventory, which is custom-quoted, so the two published paid tiers exclude it. > Coverage: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok (Coming soon), DeepSeek, Meta AI > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Enterprise Plan card, What You Get list **Meta AI** · Partly — Meta AI closes the Enterprise coverage list and appears on no other tier, so reaching it means a sales conversation. > Coverage: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok (Coming soon), DeepSeek, Meta AI > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Enterprise Plan card, What You Get list **Coverage in the vendor’s words** · Partly — Coverage is tier-gated and enumerated per column: two engines self-hosted, four on both paid self-serve plans, ten only on quoted Enterprise. > Coverage: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok (Coming soon), DeepSeek, Meta AI > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Enterprise Plan card, What You Get list; compare AI Platforms Covered row across all four columns ## What it reports **Names the cited sources** · Yes — The dashboard counts total citations, domain-level references and the distinct domains mentioning the brand across AI answers. > Track how often your website’s domain is referenced in AI responses, giving you a clear view of your authority across platforms. > — https://getcito.com/features/ai-visibility-checker · Your Brand's AI Report Card section, Domain Citations metric **Competitor tracking** · Yes — Rival brands are benchmarked on the same prompts in the same view, with mention counts and sentiment; unlimited competitors are an Enterprise line item. > Track your visibility and sentiment against competitors, uncover strengths and weaknesses, and gain the edge to outperform your rivals in AI-driven results. > — https://getcito.com/features/ai-visibility-checker · From Blind Spot to Spotlight section, Competitor Benchmarking card **Brand sentiment** · Yes — Sentiment analysis splits positive from negative AI mentions across platforms; advanced sentiment reporting is itemised on the paid plans. > GetCito tracks positive and negative mentions across AI platforms, giving you a clear snapshot of customer sentiment. > — https://getcito.com · Perform Sentiment Analysis section **Recommendations** · Yes — It does not only report: recommendations are prioritised by impact and effort, and paid tiers include a counted monthly prompt-optimisation allowance. > Personalized, data-driven suggestions designed to improve visibility, fix sentiment issues, and expand market intelligence, prioritized by impact and effort. > — https://getcito.com/features/ai-visibility-checker · From Blind Spot to Spotlight section, AI Recommendations card **AI crawler analytics** · Yes — A dedicated pixel-based module reports bot visits, distinct crawler types, crawl frequency and spoofed-bot detection for your own site. > See how many times AI bots (eg. OAI-SearchBot) crawl your site, helping you measure indexing activity. > — https://getcito.com/features/ai-crawlability-clinic · Your AI Bot Report Card section, Total Bot Visits metric ## Plans and signing up **Prompt or credit allowance** · Yes — Allowance is stated in prompts per month and split between tracking and optimisation: Growth 50 tracked with 10 optimised, Scale 100 with 20. > 50 AI prompts Monitoring and Optimization > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Growth Plan card, What You Get list; AI Prompts Tracked Monthly row of comparison table **Projects or brands** · Partly — Multi-brand and multi-domain support is an Enterprise line only; the free self-host tier is explicitly single-domain and the paid plans state no multi-brand allowance. > Multi-brand and multi-domain support > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Enterprise Plan card, What You Get list **Countries** · Partly — Both self-serve paid plans are capped at one region; tracking additional markets requires the custom-quoted Enterprise plan. > On demand geographic areas and markets tracking > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Enterprise Plan card, What You Get list; Regions Covered row shows 1 for Growth and Scale **How often it checks** · Yes — Refresh rate is a priced differentiator: weekly on the free self-host plan, daily on both paid plans, daily or weekly on Enterprise. > Weekly data update > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Self-Host Plan card, What You Get list; Data Refresh Rate row reads Daily for Growth and Scale **Card required to start** · No — Account creation is described as name and email with an emailed activation link, and the free self-host plan is installed from GitHub with no vendor billing at all. > Kick things off with a quick and secure registration. Just enter your name and email to create your account. You’ll receive an activation link instantly—click it to unlock your dashboard. > — https://getcito.com/features/ai-crawlability-clinic · Main features section, Step 1 — Sign Up & Activate Your Account **Self-serve signup** · Partly — Growth and Scale are bought directly through Stripe checkout links, but Enterprise coverage and multi-region tracking require contacting sales. > Response within 1 business day > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Enterprise Plan card, Contact Sales button; Growth and Scale cards link to buy.stripe.com checkout ## Access and integrations **API** · Partly — A Bearer-authenticated REST API with an OpenAPI 3 contract ships in the open-source self-hosted build; no plan row offers it on the managed tiers. > 🔑 **REST API** — Bearer-authenticated `/api/v1` for brands, competitors, prompts, and reports. > — https://github.com/ai-search-guru/getcito-worlds-first-open-source-aio-aeo-or-geo-tool · README, Features list **BI export** · Partly — BI and warehouse connectivity is an Enterprise-only line; the published self-serve tiers offer dashboards and PDF summaries but no stated export path. > Integration with CRM, analytics, and BI tools > — https://getcito.com/pricing · Enterprise Plan card, What You Get list ## Coverage elsewhere | Source | Kind | Read | | --- | --- | --- | | alchemistaccelerator.com | Independent source | 2026-08-22 | | au.trustpilot.com | Review platform | 2026-08-22 | ## CitedIndex in AI answers 0 of 4 answers cite CitedIndex. | Engine | Result | Question | Asked on | Other sources | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ChatGPT | Does not cite CitedIndex | GetCito alternatives | 2026-10-12 | blog.hubspot.com, g2.com, birdeye.com, sorank.com, opinionx.co, meltwater.com | | Claude | Does not cite CitedIndex | GetCito alternatives | 2026-09-04 | softwareadvice.com, pikaseo.com, getcito.com | | Gemini | Does not cite CitedIndex | GetCito alternatives | 2026-09-04 | llmrefs.com, aimultiple.com, g2.com, writesonic.com, sourceforge.net, pikaseo.com | | Perplexity | Does not cite CitedIndex | GetCito alternatives | 2026-10-12 | g2.com, getapp.ca, elmohq.com, capterra.in, sourceforge.net, webcatalog.io | ## What changed - 2026-09-25 — Capabilities · Free tier - 2026-09-02 — Capabilities · Free tier · Terms - 2026-09-01 — Capabilities · Free tier - 2026-08-31 — Capabilities · Free tier · Links · Price · Terms · Vendor - 2026-08-30 — Capabilities · Links · Terms - 2026-08-19 — Summary ## Corrections If you represent GetCito, or anything here is wrong or out of date, send a correction with a source. 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