# Knowatoa — Tracks brand visibility across seven AI answer services and drafts content to close the gaps. > Source: CitedIndex — https://citedindex.com/knowatoa (structured, researched, re-verified) > Facts last verified: 2026-10-10 Knowatoa is an AI search visibility platform that queries seven AI answer services daily for questions a brand cares about, reporting mentions, citations, sentiment and competitor gaps. It also drafts articles from those gaps and publishes them to a CMS. | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://knowatoa.com | | Price | from $59/month | | Free trial | Partly | 7-day trial of the Starter plan, started from the signup page; the AI article generation page states "Free trial, no credit card" while the signup page says the site is added "After checkout". No standing $0 plan is published. ## What it does **Monitors AI answers** · Yes — Core product: it runs tracked questions against the AI answer services daily and reports whether the brand is mentioned or cited in each response. > Knowatoa monitors your brand across all major AI platforms simultaneously. Compare performance across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Meta AI, and more in one dashboard. > — https://knowatoa.com/features/multi-model-coverage · Multi-Model Coverage page, intro paragraph under the heading **Optimises your content** · Yes — It names the gap questions and the pages behind them and issues platform-specific recommendations on what content to change, not just a visibility score. > Get platform-specific recommendations. We tell you exactly what to do to improve visibility on each AI model. > — https://knowatoa.com/features/multi-model-coverage · "Why Knowatoa" section, Actionable Recommendations card **Generates content** · Yes — A built-in generation pipeline drafts full articles for the tracked questions, with internal and external links plus SEO metadata produced alongside the body. > Knowatoa drafts full articles for the highest-priority questions you're tracking. Internal links, external links, competitive context, and SEO metadata all built in. > — https://knowatoa.com/features/ai-article-generation · AI Article Generation page, hero paragraph **Publishes to your site** · Yes — Approved drafts can be pushed live to named CMS targets, or exported as Markdown, after a draft to in_review to approved workflow. > Publish to your CMS WordPress, Payload, GitHub, or export to Markdown. The article ships with SEO metadata already filled in. > — https://knowatoa.com/features/ai-article-generation · "How it works" section, step 4 **Technical AEO** · Partly — It actively tests AI bot access and analyses robots.txt and access configuration, but the vendor's own pages do not claim schema markup or llms.txt generation. > Configure robots.txt and crawl permissions for AI systems. Make informed decisions about which AI bots can access your content. > — https://knowatoa.com/features/ai-search-console · AI Search Console page, "Why Use AI Search Console?" Access Control card **Done-for-you service** · Yes — Beyond the software the founders sell a three-phase done-with-you content engagement booked by call, covering audit, strategy and execution alongside the client team. > We help SaaS companies update their content strategy to take advantage of the new opportunities in AI search, recover lost traffic, and improve the ROI of their content operations. > — https://knowatoa.com/services · Services page, hero paragraph ## Answer engines **ChatGPT** · Yes — ChatGPT is one of the seven monitored services and is included on the cheapest paid tier, not held back for upgrades. > AI search services | ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode | All 7 services > — https://knowatoa.com/pricing · Compare plans table, "AI search services" row (Starter and Growth columns) **Perplexity** · Partly — Perplexity is tracked, but the Starter plan at $59 covers only ChatGPT, AI Overviews and AI Mode, so Perplexity needs the $199 Growth tier. > AI search services | ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode | All 7 services > — https://knowatoa.com/pricing · Compare plans table, "AI search services" row (Starter vs Growth columns) **Gemini** · Partly — Gemini appears in the Growth plan's icon list of AI search services; the Starter tier's three named services do not include it. > Everything in Starter, plus: AI search services ChatGPT AI Overviews AI Mode Claude Gemini Meta AI Perplexity > — https://knowatoa.com/ · Pricing section on the home page, Growth plan feature list **Google AI Overviews** · Yes — Google AI Overviews is covered on every tier including Starter and has its own brand-monitoring page on the vendor site. > AI search services | ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode | All 7 services > — https://knowatoa.com/pricing · Compare plans table, "AI search services" row (Starter column) **Google AI Mode** · Yes — Google AI Mode is listed among the three services included on the entry Starter plan and is one of the seven monitored services overall. > AI search services | ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode | All 7 services > — https://knowatoa.com/pricing · Compare plans table, "AI search services" row (Starter column) **Claude** · Partly — Claude is one of the seven supported platforms but sits outside the Starter trio, so tracking it requires the Growth plan. > Everything in Starter, plus: AI search services ChatGPT AI Overviews AI Mode Claude Gemini Meta AI Perplexity > — https://knowatoa.com/ · Pricing section on the home page, Growth plan feature list **Microsoft Copilot** · No — Microsoft Copilot is absent from both complete supported-platform inventories; only an API marketing page contradicts this, which we treat as stale copy. > Supported AI Platforms ChatGPT OpenAI Claude Anthropic Gemini Google Perplexity AI Search Meta AI Meta AI Overviews Google Search AI Mode Google Search > — https://knowatoa.com/features/multi-model-coverage · "Supported AI Platforms" section, full list of the 7 platform cards **Grok** · No — Grok does not appear in the seven-platform supported list, the plan comparison row, or the per-engine monitoring pages the vendor publishes. > Supported AI Platforms ChatGPT OpenAI Claude Anthropic Gemini Google Perplexity AI Search Meta AI Meta AI Overviews Google Search AI Mode Google Search > — https://knowatoa.com/features/multi-model-coverage · "Supported AI Platforms" section, full list of the 7 platform cards **DeepSeek** · No — DeepSeek is not among the seven services the vendor enumerates as supported, on any plan, and has no monitoring page of its own. > Supported AI Platforms ChatGPT OpenAI Claude Anthropic Gemini Google Perplexity AI Search Meta AI Meta AI Overviews Google Search AI Mode Google Search > — https://knowatoa.com/features/multi-model-coverage · "Supported AI Platforms" section, full list of the 7 platform cards **Meta AI** · Partly — Meta AI is supported and has its own monitoring page, but like Claude and Perplexity it is part of the Growth plan's full seven rather than Starter. > Everything in Starter, plus: AI search services ChatGPT AI Overviews AI Mode Claude Gemini Meta AI Perplexity > — https://knowatoa.com/ · Pricing section on the home page, Growth plan feature list **Coverage in the vendor’s words** · Yes — The vendor states seven services and splits them by tier: three on Starter, all seven on Growth and Enterprise, with the default model used per service. > AI search services | ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode | All 7 services | All 7 services > — https://knowatoa.com/pricing · Compare plans table, "AI search services" row across all three columns ## What it reports **Names the cited sources** · Yes — It reports which domains and URLs the engines cite, both the brand's own best-performing pages and the third-party sources shaping each answer. > The URLs AI is already citing for your brand, and the ones outperforming everything else on your site. > — https://knowatoa.com/ · "What you actually get" section, card 01 / Visibility **Competitor tracking** · Yes — Competitor visibility gaps are a row on every plan including Starter, with head-to-head views of questions rivals own and the brand does not. > See which competitors dominate which questions, then close the gap with targeted content. > — https://knowatoa.com/ · "What you actually get" section, card 02 / Gap analysis **Brand sentiment** · Yes — Sentiment of AI responses is analysed and tracked over time, and brand sentiment alerts are listed on all three plan columns. > Sentiment Monitoring Analyze the tone and sentiment of AI responses about your brand to understand perception. > — https://knowatoa.com/features · Core Features list, Sentiment Monitoring entry **Recommendations** · Yes — Each finding comes with a stated next action, down to which content to update and which sources to optimise, rather than a report alone. > Every accuracy issue comes with specific recommendations on how to fix it. We tell you what content to update and which sources to optimize. > — https://knowatoa.com/features/accuracy-tracking · "Why Knowatoa" section, Actionable Recommendations card **AI crawler analytics** · Partly — The AI Search Console shows bot access across 15+ crawler types and tracks patterns over time, but it actively probes access rather than reading your server logs. > We actively test AI bot access in real-time, not passive log analysis that misses problems until they've already hurt your visibility. > — https://knowatoa.com/features/ai-search-console · "Why Knowatoa" section, Real-Time Active Testing card **Wrong answers about you** · Yes — Accuracy Tracking flags responses containing invented or outdated facts about the brand, categorises them and traces where the error came from. > Knowatoa verifies the factual accuracy of AI responses about your brand. Catch misinformation, outdated details, and AI hallucinations before they damage your reputation. > — https://knowatoa.com/features/accuracy-tracking · Accuracy Tracking page, hero paragraph ## Plans and signing up **Prompt or credit allowance** · Partly — Metered in questions, pooled across all sites in the account, but no per-plan question count is published on any page; Growth is described only as having no volume worry. > All sites share the same question limit, so you can allocate your questions across your sites however you need. > — https://knowatoa.com/pricing · FAQ, "Can I track multiple sites on the same account?" **Projects or brands** · Yes — Multiple brands and sites run on one account with no site cap stated; the constraint is the shared question allowance, which you allocate yourself. > Yes! You can track an unlimited number of sites on the same account. All sites share the same question limit, so you can allocate your questions across your sites however you need. > — https://knowatoa.com/pricing · Frequently Asked Questions, "Can I track multiple sites on the same account?" **Countries** · Yes — Language and location can be set at account, site and question level, and every language and market you track is included on all plans. > Knowatoa supports tracking questions in multiple languages and geographic locations. You can specify both language and location settings at the account, site, and question level > — https://knowatoa.com/pricing · Frequently Asked Questions, "Can I track questions in other languages and locations?" **How often it checks** · Yes — Queries run daily against each platform, with a weekly digest on top; the vendor argues daily is necessary because answers change that fast. > Daily Multi-Platform Queries We query each AI platform daily to capture responses and track your visibility. > — https://knowatoa.com/features/multi-model-coverage · "How Multi-Model Coverage Works" section, step 2 **Card required to start** · Partly — The article-generation page promises no credit card, yet the signup flow says you pick a Starter trial and add your site after checkout, so the two pages disagree. > Free trial, no credit card. Drafts ready in minutes. > — https://knowatoa.com/features/ai-article-generation · Closing call-to-action, line under "Generate the content AI assistants will cite" **Self-serve signup** · Yes — Starter and Growth both start from a self-serve trial signup with no sales contact; only the custom Enterprise tier routes to a scheduled call. > Create your account first, then choose your Starter trial. After checkout, you'll add the site you want Knowatoa to monitor. > — https://knowatoa.com/onboarding/trial/signup · Signup page, paragraph under "Start your 7-day Knowatoa trial" ## Access and integrations **API** · Partly — A documented REST API exists, but the plan table puts the whole reporting stack on Growth and above while the API feature page claims all plans include it. > Reporting stack (API, MCP, Looker Studio, NinjaCat) | — | Included | Included > — https://knowatoa.com/pricing · Compare plans table, "Reporting stack (API, MCP, Looker Studio, NinjaCat)" row **MCP server** · Partly — An OAuth-based MCP server exposes dashboard data and article actions to six AI clients, but it is bundled in the Growth-and-above reporting stack. > Connect Knowatoa to Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, OpenCode, and Antigravity through MCP. Ask about your AI search visibility, citations, sentiment, and competitors in natural language > — https://knowatoa.com/features/mcp · MCP Integration page, hero paragraph **BI export** · Partly — A Looker Studio connector and a NinjaCat integration exist, plus CSV and Sheets export, but the connectors sit in the Growth-tier reporting stack. > Plug AI Search metrics into your reporting stack API Access MCP server Looker Studio NinjaCat > — https://knowatoa.com/ · Pricing section on the home page, Growth plan feature list ## Coverage elsewhere | Source | Kind | Read | | --- | --- | --- | | tryanalyze.ai | A competitor's comparison | 2026-08-22 | | coldiq.com | Independent source | 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 | Knowatoa alternatives | 2026-10-12 | elmohq.com, metehan.ai, therankmasters.com, withgauge.com, qwairy.co | | Claude | Listed no sources | Knowatoa alternatives | 2026-09-04 | — | | Gemini | Does not cite CitedIndex | Knowatoa alternatives | 2026-09-04 | reddit.com, livesov.com, menra.ai, elmohq.com, piperocket.digital, slite.com | | Perplexity | Does not cite CitedIndex | Knowatoa alternatives | 2026-10-12 | knowatoa.com, alternativeto.net, dageno.ai, g2.com, piperocket.digital, menra.ai | ## What changed - 2026-10-10 — Capabilities · Free tier - 2026-09-02 — Capabilities · Terms - 2026-09-01 — Capabilities · Free tier - 2026-08-31 — Capabilities · Free tier · Links · Price · Terms - 2026-08-22 — Tagline ## Corrections If you represent Knowatoa, or anything here is wrong or out of date, send a correction with a source. 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