# Alternatives to Minuttia > Source: https://citedindex.com/minuttia/alternatives (current datasheets, evidence-ranked) Candidates share the baseline category or are previously researched peers. Requirements, preserved strengths, explicit trade-offs and research coverage decide the order; paid tier does not. ## Shortlist ### 1. AEO Engine Human-managed AEO agency that ships schema, content, links and PR, with AI visibility tracking in its own platform. **Research coverage:** 32/32 criteria **Where it improves on Minuttia:** - [Technical AEO: yes — Crawlability, schema governance and entity work are named as standing plan inclusions, and the vendor sells schema markup as its own service line.](https://aeoengine.ai/) - [Google AI Mode: partial — AI Mode is never sold as tracked coverage; the vendor says its Google citation data may arrive through AI Mode paths depending on the provider, which is incidental rather than guaranteed.](https://aeoengine.ai/ai-overview-checker) - [Claude: partial — Claude is queried by the free one-off audit and named in the analytics and recovery service pages, but it is absent from the four engines the paid dashboard says it tracks.](https://aeoengine.ai/aeo-report) **Trade-offs against Minuttia:** - [AI crawler analytics: no — The reporting stack ingests analytics, Search Console and its own citation data only; AI bot crawl logs are not among them, and the nearest features are LLM referral traffic and a robots.txt access review.](https://aeoengine.ai/platform/seo-reporting) [View AEO Engine](https://citedindex.com/aeoengine) ### 2. GetCito Open-source AI visibility tool sold with a human GEO team that executes content, schema and brand-mention work. **Research coverage:** 30/32 criteria **Where it improves on Minuttia:** - [Technical AEO: yes — Schema markup and technical on-page work are delivered per page on the paid retainers.](https://getcito.com/pricing) - [Google AI Mode: partial — Only in the Enterprise engine list; the Growth and Scale lists name four engines and do not include it.](https://getcito.com/pricing) - [Claude: partial — Enterprise-only; the Growth and Scale coverage lines omit Claude.](https://getcito.com/pricing) **Trade-offs against Minuttia:** - [Generates content: partial — Content is written by GetCito's people on the paid retainers, not generated by the tool; 5 pieces/month on Growth.](https://getcito.com/pricing) [View GetCito](https://citedindex.com/getcito) ### 3. Qwairy GEO platform that monitors brand mentions across 10 AI engines and feeds content, technical and traffic work. **Research coverage:** 32/32 criteria **Where it improves on Minuttia:** - [Technical AEO: yes — Site Readiness analyses robots.txt, llms.txt and sitemap.xml for named crawler identities and generates llms.txt; no schema.org markup generation is claimed.](https://www.qwairy.co/platform/optimize) - [Google AI Mode: yes — Google AI Mode is a separate Core model at 1 credit per answer, listed alongside AI Overview rather than folded into it.](https://docs.qwairy.co/documentation/get-started/credits) - [Claude: yes — Anthropic API models only (Haiku 4.5 through Opus, 4-20 credits per answer); Claude has no Core row, so the public Claude experience is not sampled.](https://docs.qwairy.co/documentation/get-started/credits) **Trade-offs against Minuttia:** - [Done-for-you service: no — Qwairy sells the tooling, not the delivery: agencies run their own GEO retainers on it, and the agency plans are white-label platform seats rather than a managed service.](https://www.qwairy.co/for/agencies) [View Qwairy](https://citedindex.com/qwairy) ### 4. Gauge Daily prompt tracking across six AI engines, with a content engine that publishes to your CMS. **Research coverage:** 32/32 criteria **Where it improves on Minuttia:** - [Google AI Mode: yes — Google AI Mode is tracked separately from AI Overviews on the core six.](https://docs.withgauge.com/navigating/ai-engines) - [Claude: partial — Not included on Growth; available on Enterprise, or on any plan with your own Anthropic key billed by the provider.](https://www.withgauge.com/pricing/) - [Microsoft Copilot: yes — Microsoft Copilot is one of the six core platforms on Growth.](https://docs.withgauge.com/navigating/ai-engines) **Trade-offs against Minuttia:** - [Done-for-you service: partial — Agency Mode is self-serve software for agencies at $300 per client instance; Enterprise adds recurring sessions with the Gauge team, but Gauge does not run the programme for you.](https://www.withgauge.com/features/agency-aeo/) [View Gauge](https://citedindex.com/gauge) ### 5. Conductor Enterprise AEO platform combining AI visibility tracking, content generation and 24/7 technical monitoring. **Research coverage:** 32/32 criteria **Where it improves on Minuttia:** - [Technical AEO: yes — Crawls for schema coverage, semantic HTML and AI robot directives.](https://www.conductor.com/platform/features/technical-aeo-seo/) - [Google AI Mode: yes — Google AI Mode named in the supported-platform list.](https://www.conductor.com/platform/features/ai-search-performance/ai-engine-llm-coverage/) - [Claude: yes — Selectable as a tracked engine.](https://www.conductor.com/platform/features/ai-search-performance/ai-tracking-customization/) **Trade-offs against Minuttia:** - [Done-for-you service: partial — Software vendor, but sells professional services (audits, migrations, content and technical consulting) alongside the platform.](https://www.conductor.com/services/) [View Conductor](https://citedindex.com/conductor) ### 6. AthenaHQ AEO/GEO platform that tracks brand visibility across AI answer engines and prescribes fixes. **Research coverage:** 31/32 criteria **Where it improves on Minuttia:** - [Technical AEO: yes — Manages robots.txt and llms.txt crawler access on both plans.](https://athenahq.ai/plans/) - [Google AI Mode: partial — Google AI Mode is added by paid plans; absent from the free Essential engine list.](https://athenahq.ai/) - [Claude: partial — Claude is added by paid plans; absent from the free Essential engine list.](https://athenahq.ai/) **Trade-offs against Minuttia:** - [Done-for-you service: partial — A certified GEO/SEO specialist and white-glove enablement come only with Enterprise.](https://athenahq.ai/plans/) [View AthenaHQ](https://citedindex.com/athenahq) ## Method Unknown data is never treated as a benefit or a trade-off. Featured placement is labelled but cannot alter recommendation order.