# Siftly — AI visibility monitor that connects citation gaps to generated, directly publishable content. > Source: CitedIndex — https://citedindex.com/siftly (structured, researched, re-verified) Siftly is a generative-engine-optimization platform for brands seeking to understand how AI search represents them. Its product combines citation analysis with an editorial workflow for turning visibility gaps into prepared website content. **Best for:** Marketing teams tracking brand presence in AI-generated answers | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://siftly.ai | | Category | AI visibility monitoring | | Open source | No | | Price | Free | | Price source | https://siftly.ai/pricing | | Price checked | 29 October 2026 | | AI engines it tracks | 3 on every plan, 5 more on some plans only. | | ChatGPT | on every plan | | Gemini | on some plans only | | Perplexity | on every plan | | AI Overviews | on every plan | | Claude | not tracked | | AI Mode | on some plans only | | Copilot | on some plans only | | Grok | on some plans only | | DeepSeek | on some plans only | | Meta AI | not tracked | | API | Not stated | | MCP server | Yes | | Free to start | Free plan | | Sign up without sales | Yes | | Facts | 33 facts from 11 sources | | Facts checked | 29 October 2026 | Screenshot of Siftly: https://citedindex.com/img/1920/screenshots/siftly.webp, captured 31 October 2026 **What we checked** - Pages last read: 29 October 2026 - Facts checked: 33 facts (From 11 sources) ## What we checked on Siftly ### What it does **Monitors AI answers** · Yes — Siftly continuously monitors brand mentions in AI search responses and preserves their full context. > Track every time your brand appears in AI-generated search responses and understand the full context of each mention. > — https://docs.siftly.ai/features/citation-analysis.md · Citation Analysis, page introduction, checked 29 October 2026 **Optimises your content** · Yes — It identifies prompt-level citation gaps and generates recommendations targeted to each missing appearance. > click any gap to get AI-generated content recommendations for that specific prompt. > — https://docs.siftly.ai/features/rankings.md · Prompt-level analysis section, checked 29 October 2026 **Generates content** · Yes — The platform produces GEO-optimized drafts using brand data, citations, and internal-link suggestions. > Generate GEO-optimized content grounded in your brand's data, with automatic citations and internal links. > — https://docs.siftly.ai/features/content-generation.md · Content Generation, page introduction, checked 29 October 2026 **Publishes to your site** · Yes — Starter and higher plans can publish generated content directly through supported CMS connections. > Publish Siftly-generated content directly to your website from your favorite CMS platform. > — https://docs.siftly.ai/integrations/overview.md · CMS Integrations, page introduction, checked 29 October 2026 **Technical AEO** · Partly — Starter and higher include schema and FAQ-schema work, but vendor material does not document llms.txt or directive management. > Schema / structured data optimization > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Content Generation row, checked 29 October 2026 **Done-for-you service** · Partly — Siftly staff handle citation-outreach negotiation from Growth, while the lower plans do not include that service. > Negotiation handled by Siftly > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Citation Outreach row, checked 29 October 2026 ### Answer engines **ChatGPT** · Yes — ChatGPT is included in the published engine-coverage comparison from the Free plan onward. > ChatGPT > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, AI Engines Coverage row, checked 29 October 2026 **Perplexity** · Yes — Perplexity tracking begins on the Starter plan; the Free plan comparison cell does not include it. > Perplexity > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, AI Engines Coverage row, checked 29 October 2026 **Gemini** · Partly — Google Gemini is available on Growth and Scale, but is not included on Free or Starter. > Google Gemini > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, AI Engines Coverage row, checked 29 October 2026 **Google AI Overviews** · Yes — Google AI Overviews appears in every published plan column, including the Free plan comparison. > Google AI Overviews > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, AI Engines Coverage row, checked 29 October 2026 **Google AI Mode** · Partly — Google AI Mode coverage starts with Growth and is absent from the Free and Starter table columns. > Google AI Mode > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, AI Engines Coverage row, checked 29 October 2026 **Claude** · No — Anthropic Claude is not enabled in any of the four public plan columns in the published engine comparison. > Anthropic Claude > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, AI Engines Coverage row; all public-plan cells are unavailable, checked 29 October 2026 **Microsoft Copilot** · Partly — Microsoft Copilot tracking is available only on Scale among the published self-serve plan columns. > Microsoft Copilot > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, AI Engines Coverage row, checked 29 October 2026 **Grok** · Partly — Grok appears only in the Scale plan's published engine-coverage column, not in lower tiers. > Grok > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, AI Engines Coverage row, checked 29 October 2026 **DeepSeek** · Partly — DeepSeek appears only in the Scale plan's published engine-coverage column, not in lower tiers. > DeepSeek > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, AI Engines Coverage row, checked 29 October 2026 **Meta AI** · No — Meta AI is absent from Siftly's complete public plan comparison of its listed AI-engine coverage. > The full breakdown across tiers. > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Comparison section, AI Engines Coverage inventory; no Meta AI row, checked 29 October 2026 **Coverage in the vendor’s words** · Yes — Published tiers cover two engines on Free, three on Starter, five on Growth, and eight on Scale. > AI engines tracked > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Tracking & Coverage row, checked 29 October 2026 ### What it reports **Names the cited sources** · Yes — Siftly Shopping identifies cited domains, individual URLs, and each domain's associated product pages. > Top domains: the domains cited most often in your market, ranked by frequency > — https://docs.siftly.ai/shopping/analytics/citations.md · Citations, Top sources section, checked 29 October 2026 **Competitor tracking** · Yes — Siftly detects market competitors and lets users manually add brands to leaderboards and prompt breakdowns. > Siftly automatically detects competitors from your market category. You can also manually add competitors: > — https://docs.siftly.ai/features/rankings.md · Tracking competitors section, checked 29 October 2026 **Brand sentiment** · Yes — Citation analysis labels brand mentions positive, neutral, or negative and retains their response context. > Sentiment (positive, neutral, or negative) > — https://docs.siftly.ai/features/citation-analysis.md · Citation Analysis, For each citation list, checked 29 October 2026 **Recommendations** · Yes — The product recommends content for missing prompt appearances rather than solely reporting visibility results. > Prompts where you don't appear are your most direct content opportunities. > — https://docs.siftly.ai/features/rankings.md · Prompt-level analysis section, checked 29 October 2026 **AI crawler analytics** · Partly — Growth and Scale include bot-crawl tracking, while setup requires one of Siftly's documented edge integrations. > Track AI crawlers and bots visiting your website — see which AI engines are reading your content, how often, and from where. > — https://docs.siftly.ai/traffic-tracking/overview.md · AI Bot Traffic Tracking, page introduction, checked 29 October 2026 **Visits from AI assistants** · Yes — Starter and higher include human traffic from AI engines, with assistant-level referral data through connected GA4. > AI referral traffic broken down by assistant (ChatGPT, Perplexity, and others) > — https://docs.siftly.ai/shopping/analytics/traffic.md · Traffic, AI referral traffic section, checked 29 October 2026 **Suggests prompts to track** · Partly — Growth and Scale advertise auto-suggested prompts, but the published material does not give audience-frequency estimates. > Auto-suggested prompts > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Tracking & Coverage row, checked 29 October 2026 **ChatGPT Shopping** · Yes — Siftly Shopping tracks product visibility and share of shelf in AI shopping answers across supported platforms. > Track and grow how your products appear in AI shopping answers like ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, and Perplexity. > — https://docs.siftly.ai/shopping/index.md · Siftly Shopping, page introduction, checked 29 October 2026 ### Plans and signing up **Prompt or credit allowance** · Yes — Public plans include 10, 50, 100, or 150 unique tracked prompts according to the selected tier. > Unique prompts tracked > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Tracking & Coverage row, checked 29 October 2026 **Projects or brands** · Yes — An organization workspace holds brands and team members, and agencies can create organizations for multiple clients. > An organization is your workspace — it holds your brands, team members, and subscription. > — https://docs.siftly.ai/quickstart.md · Quickstart, Step 1: Create your organization, checked 29 October 2026 **Countries** · Partly — Growth supports 100 prompts across two geographies, while Free and Starter list only one geography each. > 100 unique prompts across 2 geographies > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Growth plan card, checked 29 October 2026 **How often it checks** · Yes — Siftly offers scheduled daily, weekly, or monthly analysis, while public plan refreshes are weekly or daily. > Choose a frequency: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly > — https://docs.siftly.ai/quickstart.md · Quickstart, Step 6: Schedule recurring analysis, checked 29 October 2026 **Card required to start** · No — The documented seven-day trial for any paid plan is available without submitting payment-card details first. > Start any paid plan free for 7 days, no card required. > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Pricing questions, How does the 7-day trial work?, checked 29 October 2026 **Self-serve signup** · Yes — A buyer can start a paid-plan trial without a sales conversation or a payment card. > Start any paid plan free for 7 days, no card required. > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Pricing questions, How does the 7-day trial work?, checked 29 October 2026 ### Access and integrations **MCP server** · Yes — Siftly operates a hosted MCP server through which compatible AI assistants can read data and run actions. > Siftly runs a hosted MCP server. > — https://docs.siftly.ai/mcp/connect.md · Connect to ChatGPT & Claude, introduction, checked 29 October 2026 ### For a larger team **Single sign-on** · Partly — SSO using SAML or OAuth is available on Scale and Enterprise, rather than the Free, Starter, or Growth tiers. > SSO (SAML / OAuth) > — https://siftly.ai/pricing · Plan comparison table, Team & Access row, checked 29 October 2026 ## Siftly price and plans Prices excluding tax, as Siftly publishes them. | Plan | Price | What's included | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | Free | 10 prompts | | Starter | $79 a month | Trial; 50 prompts | | Growth | $249 a month | Trial; 100 prompts; adds Done-for-you service; adds Gemini; adds Google AI Mode; adds AI crawler analytics; adds Suggests prompts to track; adds Countries | | Scale | $599 a month | Trial; 150 prompts; adds Microsoft Copilot; adds Grok; adds DeepSeek; adds Single sign-on | **Terms** - Card to start: Not required - Sign up without sales: Yes ## For AI agents - MCP server: Yes Pricing page as we captured it: https://citedindex.com/img/1920/screenshots/siftly/pricing.webp, captured 31 October 2026 Read on https://siftly.ai/pricing, 29 October 2026. ## Siftly alternatives - [Peec AI](https://citedindex.com/peec-ai) · From €85 a month (about $95): AI search analytics pairing daily visibility tracking with source gap analysis and ranked actions. - [Searchable](https://citedindex.com/searchable) · From $125 a month: AI search visibility tracking, site audits and content generation for brands and agencies. - [Goodie](https://citedindex.com/goodie-ai) · From $354 a month: Closed-loop AEO platform: prompt research, daily visibility tracking, agent-run fixes and revenue attribution. - [AIclicks](https://citedindex.com/aiclicks) · From $59 a month: AI visibility tracker that queries engines through their live interfaces and adds writer, outreach and ads tracking. - [Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit](https://citedindex.com/semrush-ai-visibility-toolkit) · From $99 a month: AI visibility monitoring linked to Semrush prompt research, technical site audits, and SEO workflows. - [Evertune](https://citedindex.com/evertune) · From $60 a month: Measures how AI models and apps rank your brand against rivals, then builds ad and retargeting campaigns in ChatGPT. - [Profound](https://citedindex.com/profound) · Price on request: AI answer engine visibility platform with content agents and AI crawler analytics. - [Frase](https://citedindex.com/frase) · From $49 a month: AI-search content platform that turns visibility gaps into researched, scored, publishable pages. - [GeoRankers](https://citedindex.com/georankers) · From $49 a month: Scores SaaS brands in Perplexity, Google AI Search and ChatGPT on buying prompts, with fixes rated by effort and impact. 8 of the 9 publish a price. [All 9 alternatives](https://citedindex.com/siftly/alternatives/) ## Questions about Siftly ### How much does Siftly cost? Siftly is free to use. From siftly.ai/pricing, checked 29 October 2026. ### Which AI engines does Siftly track? 3 on every plan: ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews. 5 more on some plans only: Gemini, AI Mode, Copilot, Grok and DeepSeek. Not tracked: Claude and Meta AI. ### Does Siftly have an API or an MCP server? It has an MCP server. ### Can you start with Siftly without talking to sales? It has a free plan. You can sign up without talking to sales. ### What have we checked on Siftly? 33 facts, under these headings: What it does, answer engines, what it reports, plans and signing up, access and integrations, for a larger team. ### How do we check Siftly? We hold 33 facts on Siftly, quoted from 11 pages. Facts and price last checked 29 October 2026. How we check every listing: https://citedindex.com/methodology/ ## Sources and changes Last changed 31 October 2026 **Sources** (11) - https://siftly.ai/pricing, read 29 October 2026 - https://docs.siftly.ai/features/rankings.md, read 29 October 2026 - https://docs.siftly.ai/features/citation-analysis.md, read 29 October 2026 - https://docs.siftly.ai/quickstart.md, read 29 October 2026 - https://docs.siftly.ai/features/content-generation.md, read 29 October 2026 - https://docs.siftly.ai/integrations/overview.md, read 29 October 2026 - https://docs.siftly.ai/mcp/connect.md, read 29 October 2026 - https://docs.siftly.ai/shopping/analytics/citations.md, read 29 October 2026 - https://docs.siftly.ai/shopping/analytics/traffic.md, read 29 October 2026 - https://docs.siftly.ai/shopping/index.md, read 29 October 2026 - https://docs.siftly.ai/traffic-tracking/overview.md, read 29 October 2026 ## Is this yours? 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