See why AI search recommends your competitors, not you.
ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini send buyers to your competitors. AEOTrace shows you why, then gives you the exact pages to publish so AI search recommends you instead.
We check the answer engines buyers actually use
Your free result
See exactly where AI search leaves you out
A fast read of where you stand in AI answers, plus the gaps that send buyers to your competitors.
AI answer presence
AI rarely recommends you in your own category.
What AI recommends today
From diagnosis to fix in three steps
No dashboard to learn. You hand us three fields and get a plan you can publish.
Enter your domain and competitors
Your site, your category in plain words, and up to three competitors. That is the whole input.
We ask the AI answer engines
We run real buyer questions through ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, then record who they recommend and which sources they cite.
“best AI meeting notes app”
Recommends Fireflies
“note taker for sales teams”
Recommends Gong
“otter.ai alternatives”
Recommends Fathom
Get the exact pages to publish
Not a dashboard. A clear fix plan: the pages, edits, and citations that get you into the AI answer.
What you get
A free read, then the full fix plan
Free audit
$0
- Your AI answer presence score
- The competitors AI recommends instead of you
- The 5 sources AI cites most in your category
- Your top 3 fixable gaps
- Your single highest-leverage first move
Full fix report
$19 founding price, one-time
Only 9 left at $19, then $29.
- Full AI answer map across every question and model
- Competitor citation breakdown, page type by page type
- Entity and category clarity score with the full rubric
- Prioritized fix plan: exact pages, edits, schema, links
- 3 ready-to-publish content briefs with outlines
FAQ
AEO, answered
What is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)?+
Answer Engine Optimization is the practice of getting your product recommended inside AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, the same way SEO targets Google's ranked links. Instead of ranking a page, you earn a mention and citation in the answer itself.
How is AEO different from traditional SEO?+
SEO optimizes to rank pages in a list of blue links. AEO optimizes to be named and cited inside a single AI answer. The underlying signals overlap (clear entities, citable content, trusted sources), but the goal is being recommended, not just ranked.
Which AI engines does AEOTrace check?+
AEOTrace queries ChatGPT (OpenAI), Perplexity, and Gemini with the real questions your buyers ask, then records which products each engine recommends and which web sources it cites.
Do AI assistants actually read my website?+
Yes. ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini pull from live web sources and cite them in their answers. If your pages are not clear, citable, and trusted, AI recommends competitors whose pages are. Allowing AI crawlers like GPTBot and PerplexityBot to access your site is a prerequisite.
How long does the free audit take, and what do I need?+
About 30 seconds. You enter your domain, what you sell, and up to three competitors. You get your AI answer presence score, the competitors AI names instead of you, the sources AI trusts most, and your highest-leverage first move. No account or credit card.
What do I get in the paid report?+
The full AI answer map across every buyer query and model, a competitor citation breakdown, a prioritized step-by-step fix plan with the exact pages, edits, and schema to publish, and three ready-to-write content briefs.