I realized something frustrating recently: we rank okay for our service on Google, but when I actually ask ChatGPT who to call in our area, we don't show up. My competitor in the next town over does. Turns out AI engines pull citations from totally different sources than what ranks in Google's top 10, and they're location-aware in ways that matter.
That's where Cite AI comes in. It actually checks what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google's AI are saying about you across the specific markets you serve. More importantly, it runs those same queries from different spots within your territory so you can see if you're getting named in downtown Charlotte but not the suburbs. When you do get cited, it shows you the exact sentence and source. When you don't, it tells you whether the engine even found your page or just ignored it.
I've been using it for a few weeks and it's genuinely different from tools like Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound, Rank Prompt, and Semrush AI Toolkit. Those focus on traditional ranking. This one treats AI answers as a separate ranking game entirely, which it is. You can start with their cheapest plan just to get a baseline, and the 14-day trial doesn't need a card. For local businesses or agencies handling multiple clients, it's worth the time to actually see where you're missing from the AI conversation.
Check it out: Cite AI
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