Free AI visibility checker · AEO score · competitor comparison
How visible is your company in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity?
Get your free AEO score, see how often AI cites you versus your competitors across 15 real buyer questions, and get a step-by-step report on what to fix.
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Free preview. No signup, no password. Full report by email in 2 to 5 minutes.
Your report answers 5 questions
- Can AI crawlers access my content?
- Do ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity cite my website?
- Which competitors get cited more often than we do?
- What are their pages doing that ours aren't?
- Which fixes should we make first?
Why AI visibility matters now
More buyers now start their research in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, asking AI assistants to suggest vendors, agencies, consultants and products. Companies that AI assistants cite as sources can enter a buyer's shortlist before the prospect ever visits Google or your website.
If AI assistants keep citing your competitors instead of you:
Competitors shape the decision
The companies AI names first influence buyers earlier in their research.
Rankings aren't enough
Strong search rankings don't always turn into AI recommendations.
A channel you can't see
Traditional web analytics rarely show how often AI assistants mention your business, making AI visibility difficult to measure.
What is an AEO score?
An AEO score measures how likely AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity are to find, understand and cite a web page. AEO stands for answer engine optimization; some people call it GEO, or generative engine optimization.
Our AEO score runs from 0 to 100 and combines five checks. Your AEO score shows how ready a page is (your report calls it AI answer-readiness). Your AI visibility shows results: how often AI assistants actually cite your page compared with your competitors.
Crawl access
Whether AI crawlers are allowed in and can see your content without JavaScript.
Structured data
Whether your schema markup is present, valid and matches the page.
Content answerability
Whether the page answers buyer questions directly and clearly.
Trust signals
Author, organization, dates and sources.
Technical health
Speed and technical SEO from Google PageSpeed.
How is AEO (or GEO) different from SEO?
SEO gets your pages ranked in search results; AEO gets them cited in AI answers. They share the same foundations, so AEO builds on SEO rather than replacing it.
| Item | SEO | AEO / GEO |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | Rank your pages in search results | Get your pages cited in AI answers |
| Where results appear | Google and Bing results pages | ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews |
| What helps most | Relevant content, links from other sites, technical health | Direct answers to buyer questions, clear structure, valid schema, trust signals, AI crawler access |
| How success is measured | Rankings, clicks and organic traffic | How often AI answers cite you, compared with your competitors |
What they share: fast, crawlable pages with valid structured data and quality content help both. A strong AEO score does not replace SEO, and good SEO does not guarantee AI citations. Most businesses need both.
How the AEO checker works
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Enter your page URL
Use your homepage or any service page you want buyers to find.
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Confirm your competitors and questions
We suggest 3 competitors (local, national or global) and 15 questions your buyers are likely to ask, all preselected. Run as is, or swap competitors and add your own questions.
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See your results
Your preview appears on the page right away. Enter your email to unlock the full report with every question, every competitor and every fix, sent to you as a PDF.
What you get: free preview and full report
The free preview shows where you stand; the full report shows exactly how to fix it.
| Item | Free preview | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| AEO score | Overall score and category scores | Overall score, category scores and the reasons behind each |
| AI citation test | 3 of your questions, tested against you and your 3 competitors | All 15 questions, each run several times, shown as citation rates |
| Competitor comparison | Your ranking against your 3 competitors | Ranking, a win/loss result for each question, and the competitor page that wins it |
| Issues | Top 3 issues by name and severity, plus how many more we found | Every issue, ranked by impact and effort |
| Fixes | One complete fix, so you can see the quality | Every fix, with ready-to-use code and rewritten content |
| Action plan | Not included | What to do first, and who should do it |
| Format | On screen | PDF sent to your email, plus a baseline for your next scan |
If something is stopping AI assistants from reading your page at all, such as blocked crawlers or content that only loads with JavaScript, the free preview always tells you, along with the fix.
Why trust these results?
- Results come from real answers: we ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity your buyer questions through their official APIs, several times each.
- Each result is a rate over several runs, not a single answer, because AI answers change from run to run.
- Every fix is specific to your page and ready for a developer or content writer to use.
- Built by SharpQuest, a US software development company that has built web applications since 2009.
Why SharpQuest's AEO report is different
Most AEO tools stop at the score. We test against real AI answers, compare you with your real competitors, and fix what we find.
Real AI answers, not guesses
We send your buyer questions to ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity several times each and measure how often each site is cited.
Your real competitors
You choose who you compete with, including local competitors, not just the national brands most tools default to.
Questions from your own page
We suggest questions based on what your page offers, and you can add the ones your buyers actually ask.
Fixes your team can use today
Every issue comes with ready-to-paste code and rewritten content, written for your developer or content writer.
A team that can do the work
Schema, JavaScript rendering, crawler settings and page restructuring are developer work. SharpQuest has built software for businesses across the US from Troy, Michigan, since 2009, and we can implement every fix for you.
Built for marketing agencies
Offer AI visibility audits to your clients under your own brand, and let SharpQuest handle the technical fixes behind the scenes.
Use AEO reports to
Start conversations with prospects and add a service your clients are already asking about.
- Show prospects where they stand before the first meeting
- Run AI visibility audits for clients
- Find technical work to propose
- Win and grow SEO retainers
- Stand out from other agencies
What you get
Everything runs on SharpQuest's platform; your clients see your brand.
- The widget on your own website
- Reports with your name, logo and colour, emailed from your own address
- Your leads and reports in your own admin site
- SharpQuest developers to implement fixes for your clients
- Agency pricing agreed with you
AEO report pricing
Start free. No subscription, no prompt limits and no monthly plan.
Free to start
$0 no card needed
Your free preview and your first 3 full reports.
- Free preview scans, no signup
- First 3 full reports free with your email
- No account or password
Additional report
$19.99 per report
One more full report, for any page.
- All 15 questions and 3 competitors
- Every fix, as a PDF
5-report pack
$79.99 5 reports
Five full reports, for example your homepage and four key service pages.
- Use them on any pages
- About $16 per report
Bulk scans for larger sites or many pages: contact us.
Frequently asked questions about AEO scores
What is the difference between AEO, GEO and SEO?
SEO helps your pages rank in search results; AEO and GEO help AI assistants cite your pages in their answers. AEO and GEO mean much the same thing. See the comparison table above for the details.
Should I invest in SEO or AEO?
Most businesses need both, and they build on each other. AEO starts with the same foundations as SEO, so if your site has weak SEO, fix that first. If your SEO is healthy, AEO is usually the next place to gain visibility, because more buyers now ask AI assistants before they search. Check your AEO score to see where you stand.
Will improving AEO help my SEO?
Often, yes. AEO and SEO share the same foundations: content quality, crawlability, page speed, structured data and trust signals. Improvements made for AEO usually support SEO as well, though neither guarantees results in the other channel.
How do you test whether ChatGPT cites my website?
This is what an AI visibility checker (sometimes called an LLM or ChatGPT visibility checker) does. We send your buyer questions to ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity through their official APIs with web search turned on, several times each, and record which websites each answer cites. Your result is a citation rate, such as "cited in 6 of 9 answers," for you and each competitor.
How is the AEO score calculated?
The AEO score combines five checks into a score from 0 to 100: crawl access, structured data, content answerability, trust signals and technical health. Content answerability carries the most weight, because AI assistants cite pages that answer questions clearly and directly.
Why do AI answers change from one run to the next?
AI assistants generate each answer fresh, so the sources they cite can change between runs of the same question. That is why we run each question several times and report a rate, not a single yes or no.
How do you choose my competitors and questions?
We suggest 3 competitors and 15 buyer questions based on your page, your industry and your location. Everything is preselected so you can run the scan straight away, and you can swap competitors or add your own questions first.
How can I see what my competitors are doing?
The full report shows which competitor AI assistants cite for each of your 15 questions, the competitor page that wins each one, and what that page does that yours doesn't, such as answering the question more directly or using schema you're missing. You also see an overall ranking of you against your 3 competitors.
Is the AEO score free?
Yes. The free preview, with your AEO score and a 3-question AI citation test, needs no signup. Your first 3 full reports are also free when you enter your email. After that, each additional report costs $19.99, or $79.99 for a pack of 5.
Does a high AEO score guarantee AI assistants will cite my page?
No. No AI company publishes exactly how it chooses sources, so no tool can guarantee citations. A high AEO score means your page removes the common reasons AI assistants skip it, and your AI Visibility score shows whether that is turning into real citations.
How can I improve my AEO score?
The most common fixes are allowing AI crawlers, making key content visible without JavaScript, adding valid FAQ and organization schema, and opening each page with a direct answer to the question it targets. Your full report lists every fix for your page, in order of impact.
How long does it take to improve AI visibility?
Some technical fixes can be implemented immediately. Changes in AI citations typically take several weeks because AI systems need time to recrawl content and update the sources they reference. Most organizations should measure again after 6-8 weeks.
Can SharpQuest fix the issues for me?
Yes. SharpQuest is a custom software development company in Troy, Michigan, and our developers can implement every fix in your report, from schema and crawler settings to page restructuring. Contact us and we'll reply within two business days.
What happens to my data?
We store the page URLs you scan, the competitors and questions you choose, your report results, and your email address. Your email is the only personal information we collect; everything else is publicly available information about websites. We use your email to send your report and follow-up emails about it, and you can unsubscribe at any time. See our privacy policy.
I run a marketing agency. Can I offer this to my clients?
Yes. Our embeddable AEO widget lets agencies offer AEO reports on their own website under their own brand, and SharpQuest can implement the fixes for your clients behind the scenes. See Built for marketing agencies above, or talk to us about the agency program.
See where you stand before your competitors do
Your buyers are already asking AI assistants who to work with. Find out whether they hear your name.