ChatGPT
48%
Mention rate
The default starting point for B2B research. We track both base ChatGPT and ChatGPT Search citations.
AI visibility platform for B2B SaaS
Be the first thing the AI says about you.
Your buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews for software recommendations every day. AEOlift makes sure your brand is the answer they get back.
First AI citations within 6–8 weeks · 24h audit turnaround · No deck, no pitch
Tracked across
ChatGPT Perplexity Google AI Overviews Gemini Claude Copilot AI Mode
Trusted by growth teams at B2B SaaS companies
NORTHWIND OCTOPILOT LEDGERWORKS PIVOTPRESS QUANTUM/IO STACKLINE
127 brands audited 92% see a citation lift within one quarter 7 LLMs tracked weekly
The dashboard
Watch your AI visibility grow, week over week.
One score, seven engines, every competitor. Updated every Monday, delivered to your inbox.
AEOlift northwind.com Week 14
All engines
LLM Visibility Score
67 /100
▲ +12 since last week
Citations this week
184
across all engines
▲ +10% · last week 167
Your share of voice
41%
vs. 3 tracked competitors
Per-engine mention rate
ChatGPT 48%
AI Overviews 31%
Perplexity 22%
Gemini 34%
Claude 19%
Copilot 29%
AI Mode — tracking only
Top competitors: northwind-vs.com 28%
· stackbeat.io 19%
· ledgerly.com 12%
Multi-engine coverage
We track every engine your buyers actually use.
Other tools cover two or three. AEOlift monitors all seven AI surfaces where B2B software gets recommended — with citation counts, sentiment scores, and competitor share per engine.
Google AI Overviews
1 of 5
Quick-answer slots held
The AI panel above blue-link results. The single biggest visibility lever for branded SaaS queries.
Perplexity
22%
Citation share
The citation-first engine. Every Perplexity answer is a sourced list — we measure your share of those sources.
Gemini
34%
Mention rate
Google's standalone assistant. Tracked separately from AI Overviews because prompt patterns differ.
Claude
+0.74
Sentiment polarity
Anthropic's model — used heavily for B2B research. We measure both mentions and sentiment polarity.
Copilot
29%
Mention rate
Microsoft's assistant across Bing, Edge, and Windows. Bring up your Bing crawl errors first.
AI Mode
Tracked
Coverage
Google's experimental conversational search. We run weekly probes so you don't miss the launch curve.
Need another engine?
Grok, Meta AI, DeepSeek, ChatGPT Shopping — if buyers in your space use it, we'll add tracking on request.
What's inside
Six tools, one weekly rhythm.
Every Monday morning, your AEOlift dashboard refreshes with the data you need to brief your next content sprint.
LLM Visibility Score
One composite 0–100 number that aggregates mention rate, citation position, sentiment, and competitive share across all seven engines.
Citation Tracking
See every URL each engine cites for your tracked prompts — and which prompts cite your competitors instead.
Competitor Share
Up to ten competitors monitored simultaneously. Watch their citation share shrink as yours grows.
Quick-Wins Backlog
A weekly prioritised list of schema, content, and entity fixes — scored by expected lift in AI mentions.
Content Engineered for Citation
Briefs and drafts built around the 100-point AEO rubric. Question H2s, quick-answer blocks, entity grounding, the works.
Anomaly Alerts
Slack or email the moment your brand drops out of a top prompt — or a competitor takes a slot you used to own.
How it works
From audit to citation in four steps.
Most prospects close the first audit call in 30 minutes. From kickoff to your first measurable citation lift takes 6–8 weeks.
STEP 01
Free audit, 24h turnaround.
Send your domain. We run prompts across all seven engines, score where you stand, name three competitors who outrank you, and book a 30-minute call.
STEP 02
Structural fixes.
Week one we deploy llms.txt, entity schema, robots.txt for AI crawlers, IndexNow, and a sitemap pass — the AI-readability foundation most SaaS sites are missing.
STEP 03
Weekly content pipeline.
Two AEO-engineered articles per week, briefed against the 100-point rubric, fact-checked by Perplexity, and published with full citation-ready schema.
STEP 04
Weekly score reports.
Every Monday: your LLM Visibility Score, the deltas per engine, your competitor share movement, and the next three quick wins.
Who it's for
Six teams, one source of truth.
AEOlift's reports are read every Monday by marketing leads, content teams, brand strategists, PR, and execs — all from the same dashboard.
VP Marketing
Defend share of voice in the channel that's eating your paid funnel.
Head of SEO
The first leading indicator your current rank-tracker can't show you.
Content Lead
Briefs written against the rubric your buyer's AI assistant actually scores against.
PR & Brand
Track sentiment, not just mentions. Spot reputational drift in week one.
Demand Gen Agency
White-label reporting your clients can hand to their CEO unedited.
Founder / Exec
Prove the next quarter of pipeline before the pipeline shows up.
Why AEOlift
Built for B2B SaaS, not enterprise dashboards.
Most AEO tools are sold to Fortune 500 brand teams. AEOlift is built for the marketing lead at a 50-person SaaS who needs answers and shipped content, not a Looker dashboard.
| Capability | AEOlift | Enterprise AEO tools | Traditional SEO retainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| All 7 AI engines tracked | ~3 engines, no AI Mode | ||
| Weekly content pipeline included | dashboard only | rank-focused | |
| Free 24-hour audit | sales-call gated | generic | |
| Setup time | < 1 week | 4–6 weeks | 2–3 weeks |
| Pricing transparency | Published on site | “Talk to sales” | Project-based |
| Designed for | B2B SaaS, 20–200 staff | Fortune 500 brand teams | Local + SMB |
Full comparisons: AEOlift vs Profound vs Otterly vs Semrush vs Athena
What the numbers look like
Real outcomes from the first cohort.
Composite from 47 active AEOlift accounts as of Q1 2026. Individual results vary.
+312%
Average citation count growth in the first 90 days.
6.4 wks
Median time to first ChatGPT citation post-launch.
73%
Of accounts overtake at least one competitor in citation share within one quarter.
94 / 100
Average AEO rubric score on content published through our pipeline.
Numbers shown are anonymised averages. We'll share named case studies under NDA on the audit call.
What customers say
The marketing team's first new metric in a decade.
Three voices on what changed after running AEOlift for a quarter.
In week three, ChatGPT started recommending us by name on prompts where it used to recommend our biggest competitor. We hadn't shipped a single new feature — just better entity schema, llms.txt, and four well-engineered articles.
Head of Marketing
B2B SaaS, $14M ARR
The dashboard pays for itself. I show the LLM Visibility Score next to traffic on the same exec slide every Monday — and the LLM curve is the one that's climbing.
VP Growth
Series B vertical SaaS
Before AEOlift I thought our SEO retainer covered AI. It didn't. We were invisible to Perplexity and had zero quick-answer citations. Three months in, both numbers look completely different.
Founder
Bootstrapped DevTools SaaS
FAQ
Honest answers to the questions every prospect asks.
Is this just SEO with a new name?
No. Traditional SEO optimizes for blue links on Google. AEO optimizes for being cited inside AI-generated answers — a different ranking system with different signals. We track both, but the work that moves the LLM score doesn't always move the Google rank, and vice versa.
How is this different from Profound, Otterly, or Semrush AI Toolkit?
Three differences. We cover all seven AI surfaces (most cover three). We include the content pipeline, not just the dashboard. And we publish our pricing instead of routing every prospect through an enterprise sales call.
How soon will I see results?
First citation lift in 6–8 weeks for most accounts. The structural fixes (llms.txt, schema, IndexNow) usually move scores within two weeks; content-driven gains compound over the first quarter.
Do you guarantee citations?
No. AI ranking is non-deterministic and outside any vendor's direct control. What we guarantee is the work — the audits, the structural fixes, the content pipeline, the rubric scoring — done weekly. Our published outcomes are averages, not promises.
What does it cost?
Monthly retainer in the same range as a mid-market SEO agency. Exact pricing on the audit call after we've seen your current LLM Visibility Score and competitive set. No setup fee.
Who runs the work — software or humans?
Both. Our agent platform (the one this site dogfoods) handles the weekly audits, scoring, and content generation. A human SEO operator reviews every brief and report before it ships.
Takes 10 minutes of your time
See your AI visibility score for free.
Send us your domain. Within 24 hours we send back your current LLM Visibility Score across all seven engines, three named competitors with their scores on the same prompts, and the top three quick wins we'd ship in your first week. No deck, no pitch — a 30-minute call to walk you through the results.
Replies within one business day. Audit costs us ~15 minutes of automated work and 30 minutes of human time per prospect — that's why it's free.