# Compare brand visibility vs competitors in Perplexity

**Use case:** 

Compare how often your brand and your competitors are mentioned and cited in Perplexity answers to buyer questions, using the official Perplexity Sonar API with your own key. Example: CRM software for small businesses.

## Input

```json
{
  "prompts": [
    "best CRM for small businesses",
    "easiest CRM for a 5-person sales team",
    "hubspot vs pipedrive"
  ],
  "brandName": "Pipedrive",
  "brandDomains": [
    "pipedrive.com"
  ],
  "competitors": [
    "HubSpot",
    "Salesforce",
    "Zoho CRM",
    "monday CRM"
  ],
  "engines": [
    "perplexity"
  ],
  "countryCode": "us",
  "languageCode": "en",
  "chatgptModel": "gpt-4.1-mini",
  "perplexityModel": "sonar",
  "claudeModel": "claude-haiku-4-5",
  "maxAnswerChars": 8000
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "type": {
    "label": "Type"
  },
  "brand": {
    "label": "Brand"
  },
  "overallVisibilityScore": {
    "label": "Overall visibility score",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "demoInput": {
    "label": "Demo input",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "engines": {
    "label": "Per engine",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "answersDelivered": {
    "label": "Answers analysed"
  },
  "infoOnly": {
    "label": "Info only (no keys)"
  },
  "failed": {
    "label": "Failed"
  },
  "skippedForBudget": {
    "label": "Skipped (budget)"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The AI Visibility Checker – ChatGPT, Perplexity & AI Overviews Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Compare brand visibility vs competitors in Perplexity". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/ea57Wyjzkr5w3SovV) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Compare brand visibility vs competitors in Perplexity" task

The AI Visibility Checker – ChatGPT, Perplexity & AI Overviews Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like prompts (questions buyers ask ai), your brand name, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Compare brand visibility vs competitors in Perplexity" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as type, brand, overall visibility score, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Compare brand visibility vs competitors in Perplexity" task via API](https://apify.com/batuweb/ai-search-visibility-checker.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [AI Visibility Checker – ChatGPT, Perplexity & AI Overviews](https://apify.com/batuweb/ai-search-visibility-checker.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/batuweb/ai-search-visibility-checker.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/batuweb/ai-search-visibility-checker.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).