🧭 AI Rank Tracker Scraper

🚀 Export your AI answer visibility in seconds. Send the questions your customers ask to ChatGPT and get one row per answer: is your brand named, at what rank against your competitors, with what tone, and which sources the AI cited.

More and more buyers ask an AI assistant "what is the best CRM for a small team" instead of searching Google. If your brand is not in that answer, you do not exist for that buyer. This Actor asks the assistant for you, reads the answer, and measures your visibility: mentions, rank among the brands you track, position in the answer's list, sentiment, share of voice, and whether your own domain is one of the cited sources.

ChatGPT works with no key at all. Gemini, Claude, OpenAI and Perplexity are available with your own API key, so a single run can compare several assistants on the same prompts. Note: the key-based platforms have not been verified against a real key yet. Every row carries 28 fields, and a run summary (mention rate, cited rate, average rank, top cited domains) is saved next to the dataset.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
SEO and GEO agencies, in-house marketers, founders, product marketing teams, PR teams	Answer-engine visibility tracking, competitor share of voice, finding which sites the AI trusts, weekly brand monitoring

📋 What the AI Rank Tracker does

• Sends each prompt to each selected AI platform and reads the full answer with its cited sources.
• Finds your brand (and its aliases) in the answer, counts mentions, and ranks it against the competitors you list by order of first mention.
• Reports the position of your brand inside the answer's list or table, the sentence it appears in, and a sentiment label.
• Checks whether your domain, or a competitor's, is among the sources the AI cited.
• Repeats each prompt as often as you ask, because AI answers change from one ask to the next.

💡 Why it matters: an answer engine names a handful of brands and cites a handful of sites. Knowing which ones, for which prompts, tells you where to publish, whom to outrank and what to fix.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

📊 Output

One row per prompt, platform and repeat. Fields, in order:

Field	Meaning
🔎 query, platform, platformName, repeat	What was asked, where, and which repeat
🏷 brand	The brand you track
✅ brandMentioned, brandMentionCount	Yes/No and how many times it is named
🥇 brandRank	1 = named first among your brand and the competitors, N/A if not named
📋 brandListPosition	Which list item or table row names it first, N/A if it is not in a list
📍 brandFirstMentionAtChar	Character offset of the first mention
🔗 brandCited, brandCitedPosition, brandCitedUrl	Whether your domain is a cited source, its position in the source list and the URL
💬 brandSentiment, brandSentimentScore, brandContext	positive, neutral, negative or mixed, a score from -1 to 1, and the sentence it appears in
📊 shareOfVoice, trackedMentions	Your share of all mentions of the names you track, and that total
⚔️ competitors	Per competitor: mentioned, count, rank, list position, cited, cited position, cited URL
📄 answerText, answerWordCount	The full answer as text (tables kept)
🔍 searchQueries	The web searches the assistant ran, when the provider returns them
📚 sourcesCount, citedDomains, sources	The cited sources, deduplicated and numbered
⏱ responseTimeSeconds, scrapedAt, error	Timing, timestamp and the error text

Real records from a run (answer and source lists trimmed for length):

[
  {
    "query": "best project management software for startups",
    "platform": "chatgpt",
    "platformName": "ChatGPT",
    "repeat": 1,
    "brand": "Notion",
    "brandMentioned": "Yes",
    "brandMentionCount": 3,
    "brandRank": 2,
    "brandListPosition": 3,
    "brandFirstMentionAtChar": 472,
    "brandCited": "No",
    "brandCitedPosition": "N/A",
    "brandCitedUrl": "N/A",
    "brandSentiment": "neutral",
    "brandSentimentScore": 0,
    "brandContext": "Notion | Founder-led / documentation-heavy | Free; $10/user/mo | Docs, wiki, specs, databases + lightweight PM |",
    "shareOfVoice": 0.25,
    "competitors": [
      {
        "name": "Asana",
        "mentioned": "Yes",
        "mentionCount": 3,
        "rank": 3,
        "listPosition": 4,
        "cited": "No",
        "citedPosition": "N/A",
        "citedUrl": "N/A"
      },
      {
        "name": "monday.com",
        "mentioned": "No",
        "mentionCount": 0,
        "rank": "N/A",
        "listPosition": "N/A",
        "cited": "No",
        "citedPosition": "N/A",
        "citedUrl": "N/A"
      },
      {
        "name": "ClickUp",
        "mentioned": "Yes",
        "mentionCount": 3,
        "rank": 1,
        "listPosition": 2,
        "cited": "Yes",
        "citedPosition": 3,
        "citedUrl": "https://clickup.com/learn/topic/project-management/tools/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Trello",
        "mentioned": "Yes",
        "mentionCount": 3,
        "rank": 4,
        "listPosition": 5,
        "cited": "No",
        "citedPosition": "N/A",
        "citedUrl": "N/A"
      }
    ],
    "trackedMentions": 12,
    "answerText": "If you mean for a typical early-stage startup in 2026, the right choice depends heavily on whether you're engineering-heavy or running a broader cross-functional team.\n\n| Tool | Best fit | Current starting price* | Main strength |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Linear | Product/engineering startups | Free; $10/user/mo paid | Fast issues, cycles, roadmaps, GitHub workflow |\n|...",
    "answerWordCount": 359,
    "searchQueries": [],
    "sourcesCount": 5,
    "citedDomains": [
      "stackfyi.com",
      "linear.app",
      "clickup.com",
      "waveup.com",
      "devmatrix.us.com"
    ],
    "sources": [
      {
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Best Project Management Tools for Startups 2026 | StackFYI",
        "url": "https://www.stackfyi.com/guides/best-pm-tools-startups-2026",
        "domain": "stackfyi.com",
        "publisher": "StackFYI"
      },
      {
        "position": 2,
        "title": "Pricing – Linear",
        "url": "https://linear.app/pricing?sid=d0f577d7-9ad7-4751-9871-f60e9eddedf1",
        "domain": "linear.app",
        "publisher": "Linear"
      }
    ],
    "responseTimeSeconds": 10.3,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-29T04:00:47.584Z",
    "error": null
  },
  {
    "query": "Asana alternatives",
    "platform": "chatgpt",
    "platformName": "ChatGPT",
    "repeat": 1,
    "brand": "Notion",
    "brandMentioned": "Yes",
    "brandMentionCount": 2,
    "brandRank": 5,
    "brandListPosition": 6,
    "brandFirstMentionAtChar": 632,
    "brandCited": "No",
    "brandCitedPosition": "N/A",
    "brandCitedUrl": "N/A",
    "brandSentiment": "positive",
    "brandSentimentScore": 1,
    "brandContext": "Notion | Docs + projects | Combines knowledge base, docs, databases and task management |",
    "shareOfVoice": 0.167,
    "competitors": [
      {
        "name": "Asana",
        "mentioned": "Yes",
        "mentionCount": 4,
        "rank": 1,
        "listPosition": "N/A",
        "cited": "Yes",
        "citedPosition": 2,
        "citedUrl": "https://asana.com/resources/best-project-management-software"
      },
      {
        "name": "monday.com",
        "mentioned": "Yes",
        "mentionCount": 2,
        "rank": 3,
        "listPosition": 2,
        "cited": "No",
        "citedPosition": "N/A",
        "citedUrl": "N/A"
      },
      {
        "name": "ClickUp",
        "mentioned": "Yes",
        "mentionCount": 2,
        "rank": 2,
        "listPosition": 1,
        "cited": "Yes",
        "citedPosition": 1,
        "citedUrl": "https://clickup.com/learn/topic/project-management/tools/asana/alternatives/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Trello",
        "mentioned": "Yes",
        "mentionCount": 2,
        "rank": 4,
        "listPosition": 4,
        "cited": "No",
        "citedPosition": "N/A",
        "citedUrl": "N/A"
      }
    ],
    "trackedMentions": 12,
    "answerText": "If you’re looking for Asana alternatives, the strongest options depend on what you want to improve.\n\n| Alternative | Best fit | Key difference from Asana |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| ClickUp | All-in-one project management | More customization, docs, whiteboards, time tracking, goals |\n| monday.com | Operations & business teams | Very visual, spreadsheet-like, easy to customize |\n|...",
    "answerWordCount": 260,
    "searchQueries": [],
    "sourcesCount": 2,
    "citedDomains": [
      "clickup.com",
      "asana.com"
    ],
    "sources": [
      {
        "position": 1,
        "title": "10 Best Asana Alternatives in 2026 (With Switching Guides)",
        "url": "https://clickup.com/learn/topic/project-management/tools/asana/alternatives/",
        "domain": "clickup.com",
        "publisher": "ClickUp"
      },
      {
        "position": 2,
        "title": "Best Project Management Software: 11 Tools Compared [2026] • Asana",
        "url": "https://asana.com/resources/best-project-management-software",
        "domain": "asana.com",
        "publisher": "Asana"
      }
    ],
    "responseTimeSeconds": 6.9,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-29T04:01:21.976Z",
    "error": null
  },
  {
    "query": "best note taking app for teams",
    "platform": "chatgpt",
    "platformName": "ChatGPT",
    "repeat": 1,
    "brand": "Notion",
    "brandMentioned": "Yes",
    "brandMentionCount": 3,
    "brandRank": 1,
    "brandListPosition": 1,
    "brandFirstMentionAtChar": 254,
    "brandCited": "Yes",
    "brandCitedPosition": 2,
    "brandCitedUrl": "https://www.notion.com/help/collaborate-with-people",
    "brandSentiment": "positive",
    "brandSentimentScore": 0.5,
    "brandContext": "Notion | Flexible team workspace | Notes + docs + wikis + databases + project tracking in one place; strong collaboration | Can become messy without good organization |",
    "shareOfVoice": 1,
    "competitors": [
      {
        "name": "Asana",
        "mentioned": "No",
        "mentionCount": 0,
        "rank": "N/A",
        "listPosition": "N/A",
        "cited": "No",
        "citedPosition": "N/A",
        "citedUrl": "N/A"
      },
      {
        "name": "monday.com",
        "mentioned": "No",
        "mentionCount": 0,
        "rank": "N/A",
        "listPosition": "N/A",
        "cited": "No",
        "citedPosition": "N/A",
        "citedUrl": "N/A"
      },
      {
        "name": "ClickUp",
        "mentioned": "No",
        "mentionCount": 0,
        "rank": "N/A",
        "listPosition": "N/A",
        "cited": "No",
        "citedPosition": "N/A",
        "citedUrl": "N/A"
      },
      {
        "name": "Trello",
        "mentioned": "No",
        "mentionCount": 0,
        "rank": "N/A",
        "listPosition": "N/A",
        "cited": "No",
        "citedPosition": "N/A",
        "citedUrl": "N/A"
      }
    ],
    "trackedMentions": 3,
    "answerText": "The “best” team note-taking app depends on whether you need meeting notes, a company knowledge base, project documentation, or simple shared notes. These are the strongest options:\n\n| App | Best for | Strengths | Watch-outs |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Notion | Flexible team workspace | Notes + docs + wikis + databases + project tracking in one place; strong collaboration |...",
    "answerWordCount": 311,
    "searchQueries": [],
    "sourcesCount": 6,
    "citedDomains": [
      "support.microsoft.com",
      "notion.com",
      "atlassian.com",
      "confluence.atlassian.com"
    ],
    "sources": [
      {
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Manage your team's notes with OneNote | Microsoft Support",
        "url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/teams-apps-and-service/manage-your-team-s-notes-with-onenote",
        "domain": "support.microsoft.com",
        "publisher": "Microsoft Support"
      },
      {
        "position": 2,
        "title": "Collaborate with people in Notion | Notion Help – Notion Help Center",
        "url": "https://www.notion.com/help/collaborate-with-people",
        "domain": "notion.com",
        "publisher": "Notion"
      }
    ],
    "responseTimeSeconds": 9.4,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-29T04:01:55.073Z",
    "error": null
  }
]

✨ Why choose this Actor

• 🆓 ChatGPT with no key. The public ChatGPT web app is read directly, with web search on.
• 🔑 Bring your own key for the rest. Gemini, Claude, OpenAI and Perplexity are called directly with your key, which is never written to the log or the dataset. These key-based platforms have not been verified against a real key yet.
• 📐 Rank, not just presence. Rank among competitors, list position, cited position and share of voice.
• 🔁 Repeats. Ask every prompt 2 to 5 times to see how stable your visibility is.
• ❌ Failed checks are never billed. They come back as error rows, and a run that delivers nothing ends as failed.

📈 How it compares to alternatives

	AI Rank Tracker	Typical AI visibility Actors
ChatGPT without an API key	Yes	Varies
Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Perplexity	With your own key	Bundled or with a key
Google AI Mode, Google AI Overview	Not available (see FAQ)	Some
Competitor rank and share of voice	Yes	Yes
Sentiment	Word-list heuristic, documented	Model-based or none
Cited domain check	Your domain and each competitor	Yes

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 credit: sign up here.
2. Open the Actor and type your prompts, one per line, in "Prompts to test".
3. Enter your brand name and, if you have one, your domain. Add competitors by name or domain.
4. Leave "AI platforms" on ChatGPT, or add the API platforms and paste the matching key.
5. Click Start, then download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML. The per-platform summary is in the run's key-value store under SUMMARY.

Example input:

{
  "queries": ["best project management software for startups", "Asana alternatives"],
  "brandName": "Notion",
  "brandDomain": "notion.com",
  "competitors": ["Asana", "monday.com", "ClickUp", "Trello"],
  "platforms": ["chatgpt"],
  "repeatsPerPrompt": 2
}

💼 Business use cases

📣 SEO and GEO agencies

Report each client's visibility across the prompts that matter, month over month, and show which competitor the AI prefers.

🏢 In-house marketing

Find the prompts where your brand is missing and the sites the AI cites instead, then plan content and outreach against them.

🧪 Product marketing

Check how the assistant describes you next to competitors (the sentence and the sentiment) after a launch or a rebrand.

🗞 PR and communications

Track whether a campaign or a review earns a place in the answers, using the cited domains as the signal.

🔌 Automating AI Rank Tracker

Schedule the Actor weekly and send the dataset where you work: Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub or Google Drive. Keep the same prompts and repeats between runs so the numbers are comparable.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

• Research: study how answer engines pick sources for a topic.
• Personal: check what an assistant says about you or your project.
• Non-profit: see whether your cause is found by people who ask an assistant.
• Experimentation: compare how phrasing changes who gets recommended.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Paste this page into your assistant and ask: "Which prompts should I track for my brand, and how do I read brandRank and shareOfVoice?"

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔑 Do I need an API key?

Not for ChatGPT. The API platforms (Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Perplexity) need your own key in the matching field. It is sent only to that provider, and you pay the provider for its use.

🧪 Have the API platforms been tested?

The request and answer formats follow each provider's documented web-search API and are covered by offline tests. The refused-key path was checked against all four live endpoints. A full answer with a valid key has not been run by us yet, so try one prompt first.

🚫 Why is Google AI Mode not available?

Google shows a captcha to automated browsers from cloud addresses, including with residential proxies. It was tried and returned no answers, so it is not offered.

🚫 Why is the public Perplexity web app not available?

It refuses many commercial questions to visitors without an account, and those are the questions brand tracking needs. Use the Perplexity API platform with your key instead.

🥇 How is brandRank computed?

By order of first mention among your brand and the competitors you list. 1 means your brand is named first. It is N/A when the brand is not named.

📋 What is brandListPosition?

The position of the first list item or table row that names your brand. Table header rows are not counted. N/A when the brand is only named in running text.

💬 How is sentiment computed?

A fixed word list is applied to the sentences that name your brand, with simple negation handling. It is a heuristic, not a language model: read brandContext when a label matters.

🔗 How does the cited check work?

If you give a brand domain, the check is exact (the domain or a subdomain). A competitor given as a domain is checked the same way. A competitor given only as a name is matched against the domain labels of the cited sources, so treat that as a strong hint.

🔁 Why do two identical checks give different answers?

AI answers are generated, so they vary. Use "Repeats per prompt" and read the averages in the SUMMARY record.

⏱ How long does a check take, and how many fit in a run?

About 15 to 20 seconds of wall time per ChatGPT check (the answer itself takes 7 to 10 seconds), one after another. Runs default to 2048 MB of memory; keep it there. The default one-hour run timeout fits roughly 200 checks. The Actor stops starting new checks a minute before the timeout and reports how many were not run.

🌍 Does the country matter?

ChatGPT answers follow the address the request comes from. The proxy setting is off by default. Turn it on to change the exit address.

🌐 Is the ChatGPT route official?

No. ChatGPT answers are read from its public web app without an official API, and OpenAI may change or restrict it at any time.

🛑 What happens when a check fails?

It comes back as an error row that is never billed. If no check returns an answer, the run ends as failed with the reason in its status message.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Use the Apify API, webhooks or the integrations above to send results to your BI tool, spreadsheet or alerting system.

🔗 Recommended Actors

• Google Search Scraper: run the same prompts as classic searches (paste your prompts into its queries) and compare who ranks there with who the AI names.
• Bing Search Scraper: the same prompts on Bing (its queries field takes your list).
• Reddit Scraper: when citedDomains shows reddit.com, search Reddit for the same prompts with its searchQueries field.
• DuckDuckGo Search Scraper: a third classic search view of the same prompts.

💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with OpenAI, Google, Anthropic or Perplexity; it reads publicly available answers and calls provider APIs only with keys you supply. ChatGPT answers are read from its public web app without an official API, and OpenAI may change or restrict it.