AI Search Visibility Tracker

AI Search Visibility Tracker shows what AI assistants tell your customers about your brand. Give it the questions people ask (best CRM for a small business, is Bitwarden reliable, HubSpot vs Salesforce) and your brand plus competitors: it asks Google Gemini (and, if you add them, ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews), without login, and returns for each answer which brands were mentioned, in what order, and which domains were cited as sources (URL, title, domain, position), with the full answer text. GEO / AEO (generative engine optimization) monitoring in a spreadsheet.

US$ 0.08 per AI answer. No monthly fee, no start fee. Error rows are free.

At a glance

• Price per AI answer: US$ 0.08 (US$ 80 per 1,000; down to US$ 0.068 on Gold and above), no run start fee
• Engines: Google Gemini (default), plus ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews as options, all logged-out with web search
• Brand check: Mentioned or not, mention count, rank among the brands mentioned, cited as a source and at which position
• Sources: Every cited URL with title, domain and position
• Location: Ask from 13 countries (US, GB, CA, AU, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, BR, MX, IN, JP)
• Error rows: Free, with an errorCode

One real row

Gemini, question is Bitwarden reliable, brands Bitwarden | bitwarden.com and 1Password (collected in the Apify cloud on 2026-09-30; answer and sources shortened here):

{
  "engine": "gemini",
  "prompt": "is Bitwarden reliable",
  "answer": "**Yes, Bitwarden is widely considered one of the most reliable and trusted password managers available.** Cybersecurity experts and privacy advocates routinely recommend it for several key reasons:\n\n### 1. Zero-Knowledge Architecture & Strong ...",
  "answerLength": 2717,
  "sourceCount": 9,
  "sources": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "url": "https://www.malcare.com/blog/bitwarden-review/",
      "title": "The Ultimate Bitwarden Review (2026): Is It Safe, Secure, and Worth",
      "domain": "malcare.com"
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/1tl5l8p/is_bitwarden_actually_trustworthy_enough_to/",
      "title": "Is Bitwarden actually trustworthy enough to switch from KeePass?",
      "domain": "reddit.com"
    },
    {
      "position": 3,
      "url": "https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/bitwarden",
      "title": "Bitwarden Review: A Feature-Filled Free Password Manager - PCMag",
      "domain": "pcmag.com"
    },
    {
      "...": "6 more"
    }
  ],
  "citedDomains": [
    "malcare.com",
    "reddit.com",
    "pcmag.com",
    "bitwarden.com",
    "passwordmanager.com",
    "trustpilot.com"
  ],
  "webSearchUsed": true,
  "brands": [
    {
      "brand": "1Password",
      "mentioned": true,
      "mentionCount": 1,
      "firstMentionOffset": 2528,
      "firstMentionRank": 2,
      "cited": false,
      "citationPosition": null
    },
    {
      "brand": "Bitwarden",
      "mentioned": true,
      "mentionCount": 11,
      "firstMentionOffset": 7,
      "firstMentionRank": 1,
      "cited": true,
      "citationPosition": 4
    }
  ],
  "brandsMentioned": [
    "1Password",
    "Bitwarden"
  ],
  "brandsCited": [
    "Bitwarden"
  ],
  "model": "Gemini (logged-out)",
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en",
  "responseSeconds": 5.9,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-30T20:25:38Z"
}

What you can do with it

• AI share of voice: how often your brand shows up next to competitors for the questions that matter in your market.
• Citation tracking: which pages and domains the AI trusts for your category, so you know where to earn coverage.
• GEO / AEO reporting: run the same question set every week or month and chart the change.
• Market research: which brands AI recommends first for "best X for Y" questions, by country.

Input

Field	What it does
prompts	Short search-style questions, up to 300 characters each
engines	gemini (default), chatgpt, google_ai_mode, google_ai_overview, any mix
brands	Your brand and competitors: a name (HubSpot), a domain (hubspot.com) or both (HubSpot | hubspot.com)
country	Where the questions are asked from (IP location). Default US
language	Interface language. Default en

{
  "prompts": ["What is the best CRM for a small business?", "HubSpot vs Salesforce for startups"],
  "engines": ["gemini", "google_ai_overview"],
  "brands": ["HubSpot | hubspot.com", "Salesforce | salesforce.com", "Pipedrive"],
  "country": "US"
}

This Actor is built for brand-visibility questions. Content generation requests (write, generate, translate, code...) and prompts over 300 characters are returned as free INVALID_INPUT rows.

Output fields

engine, prompt, answer, answerLength, sourceCount, sources (position, url, title, domain), citedDomains, webSearchUsed, brands (brand, mentioned, mentionCount, firstMentionOffset, firstMentionRank, cited, citationPosition), brandsMentioned, brandsCited, model, country, language, responseSeconds, scrapedAt.

A brand counts as mentioned when its name or domain appears in the answer text (whole word, any case). It counts as cited when one of the sources is on its domain (or, if you gave only a name, on a domain that contains it). firstMentionRank 1 means it was the first of your brands named in the answer.

Error codes (never charged)

errorCode	Meaning
INVALID_INPUT	Prompt too long, a content generation request, or an unknown engine
BLOCKED	The engine did not answer after retries; run again
NO_AI_ANSWER	Google showed no AI Overview for that question (it does not show one for every search)
NOT_REACHED, UNEXPECTED	The run timeout arrived, or something unforeseen broke; only that prompt is lost

Pricing

Event	Price
AI answer delivered	US$ 0.08

100 questions cost US$ 8. Error rows are free, and there is no Apify compute bill on top.

Limitations

• Answers are what a logged-out visitor sees. AI answers change from one run to the next; track trends over several runs rather than a single answer.
• Questions are asked one at a time on each engine, with a short pause between them: about 10 to 15 seconds per Gemini answer, 15 to 30 seconds per Google AI Overviews or AI Mode answer and 30 to 60 seconds per ChatGPT answer. Gemini runs side by side with the others; ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews run one after the other.
• Those three engines need more memory: the default 2 GB of run memory is right for them. Below 1 GB their rows come back as free INVALID_INPUT with a note to raise Memory in the run options.
• Google AI Mode answers most reliably from the US. From other countries some of its rows may come back as free BLOCKED.
• Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot are not included: Perplexity asks logged-out visitors to sign up instead of answering, and the Copilot chat asks them to sign in.
• This Actor reads public answers only and respects the sites' terms.

FAQ

Do I need an account or API key for ChatGPT, Gemini or Google? No. Every engine is asked logged-out, as a visitor sees it, through the Apify proxy.

What does a run cost? US$ 0.08 per AI answer delivered (one question on one engine), with no start fee. 100 questions on one engine cost US$ 8; the same 100 on two engines are 200 answers. Error rows are free, and there is no Apify compute bill on top.

Which engines can I track? Set engines to any mix of gemini (default), chatgpt, google_ai_mode and google_ai_overview. Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot are not included, because they ask logged-out visitors to sign up or sign in.

How is a brand counted as mentioned or cited? Mentioned when its name or domain appears in the answer text (whole word, any case). Cited when one of the sources is on its domain. firstMentionRank 1 means it was the first of your brands named in the answer.

Why did a question come back as NO_AI_ANSWER? Google does not show an AI Overview for every search. That row is free.

Can I track changes over time? Yes. Run the same prompts and brands every week or month and chart the change. AI answers vary from run to run, so trends over several runs say more than a single answer.

Changelog

• 2026-10-17: FAQ in this page.
• 2026-10-09: Google AI Mode (google_ai_mode) and Google AI Overviews (google_ai_overview) added as optional engines, same output and price. A question with no AI Overview comes back as a free NO_AI_ANSWER row.
• 2026-10-09: ChatGPT added as an optional engine (engines: ["gemini", "chatgpt"]). Default stays Gemini only, same output and price.
• 2026-09-30, 0.1: first release. Google Gemini answers, cited sources with position, brand mention and citation checks, 13 countries, free error rows.