AI Citation Tracking

Track your citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews

Foglift monitors the prompts buyers ask, the engines that mention you, the URLs they cite, the competitors that appear instead, and the sentiment of each answer.

ChatGPT

Perplexity

Google AI Overview

Gemini

Claude

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Set up AI visibility monitoring in minutes. No technical knowledge required.

Add your prompts

Tell us what questions your customers ask AI. We suggest industry-specific prompts too.

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Choose AI engines

Select which AI engines to monitor: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI, Claude, and Gemini.

5 engines, checked daily

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See visibility scores, citation tracking, position changes, and sentiment analysis.

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AI Visibility Monitor

Daily checks active

Visibility

78%

+12% this week

Cited URLs

+5 new sources

Avg position

2.1

Top 3 average

Engine	Visibility	New citations	Action
ChatGPT	82%	3	Refresh sourceable product docs
Perplexity	76%	1	Add more third-party source context
Google AI Overview	74%	1	Tighten direct-answer sections
Gemini	71%	0	Expand comparison table coverage
Claude	68%	0	Clarify entity identity

Everything you need to track AI visibility

Go beyond traditional SEO. Monitor how AI engines understand, recommend, and cite your brand.

Visibility Trends

Track how often AI engines mention your brand over time. 7/14/30 day filtering with daily granularity.

Competitor Comparison

See how your visibility compares to competitors across the same prompts and AI engines.

Citation Tracking

Which URLs from your site get cited by AI engines? Track source attribution and link equity.

Position Tracking

Are you mentioned 1st, 2nd, or 3rd? Track your position in AI-generated responses.

Sentiment Analysis

Is the AI speaking positively, neutrally, or negatively about your brand? Track sentiment over time.

Prompt-Level Breakdown

See exactly which prompts trigger mentions of your brand and which don't. Optimize your content accordingly.

Weekly Digest

Get a weekly email summary of your AI visibility changes, new citations, and competitor movements.

Webhook Alerts

Get instant alerts when your visibility drops or a competitor overtakes you. Connect to Slack, Teams, or any BI tool.

Tools for tracking AI citations

What citation tracking should measure

A useful AI citation tracking tool needs more than a brand mention count. It should preserve the prompt, engine, answer, cited URLs, competitor names, and date so the team can see what changed and why.

Job	Metric to keep	Why it matters
Track whether your brand appears	Visibility percentage by prompt and engine	A prompt can mention you in ChatGPT while missing you in Perplexity or Gemini.
Track which pages get cited	Cited URL, source domain, and landing page	Citation tracking should show whether AI engines cite your homepage, docs, research, pricing, or a competitor.
Track competitor source sets	Competing domains and source URLs per response	The fix is different when competitors win because of listicles, docs, reviews, or original research.
Track answer sentiment	Positive, neutral, or negative framing	A mention is only useful if the answer describes the brand accurately and favorably.
Track change over time	Daily or weekly prompt history	AI answers vary by engine and run. Trends are more useful than a single manual check.

Step 1

Prompt set

Add the buying questions customers ask, such as "best AI search monitoring tools" or "tools for tracking citations in ChatGPT and Perplexity."

Step 2

Engine run

Run the same prompt set across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews so the result is not biased toward one retrieval system.

Step 3

Citation extraction

Store every cited URL, normalize domains, tag whether your brand appears, and keep the original answer text for auditability.

Step 4

Action loop

Compare the cited pages against your own page, fix missing source structure, then re-run the prompt on the next monitoring cycle.

Foglift research

Engines cite different webs

Foglift's Q2 2026 benchmark ran 75 buyer-intent prompts across five AI search engines and found mean cross-engine citation overlap of 0.18 by Jaccard similarity.

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External evidence

AI citations are not standard SEO rankings

Ahrefs analyzed 16.975 million cited URLs in 2025 and reported AI assistants show different citation behavior from traditional search results.

Review Ahrefs' study

Business case

Search behavior is moving upstream

Gartner predicted traditional search volume would drop 25% by 2026 as users shift toward AI chatbots and virtual agents.

Read Gartner's forecast

AI Visibility Monitoring Plans

All plans include unlimited Technical Audits. AI visibility monitoring features vary by tier.

Launch

$49/mo

4,000 tokens/mo

All 5 AI engines

3 brands

✓ Weekly digest
✓ Visibility trends
✓ Citation tracking

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Growth

$129/mo

11,500 tokens/mo

All 5 AI engines

Up to 10 brands

✓ Everything in Launch
✓ BI webhooks
✓ API access
✓ Position tracking

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Enterprise

$299/mo

27,000 tokens/mo

All 5 AI engines

Unlimited brands

✓ Everything in Growth
✓ White-label reports
✓ Client dashboard
✓ Custom branding

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is AI visibility monitoring?

AI visibility monitoring tracks how AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews mention your brand. We run your custom prompts against these engines regularly and report on visibility, citations, position, and sentiment.

What is AI citation tracking?

AI citation tracking measures when AI search engines mention a brand, which source URLs they cite, which competitors appear in the same answer, and how those signals change over time. The useful unit is not one ranking position. It is a prompt-level record of the answer, the cited URLs, the engine, and the date.

Which AI engines should citation tracking cover?

At minimum, track ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Foglift's Q2 2026 benchmark found low cross-engine citation overlap across the same buyer-intent prompts, so relying on one engine can hide where your brand is missing.

How is citation tracking different from AI crawler tracking?

Citation tracking asks AI engines what they recommend and which URLs they cite. AI crawler tracking watches your own server logs to see which AI crawlers and AI referrers visit your site. You need both signals, but they answer different questions.

Can I track competitors in AI citations?

Yes. Foglift stores competitor mentions and cited URLs per prompt so you can see whether a competitor is winning because of their own site, a third-party listicle, a review page, docs, or research coverage.

How often are prompts checked?

Prompts are checked daily for all paid plans. Results are aggregated into weekly digests, and you can view real-time data in the dashboard.

Which AI engines are supported?

Launch, Growth, and Enterprise plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, and Gemini. Higher tiers increase monitoring frequency, token allowance, brand count, API access, and workflow features.

Can I track competitors?

Yes. Add competitor domains to your workspace and we'll track how often they're mentioned alongside your brand in AI responses.

What's the difference between Growth and Enterprise?

Enterprise includes white-label reports with custom branding, a client-facing dashboard, 300+ prompts, and all AI engines. Growth includes API access and up to 5 brands.

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