AI Citation Tracking
Monitor AI citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overview
Foglift monitors the prompts buyers ask, the engines that mention you, the URLs they cite, the competitors that appear instead, share of voice, and the sentiment of each answer.
Running this across SEO, product marketing, content, and growth? Use the marketing-team AI visibility workflow to assign prompt research, diagnosis, fixes, and outcome reporting.
ChatGPT
Perplexity
Google AI Overview
Gemini
ClaudeGet started in 3 steps
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.
“Best SEO tools for agencies”Choose AI engines
Select which AI engines to monitor: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI, Claude, and Gemini.
5 engines, checked dailyGet your dashboard
See visibility scores, citation tracking, position changes, and sentiment analysis.
Weekly digest via emailfoglift.io/dashboard
AI Visibility Monitor
Visibility
78%
+12% this week
Cited URLs
30
+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 and your share of voice over time. 7/14/30 day filtering with daily granularity.
Competitor Comparison
See how your visibility and share of voice compare 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
Choose a workspace and timezone for a weekly email that summarizes AI Visibility movement and recommended actions.
Organic Mention Rate Webhooks
Send a visibility.changed event to a subscribed HTTPS endpoint after a completed monitoring run changes Organic Mention Rate by at least 10 percentage points.
AI brand mention tracking
How to track brand mentions in AI search
Run the same buyer prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overview on a fixed schedule. For every answer, keep whether the brand appeared, its position and sentiment, the cited URLs, competitor mentions, engine, and date. Foglift keeps that evidence in one workspace and connects it to recommendations, AI crawler activity, and recognized AI referrals.
Free includes active-use weekly Perplexity monitoring. Launch starts at $49 per month and adds all five engines up to daily, plus API, CLI, and MCP access.
| 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, source URLs, and share of voice 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.
Read the benchmarkExternal 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' studyBusiness 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 forecastOrganic mention rate alerts
Get an alert when Organic Mention Rate changes
Foglift compares each completed monitoring run with the previous Organic Mention Rate. A move of at least 10 points creates an in-product notification and emits a visibility.changed event to subscribed HTTPS webhooks. The alert preserves the previous value, current value, prompt count, mention count, and timestamp.
| Signal | Trigger | What arrives |
|---|---|---|
| In-product notification | A completed monitoring run changes Organic Mention Rate by at least 10 percentage points | A dated workspace notification with the current and previous Organic Mention Rate percentages |
| visibility.changed webhook | The same 10-point change after a completed monitoring run | A signed event to each subscribed HTTPS endpoint for downstream workflows |
| Connected team channel | The same qualifying monitoring change | A change summary in a configured Slack, Discord, or Microsoft Teams channel |
| Weekly email digest | The workspace's configured weekly delivery time | A broader summary of AI Visibility movement and recommended actions |
Alert delivery follows monitoring cadence
Free workspaces monitor Perplexity weekly while active. Launch supports all five engines up to daily, Growth up to twice daily, and Enterprise up to hourly. Each alert is evaluated after that scheduled observation completes. Growth adds Slack and Discord connections, Enterprise adds Microsoft Teams, and the webhook event can feed a BI tool or incident workflow. See the exact event names and payload workflow in the AI search monitoring API guide.
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
Up to 3 brands
- ✓ Weekly digest
- ✓ Visibility trends
- ✓ Citation tracking
- ✓ API, CLI, and MCP access
Growth
$129/mo
11,500 tokens/mo
All 5 AI engines
Up to 10 brands
- ✓ Everything in Launch
- ✓ BI webhooks
- ✓ Buyer-intent Win Rate
- ✓ Position tracking
Enterprise
Custom
Custom tokens/mo
All 5 AI engines
Effectively unlimited brands
- ✓ Everything in Growth
- ✓ Hourly monitoring
- ✓ Dedicated support
- ✓ Effectively unlimited brands
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.
How do I track brand mentions in AI search?
Run the same buyer prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews on a fixed schedule. For every answer, keep whether the brand appeared, its position and sentiment, the cited URLs, competitor mentions, engine, and date. Foglift keeps those records in one workspace and connects them to recommendations, AI crawler activity, and recognized AI referrals.
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, share of voice, 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?
Launch checks prompts daily, Growth checks prompts twice daily, and Enterprise checks prompts hourly. Free workspaces get weekly Perplexity checks while active. Results are aggregated into weekly digests, and you can view current data in the dashboard.
Can Foglift alert me when Organic Mention Rate drops?
Yes. Foglift compares each completed monitoring run with the previous Organic Mention Rate. A change of at least 10 points creates an in-product notification and emits a visibility.changed event to subscribed HTTPS webhooks. Configured Slack, Discord, or Microsoft Teams connections also receive the change summary. The weekly email digest reports broader movement and recommended actions.
Does Foglift monitor AI visibility in real time?
Free runs active-use Perplexity monitoring weekly. Launch supports all five engines up to daily, Growth up to twice daily, and Enterprise up to hourly. Alerts are evaluated after a completed run. Continuous provider listening is outside this monitoring contract.
Which AI engines are supported?
Launch, Growth, and Enterprise plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, and Gemini. Developer access starts on Launch; higher tiers increase monitoring frequency, token allowance, brand count, API rate limits, 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 Launch, Growth, and Enterprise?
Launch includes API, CLI, and MCP access plus daily monitoring. Growth includes up to 10 brands, BI webhooks, Buyer-intent Win Rate, and twice-daily monitoring. Growth adds a branded Client Portal. Enterprise adds hourly monitoring and effectively unlimited brands. Enterprise adds full white-label with a custom domain, footer removal, and white-label PDF reports.
Start tracking your AI visibility today
Don't let competitors dominate AI search. Know exactly how AI sees your brand.
Start FreeComparing competitors? Learn how Foglift measures share of voice in AI search and read the AI competitor tracking specification.