Is the AI hiding your business?
Buyers don't Google anymore — they ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI. Answerlord grades whether those engines recommend you — or your competitors.
Free · Takes 60 seconds · We ask the engines — never a guessed number
Free · Takes 60 seconds · We ask the engines — never a guessed number
This is exactly what your report will look like.
ChatGPT answered all 5 buyer prompts without once citing you — it recommended Asana, Monday.com, ClickUp instead.
Perplexity cited you in 1 of 5 buyer prompts, alongside 8 competitors; the tone was neutral.
Google AI Overviews cited you in 1 of 4 buyer prompts, alongside 12 competitors; the tone was neutral.
Your 3 biggest gaps
- 1
Asana owns “best project management software for teams”
When a buyer asks ChatGPT “best project management software for teams”, it names Asana, Monday.com, ClickUp, Notion — and not you.
- 2
Linear owns “project management tool for developers”
When a buyer asks Perplexity “project management tool for developers”, it names Linear, Jira, Shortcut, Height — and not you.
- 3
ClickUp owns “cheap Asana alternatives for startups”
When a buyer asks Google AI “cheap Asana alternatives for startups”, it names ClickUp, Trello, Todoist, Basecamp — and not you.
“Every day your score is 31, a competitor gets the sale that should have been yours.”
What's my real score? →We think like a buyer
We generate 5 real buyer-intent prompts for your niche — "best X for Y", "X alternatives", "cheap X for Z" — the questions buyers ask before they purchase.
We interrogate the engines
We run every prompt live against ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews and capture exactly what they say — citations, competitors named, sentiment.
We score, not guess
A transparent 0–100 score from four weighted signals. Every point is explainable. Unreachable engines are excluded — not penalized. No black boxes.
A score you can argue with
We show our work. Every point is traceable.
Are you named by at least one engine for at least one prompt?
What fraction of reachable engines cited you? Unreachable engines are excluded, not penalized.
When cited, how many competitors share the mention? Solo = full credit. With 9 rivals = fractional.
Positive = 1.0 · Neutral = 0.6 · Negative = 0.2
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6 min readGrade any client's AI visibility in one tool call
Answerlord ships a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with one tool — grade_domain(domain, niche) — returning the same clean JSON the website uses. Agencies and AI assistants can audit a prospect, build a report, or monitor a portfolio without scraping or parsing a single page of HTML.
One MCP tool
Drop it into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP client and grade domains conversationally.
Clean JSON, never faked
Score, per-engine breakdown, named competitor gaps. Unreachable engines are excluded, not guessed.
Agent-readable site
We publish an llms.txt and structured data so agents can understand and recommend us accurately.
AI visibility, answered
The questions buyers ask about getting cited by AI — answered plainly.
What is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)?+
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of getting your business recommended by AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Instead of ranking a blue link, AEO is about being the named answer when a buyer asks an AI for the best option in your category.
How do I get my business cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI?+
Publish content that directly answers the exact questions buyers ask, lead with a short quotable answer, add FAQ and Organization structured data so engines can extract it, and earn third-party citations (reviews, community answers, roundups) where competitors are already mentioned. Answerlord shows you the precise queries you're missing and a step-by-step plan to win them.
What is a good AI visibility score?+
Answerlord scores AI visibility from 0 to 100. 0–39 means AI engines rarely or never cite you (AI invisibility). 40–69 is partial visibility — you appear sometimes, usually alongside many competitors. 70–89 is a strong signal, and 90–100 is category dominance. Most businesses that have never optimized for AI score below 40.
How is the AI visibility score calculated?+
The score blends four transparent signals: whether any engine cites you at all (30 pts), how many reachable engines cite you (30 pts), your prominence when cited versus competitors (25 pts), and sentiment (15 pts). Every point is explainable, and engines we can't reach are excluded rather than guessed — we never show a fabricated metric.
How is AEO different from SEO?+
SEO optimizes for ranking links on a search results page; AEO optimizes for being the answer an AI engine gives directly. AI answers often cite only a handful of sources and frequently end the buyer's research before they click a website — so being named in the answer matters more than ranking #3 on page one.
Is Answerlord free?+
Yes — grading your domain's AI visibility is free and requires no login. You get a 0–100 score, a per-engine breakdown, your biggest competitor gaps, and a concrete fix plan. Paid options (the AEO Builder Kit and Answerlord Pro) add ready-made templates and ongoing tracking, but the grade and fix plan are free.
Can I grade AI visibility from an AI agent or MCP client?+
Yes. Answerlord ships a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server exposing a single tool, grade_domain(domain, niche), that returns the same clean JSON the website uses. Agents in Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP client can grade any domain's AI visibility in one tool call — no scraping or HTML parsing required.
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