Show HN: PilotCite – Monitor how AI platforms cite and describe your brand

PilotCite, a new AI visibility monitoring platform, launched on Show HN to help marketing and SEO teams track how AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overview cite and describe their brands. The tool provides dashboards for mention rate, sentiment, share of voice, and competitor analysis across multiple AI answer surfaces.

Monitor and improve your AI visibility. Marketing and SEO teams use PilotCite to see where their brand is mentioned, linked, and beaten by competitors across the prompts their customers run. The operating layer for AI visibility. Built for modern brand teams that treat AI visibility as a core growth metric. Pick your seat at the table: Know exactly what AI tells your buyers. When a prospect asks ChatGPT or Perplexity who to buy from, PilotCite shows whether you are in the answer — and how you are described. - Mention rate and sentiment per platform - Share of voice against named competitors - Scheduled opportunity reports for the team Everything in one dashboard. Monitoring, sources, competitors, audits, content, and research — connected so you can act on what AI platforms actually return. Monitoring Scheduled snapshots across AI answer surfaces. See citation rate, sources, sentiment, and drift over time. Sources Ranked domains AI platforms cite when they mention you. Competitors See where rivals appear alongside your brand in AI answers. Site Audit & Opportunities Check whether AI assistants can read, understand, and cite your key pages. Content Kit Generate GEO-friendly articles grounded in real citations. Research Discover high-intent prompts your customers run against AI search. Improve visibility without compromising. Close AI citation gaps with source-backed content, not generic SEO filler. Start free /login?intent=signup Track once. Compare everywhere. Signature monitors ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Grok. The dashboard compares the same monitored prompts across platforms. One place to watch the answer layer. Mention rate, true citation rate, share of voice, and sentiment — plus a topic performance table that shows where you are gaining or losing. View all → /monitoring | Topic | Mention rate | SOV | Prompts | |---|---|---|---| | Beginner trading apps | 0% | — | 1 | | Commission-free brokers | 12% | 8% | 3 | | Options trading platforms | 24% | 15% | 4 | Built for every team that cares about AI visibility. Connect your domain, generate topic and prompt sets, benchmark competitors, and turn insight into a concrete shipping plan. SaaS Track tool comparisons, category pages, and answer-engine mentions. Fintech Audit trust, regulation, broker comparisons, and review sources. B2B Own enterprise use cases, integration pages, and buyer guides. Developers Optimize docs, API references, changelogs, and technical citations. PR & Comms Measure how third-party coverage influences AI-generated answers. SEO Operations Turn schema, content, and source quality into a weekly workflow. Built for teams that own growth and visibility. Add the operational layer around AI visibility: monitoring, research, content, audits, reporting, and team workflows. Answer changes See when AI answers shift, citations disappear, or competitors start appearing. Prompt library Organize high-value prompts by topic, locale, intent, and funnel stage. Site Audit Run an AI-citability audit on your own domain and get a prioritized fix list. Content Kit Generate articles, rewrites, and comparison pages built for AI citations. Research Discover prompt clusters from real search behavior across markets. Competitor tracking See where competitors win citations and close the gap prompt by prompt. Reports and exports Package mention rate, citation rate, share of voice, risks, and next actions. Workflow telemetry Review monitoring run status, provider usage, and cost signals. Team collaboration Invite members and share workspaces across brands and markets. Source analysis Prioritize cited domains and pages that influence AI answers. Market tracking Organize prompt sets by market, language, product, and competitor set. Change history Keep a historical record of answer changes, citations, and shipped fixes. Start free. Scale across platforms. Upgrade when you need more brands, prompts, or platforms. Start with one brand. Choose Core /login?plan=starter&intent=signup - 1 brand - 1 seat - 10 unique prompts - Every 5 days monitoring - 1 competitors tracked Add competitor tracking. Choose Growth /login?plan=pro&intent=signup - 1 brand - 2 seats - 20 unique prompts - Every 3 days monitoring - 5 competitors tracked Scale up your monitoring. Choose Scale /login?plan=max&intent=signup - 2 brands - 3 seats - 25 unique prompts - Daily monitoring - 10 competitors tracked Full platform coverage. Choose Signature Base /login?plan=agency&intent=signup - 5 brands - 10 seats - 50 unique prompts - Daily monitoring - 25 competitors tracked Start monitoring for free. Track 1 brand and 5 prompts on the free plan. No credit card required.