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Visibility overview
For Northwind
Visibility score
72%
Share of runs that mentioned your brand.
Sentiment score
78/100
When engines talked about you.
Runs
1,284
Completed in this window.
Visibility over time
Daily share of runs that mention each brand. You vs your tracked competitors.
Sentiment when mentioned
By prompt type
Competitor visibility heatmap
Visibility % per brand on each engine.
| ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok | AI Overviews | AI Mode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N Northwind You |
82
|
74
|
61
|
88
|
n/a
|
55
|
47
|
| V Vantage |
64
|
58
|
49
|
51
|
40
|
44
|
31
|
| B Beacon |
47
|
39
|
55
|
42
|
n/a
|
33
|
28
|
| Prompt | Type | Freq. | Avg. vis. | Mentioned by | Last run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Best CRM for startups” | O | Daily | 72% | 2m ago | |
| “Top SEO tools in 2026” | O | Weekly | 54% | 1h ago | |
| “Alternatives to Acme” | C | Daily | 61% | 6m ago | |
| “Best help desk software” | O | Daily | 48% | 14m ago | |
| “Is Northwind worth it” | B | Weekly | n/a | Never |
| Prompt | Engine | Status | Mentioned | Sentiment | Cites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Best CRM for startups” | ChatGPT | Completed | Yes | Positive | 3 |
| “Top SEO tools in 2026” | Perplexity | Completed | Yes | Positive | 5 |
| “Alternatives to Acme” | Gemini | Running | n/a | n/a | - |
| “Best help desk software” | Claude | Completed | No | n/a | 2 |
| “AI answer engine tools” | Grok | Completed | Yes | Positive | 4 |
| Mention | Brand | Engine | Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|
| For early-stage teams I'd recommend Northwind, which balances price and onboarding. Prompt: Best CRM for startups | Your brand | ChatGPT | Positive |
| Northwind and two others consistently lead this category. Prompt: Top CRMs in 2026 | Your brand | Perplexity | Positive |
| Northwind is a solid option, though pricing scales quickly. Prompt: CRM alternatives | Your brand | Gemini | Neutral |
| Vantage and Northwind are the usual picks here. Prompt: Alternatives to Acme | Vantage | Claude | Neutral |
Top domains
| Domain | Citations |
|---|---|
| R reddit.com | 12 |
| G g2.com | 8 |
| N northwind.com Yours | 5 |
| C capterra.com Competitor | 4 |
Recent citations
12 gaps
in the last 30 days
| Prompt | Type | Runs | Comp. runs | Competitors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Best CRM for startups” | Organic | 30 | 28 | VBN |
| “Top SEO tools in 2026” | Organic | 12 | 11 | VB |
| “Best Acme alternative” | Competitor | 30 | 24 | VBN |
| “Cheapest help desk tools” | Organic | 12 | 9 | V |
Answer gaps
Earn a citation in the r/SaaS thread
- 1Reply to the "best CRM for startups" thread with a concrete comparison.
- 2Link the pricing page ChatGPT already cites for competitors.
Add a comparison to your pricing page
- 1Publish a Northwind vs Vantage vs Beacon table.
- 2Cover the 3 comparison prompts you are absent from.
Unblock ClaudeBot in robots.txt
- 1Allow Claude-SearchBot so it can crawl 12 blocked pages.
ChatGPT visibility dropped
12%Fell from 84% to 72% versus the previous window.
Most likely cause: the GPT-5.2 release. ChatGPT stopped citing your comparison page; two competitors gained the slot.
Visibility over time
Engine model releases are marked on the line, so drops have an explanation.
Discovered
1,480
Pages in your sitemap.
Crawled
1,204
Pages AI bots visited.
Cited
420
Crawled pages AI cites.
Clicked
180
Cited pages that drove a click.
Bots
Which crawlers visit, busiest first.
Coverage
Threads that mention you
42%
of 96 cited community threads
Top communities
Share of voice
Source gaps
| Conversation | Source | Brand | Sentiment | Rel. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anyone using Northwind for outreach? Torn between it and two others. r/SaaSCited by AI | You | Neutral | 94% | |
| Northwind vs the alternatives, what are folks picking in 2026? news.ycCited by AI | Hacker News | You | Neutral | 88% |
| Switched to Northwind last month and onboarding was genuinely great. @dev | Bluesky | You | Positive | 71% |
Tracking seven AI answer engines
Real answers from every engine, the same ones your buyers get.
15,206 AI answers analyzed · 111,394 citations parsed
Built on the new search reality
AI answers are the new front page.
Google's own AI optimization guide makes it official: AI Overviews and AI Mode are built on top of standard search ranking. You can't fix what you can't see. MentionScout shows you where you stand, and exactly how to climb.
68%
of Google searches now end without a click
SparkToro, 2026
2B+
people see Google AI Overviews every month
Google, 2025
25%
projected drop in traditional search by 2026
Gartner
Cited by AI
See which sources each engine cites, where you win, and the gaps to close next.
The threads AI quotes
Listen across the communities that quietly shape AI answers, before they become the answer.
“Anyone using Acme for outreach?”
“Acme vs the alternatives”
Crawler & click analytics
See which AI bots crawl your site, what they cite, the clicks they send back, and whether your llms.txt is in place.
We track AI visibility in public, too: see the live scoreboard for developer tools
Features
Everything you need to win in AI answers.
One dashboard for mentions, citations, sentiment and competitor share across all seven engines.
Citation analysis
See exactly which URLs each engine cites you in.
Answer Gap
The prompts where competitors show up and you don't.
Recommendations
Ranked, evidence-backed actions to close every gap.
Visibility drift
See why your visibility moved, down to the model release.
Drop aligns with a new model release
Competitor share of voice
Your brand against every competitor, on every prompt.
Sentiment & position
Glowing or lukewarm, leading or buried. We track both.
Visibility score
One number for how often AI brings you up. Watch it climb.
72%
Query fan-out
Engines split your prompt into hidden sub-queries before answering. We track the whole chain.
Real prompt monitoring
Add the prompts your buyers ask, in any country and language. We run them on a schedule.
Bring your data to your AI
MentionScout includes an MCP server, so you can pull your visibility data, mentions, citations and answer gaps into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, and even add prompts or competitors from a chat. Pro and up.
How it works
Three steps to AI visibility.
No data pipeline to build. No engineers required.
Add a website
Just add your domain. We find your competitors and brand aliases for you, ready to edit.
Generate your prompts
Use the prompts we generate from your brand, or add the exact questions your buyers ask. Schedule daily, weekly or monthly.
Watch the answers
We run every prompt across every LLM, detect mentions, parse citations, score sentiment.
72%
Pricing
Self-serve pricing, no sales call.
Most AI-visibility tools this capable start at $499+ behind a demo. MentionScout is self-serve from $0. You scale up only as you add prompts and engines, with no per-seat tax.
Free
$0 $0 / mo
Free forever
3 standard engines
- 500 standard checks/mo
- 1 brand · 10 prompts
- Up to Weekly checks
No card required
Starter
$59 $49 / mo
billed monthly billed $590/yr
5 standard engines
- 8,000 standard checks/mo
- 3 brands · 40 prompts
- Up to Daily checks
Cancel anytime
Pro
Most popular$149 $124 / mo
billed monthly billed $1,490/yr
All 7 engines
- 16,000 standard checks/mo
- 500 premium checks/mo
- 10 brands · 100 prompts
- Up to Daily checks
Cancel anytime
Growth
$299 $249 / mo
billed monthly billed $2,990/yr
All 7 engines
- 32,000 standard checks/mo
- 1,000 premium checks/mo
- 20 brands · 200 prompts
- Up to Daily checks
Cancel anytime
Scale
$549 $458 / mo
billed monthly billed $5,490/yr
All 7 engines
- 55,000 standard checks/mo
- 2,000 premium checks/mo
- 50 brands · 400 prompts
- Up to Hourly checks
Cancel anytime
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Which AI engines does MentionScout track?
All 7 major answer engines: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and Grok. The five standard engines run on every paid plan; Claude and Grok are premium engines on Pro and up.
How is this different from an AI rank tracker?
Most tools hand you a visibility score and stop there. MentionScout shows you the source behind every citation, the prompts where competitors win and you do not, and a ranked, evidence-backed fix to close the gap. We tell you what to do, not just how you score.
Can I track competitors too?
Yes. Add the competitors you care about and we track their visibility, share of voice, and citations on the same prompts as yours, so you can see exactly where they show up and you do not.
Do I need engineers or a data pipeline?
No. Add your domain, brand and competitors, add the prompts your buyers actually ask, and we run them across every engine on a schedule. There is nothing to build or maintain.
How do you check what the engines say?
We run your real prompts on a schedule and read the answers each engine returns, the same answers your buyers get. We then detect brand mentions, parse the citations behind each answer, and score sentiment and position, so you see which URL every engine cited and how often.
Does MentionScout track Reddit and Hacker News too?
Yes. MentionScout listens natively across Reddit, Hacker News and Bluesky, the communities AI engines quote most, and flags the threads that already show up as citations in AI answers. Community listening is included on Starter and up.
What is query fan-out?
Engines like Google AI Mode split your question into several hidden sub-queries and build their answer from those results. MentionScout expands your prompts the same way and tracks the whole chain, so you can see the sub-questions behind each answer and cover the ones you are missing. Available on Pro and up.
Can I connect MentionScout to Claude or ChatGPT?
Yes. MentionScout includes an MCP server, so you can pull your visibility data, mentions, citations and answer gaps into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any other MCP-enabled assistant, and even add prompts or competitors from a chat. Available on Pro and up.
What does the free trial involve?
Every paid plan comes with 14 days free, everything included. Cancel anytime during the trial and you pay nothing. Or start on the Free plan, no card needed.
From the founder
Why I built MentionScout.
After years helping businesses with AI at SiteSpeakAI, I kept seeing the same shift: buyers now ask AI before they ask Google, and most brands cannot see how they show up. I built MentionScout to fix that, by tracking the real answers your buyers see and showing you exactly how to win them.
Herman Schutte
Founder, MentionScout
From the makers of SiteSpeakAI
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