A score you can act on
The 0–100 citability score comes from content, structure and authority signals, and it ships with a roadmap that puts the biggest fix first.
TrueTrace AI visibility suite
See where your brand lands when AI answers the question.
TrueTrace audits how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity read your pages and your brand. You get a citability score, the competitors that show up in the same answers, and a way to check later whether your fixes worked.
URL, Brand & Competitor modes
Quick or Hybrid depth
4 AI engines
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Brand mode
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yourbrand.com4 target queries · Hybrid · 4 engines
Sample
Citability72+6
Mention prob.58%
SentimentPositive
Target query
best crm for startups
crm with gmail sync
crm pricing comparison
alternatives to rival-one
CitedMentionedAbsent
Also in these answers
rival-one.com
3/4
rival-two.io2/4
Sample brand report for illustration
One audit, run against the answer engines your buyers already use
ChatGPT
Claude
Gemini
Perplexity
Why TrueTrace
A mention count tells you AI noticed you.
A mention count tells you AI noticed you.
Citability tells you why it quotes you.
Most AI tracking stops at "were we mentioned?" TrueTrace also shows which of your pages get cited, who else is in the answer, and what to change next.
See who shares the answer
Each report lists the competitors that appear next to you in AI responses and the URLs the engines cite as sources.
Proof that the fixes worked
Reports are saved, so you can compare citability month over month and mark whether AI cited the page after you changed it.
Four ways in
Start with the question you have.
Start with the question you have.
Pick the mode that answers it.
Audit one page, your brand, a handful of rivals, or the keywords where competitors get cited and you don't.
URL mode
Paste a URL. TrueTrace confirms AI crawlers can reach it, pulls out its content signals and estimates how likely it is to get cited.
Runs inURL & Brand Audit
Brand mode
Enter your brand, domain and target queries. You get one visibility score across all four engines, plus quick wins and a roadmap.
Runs inURL & Brand Audit
Competitor mode
Put two or more URLs side by side and see how your content holds up against rivals in AI answers. Available on the Agency plan.
Runs inURL & Brand Audit
Citation Gap
Goes through your tracked keywords, finds the queries where AI cites a competitor instead of you, rates each gap by severity and suggests a fix.
ModuleCitation Gap
Every mode ends with a prioritized list of fixes next to the score.
Analysis depth
Quick for a spot check.
Quick for a spot check.
Hybrid when it counts.
Every mode runs at two depths. Quick is fast. Hybrid checks the result across multiple models, which takes longer and gives you a more reliable read.
DEPTH 01Fast
Quick
One model pass. Results in seconds, good enough for drafts and routine checks.
- Citability score
- Top quick wins
- Keyword gap detection
DEPTH 02Multi-model
Hybrid
Checked across multiple models, so you get more confidence and a deeper gap analysis.
- Cross-platform comparison and full citation list
- AI mention probability %
- FAQ content gaps
Inside a TrueTrace report
The score, and the evidence behind it.
Each report shows the sources, the sentiment and the questions you're missing, and keeps a record of what happened after you made changes.
Citation source list
The exact URLs AI models cite, so you can tell which kinds of content earn citations in your category.
Sentiment analysis
Whether AI models describe your brand in positive, neutral or negative terms, per platform.
FAQ gap analysis
Questions competitors answer in AI responses that your content hasn't covered yet.
Feedback loop
After the audit, mark whether AI cited your page. Over time that tells you which changes paid off.
Historical tracking
Every report is saved, so you can watch citability move as you ship changes.
Getting started
Your first report takes a few minutes.
STEP 01Mode
Pick what to audit
A single URL, your brand and its target queries, or a few competitor URLs.
STEP 02Depth
Choose Quick or Hybrid
Quick runs one model and comes back fast. Hybrid checks across several models and returns the full citation list.
STEP 03Loop
Fix, then report back
Work down the roadmap, ship the changes, then mark whether AI cited you. The history shows the trend.
Every report is stored for trend comparisonRun your first report →
A monthly routine
The brand check a client can actually follow.
Once a month you run Brand mode on Hybrid with the same target queries, then check the grid for new citations and new rivals. The FAQ gap analysis shows competitors answering "is there a free plan?" when your pricing page doesn't. Last, you mark whether last month's changed pages got cited, so the report shows proof next to the score.
- Keep the same target queries every month so history stays comparabl
- Turn FAQ gaps into short answers on pages you already hav
- Mark last month's fixes as cited or not yet before you repor
Works better together
Go deeper with the TrueTrace modules and AI Tracking.
TrueTrace
URL & Brand Audit
The 20-factor citation audit for one page, a brand and a query, or up to 3 competitor URLs. Includes Quick Wins and PDF export.
Explore URL & Brand Audit
TrueTrace
Citation Gap
The keywords where AI cites a competitor instead of you, ranked by severity, each with a suggested fix.
Explore Citation Gap
AI Visibility
AI Tracking
Follows your brand mentions and positions in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity over time, next to your TrueTrace reports.
Explore AI Tracking
FAQ
TrueTrace questions.
How the modes, depths and scores relate to each other.
Still have questions?
See which plan includes TrueTrace and the latest limits.
Compare plans →How is TrueTrace different from standard AI tracking?
It measures citability, meaning how likely your URLs and brand are to be cited in AI answers. Mention counts are still there, but TrueTrace adds analysis modes, competitor comparison and a structured list of recommendations.
What are URL, Brand, and Competitor modes?
URL mode analyzes one page. Brand mode scores how visible your brand is for your target queries across the engines. Competitor mode puts several URLs side by side to compare how they do in AI responses.
What is Quick vs Hybrid analysis?
Quick runs a single model pass and returns results fast, which suits drafts and routine checks. Hybrid validates across multiple models, so you get higher confidence, the full citation list and a deeper gap analysis.
What does the citability score represent?
It sums up how well your content matches the signals that tend to go with being cited in AI answers. It doesn't guarantee a citation. Treat it as a prioritized roadmap of what to improve.
How do URL & Brand Audit and Citation Gap fit into TrueTrace?
They are the two TrueTrace modules. URL & Brand Audit scores a page, a brand or a set of competitor URLs for citability. Citation Gap checks your tracked keywords for queries where AI cites competitors instead of you.
Which plans include TrueTrace?
TrueTrace comes with the Pro and Agency plans. Starter covers lighter AI tracking and SEO audits instead. Limits change from time to time, so check the Pricing page for the current numbers on each plan.
Find out where you stand in AI search.
Your first TrueTrace report takes a few minutes and shows where you appear in AI answers, and where you don't.
Citability scores
Competitor overlap
Citation feedback loop