How It Works

AI Visibility Intelligence

See who AI recommends in your market — and how to become one of them

Getting Started

What is AI Visibility Intelligence?

CabbageSEO shows you who AI recommends when people search for products like yours. When someone asks ChatGPT "what's the best CRM?" or asks Perplexity for "project management tool alternatives" — AI picks winners. We show you if you're one of them, or if your competitors are getting all the recommendations.

How does it work?

1. Enter your website domain on the homepage

2. We query real AI platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI) with relevant questions

3. We show you who AI recommends and whether you're mentioned

4. You see exactly which competitors are winning and why

Supported AI Platforms

Perplexity — Real API integration with source citation detection

Google AI (Gemini) — Search grounding for real-time web data

ChatGPT — OpenAI query analysis

All results come from actual API calls. No fake data or estimates.

Your War Room Dashboard

Running an AI Check

From your dashboard, click "Run Check" to query AI platforms instantly. We'll show you:

• Which queries you're winning (AI recommends you)

• Which queries you're losing (AI recommends competitors)

• Who AI recommends instead of you

The check queries ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI with relevant questions about your product category. Results appear in real-time.

Understanding Your Results

Each check shows:

AI Mentions Found — How many times AI recommended you across all queries

AI Mention Share — What % of tracked queries mention you vs competitors

Wins — Visual breakdown of queries where you were mentioned

All numbers come from real AI responses. Citations in your dashboard represent actual mentions from AI platforms. If you haven't run any checks yet, you'll see a prompt to run your first check.

Check Limits by Plan

Free: 3 manual checks per day for 7 days (then access expires)

Starter ($29/mo): Unlimited manual checks + daily automated checks (runs automatically once per day)

Pro ($79/mo): Unlimited manual checks + hourly automated checks (runs automatically every hour)

Note: Automated checks run in the background and don't count against manual check limits. Manual checks are on-demand checks you trigger yourself from the dashboard. There are no monthly limits on manual checks for paid plans.

AI Trust Map

What is the Trust Map?

AI platforms don't just make up recommendations — they pull from trusted sources like G2, Capterra, Product Hunt, and Reddit. The Trust Map shows you which sources AI uses, and highlights where your competitors are listed but you're not.

How to use it

Navigate to the Trust Map from your dashboard sidebar. You'll see:

• Critical sources where you must be listed

• Which competitors are on each source

• Whether you're currently listed or missing

Why it matters

If your competitors are on G2 with 500 reviews and you're not listed at all, AI will recommend them over you. The Trust Map shows you exactly which gaps to fill to start getting AI recommendations.

Your Visibility Roadmap

What is the Roadmap?

The Visibility Roadmap is your step-by-step action plan to become visible to AI. Based on where your competitors are listed, we show you exactly what to do — with priority order, time estimates, and direct links.

Example actions

Get listed on G2 — 2-3 hours, Critical priority

Launch on Product Hunt — 1-2 hours, High priority

Create comparison pages — 30-60 min per page

Add Schema.org markup — 1-2 hours

Build Reddit presence — Ongoing

Tracking progress

Check off actions as you complete them. As you get listed on more sources, run new AI checks to see your visibility improve.

Starter plan: Basic roadmap with priority actions

Pro plan: Full roadmap with progress tracking and weekly action playbook

The roadmap shows which sources are most critical based on where your competitors are listed.

"Why Not Me?" Analysis

Understanding why you lose

For any query where AI recommends competitors instead of you, click "Why not me?" to see the full analysis. We show you:

• Which competitors AI recommended

• Which trusted sources they appear on (that you don't)

• Specific content advantages they have

• Missing elements in your content

• Authority gaps compared to competitors

Note: This feature requires running a check first. The analysis uses real AI responses and competitor data.

Content fix suggestions

Paid users get content fix recommendations:

• Recommended page title to create

• Section headings to include

• Key entities and topics to mention

• FAQs to answer

Starter plan: 5 "Why Not Me?" analyses per month

Pro plan: Unlimited "Why Not Me?" analyses

This is your blueprint to win that specific query.

Methodology & Data Integrity

How we detect AI recommendations

For each query, we call real AI platform APIs:

Perplexity: Returns source URLs directly. We match your domain against these.

Google AI (Gemini): Uses search grounding. We extract mentioned domains.

ChatGPT: We parse response text for domain and brand mentions.

All raw AI responses are stored so you can verify any result.

Confidence levels

We label results with confidence tiers:

High: Your exact domain URL was in the AI's response or citation list

Medium: Your brand name or product was mentioned in text

Low: Related content was referenced but not a direct mention

We err on the side of caution — we'd rather under-report than over-report.

AI Mention Share calculation

AI Mention Share = (times you were mentioned) ÷ (total mentions of all products)

This is calculated only for queries you've tracked. It's labeled "AI mention share (tracked queries only)" — not market share, not industry share. Just what we observed in your specific queries.

Data integrity rules

We follow strict rules:

• We only show data from actual API responses

• We never invent, estimate, or extrapolate metrics

• All percentages come from real observations

• If we don't have data, we say "Run more checks"

• Raw AI responses are available for verification

FAQ

How often are checks run?

Free: 3 manual checks per day for 7 days (then access expires)

Starter: Daily automated checks (runs automatically once per day) + unlimited manual checks

Pro: Hourly automated checks (runs automatically every hour) + unlimited manual checks

Automated checks happen in the background and don't count against manual check limits. You'll receive email alerts when new citations are found (Starter and Pro plans).

Can I check any website?

Yes! You can check any public website. Enter your domain on the homepage to get started (no signup required for the initial check).

After signing up, you can:

• Add multiple sites (up to plan limit)

• Track competitors (Starter: 2 per site, Pro: 10 per site)

• Set up automated monitoring (Starter: daily, Pro: hourly)

The free tier allows 1 site for 7 days with 3 manual checks per day.

What makes AI recommend a product?

AI platforms tend to recommend products that:

• Are listed on trusted review sites (G2, Capterra, Product Hunt)

• Have structured comparison content

• Appear in genuine community discussions (Reddit, forums)

• Have proper Schema.org markup

• Are frequently mentioned across authoritative sources

How accurate is this?

We show you exactly what AI platforms return — nothing more, nothing less. Perplexity's API returns citations which we display verbatim. For ChatGPT and Gemini, we analyze response text for mentions. We label everything with confidence tiers and always show the raw response so you can verify.

What if I'm not getting recommended?

That's exactly what we help with.

1. Run a check to see current status

2. View the Trust Map to see which sources you're missing (where competitors are listed)

3. Follow the Visibility Roadmap for step-by-step instructions

4. Use "Why Not Me?" analysis to understand specific gaps (Starter+)

5. Get listed on sources and run new checks to track improvement

Most founders can significantly improve their AI visibility within 2-4 weeks of consistent action.

Ready to see who AI recommends?

Enter your domain and find out in 10 seconds. No signup required.