# CiteFlow

> CiteFlow is an AI visibility scanner for auditing how websites are crawled, understood, and cited by AI assistants and AI search experiences such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews — across SEO, AEO, GEO, crawler access, schema, citability, content quality, and off-page brand authority.

Important context:
- Product category: AI Visibility Scanner for SEO, AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), and LLM crawlability.
- The free GEO, AEO, and LLMs scans are intent-specific entry points powered by one 7-dimension audit engine (technical infrastructure, AI crawler access, schema markup, citability, platform optimization, content quality, off-page brand mentions); the homepage is the broad entry point.
- First scan per URL is free after Google sign-in (no credit card): free results show the composite 0–100 score and top 3 critical issues; the full report, dashboard, and rescans require the subscription.
- Detects whether AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, OAI-SearchBot, Applebot-Extended, and others) can access a site; most public URLs scan in under ~30 seconds.
- Off-page authority checks brand presence across sources such as YouTube, Reddit, Wikipedia, LinkedIn, and GitHub — treated as brand-context signals, not guaranteed ranking factors (Ahrefs' Dec 2025 75K-brand study found such mentions correlate strongly with AI visibility; correlation, not causation).
- Primary users: marketers, SEO and content teams, agencies, SaaS companies, and business owners. Available in English; secure checkout via Stripe.

## Core Pages

- [Homepage](https://www.citeflow.io/): Broad AI visibility scan entry point, score preview, and 7-dimension methodology.
- [Free GEO Scan](https://www.citeflow.io/free-geo-scan): Generative Engine Optimization scan — whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews can find, understand, and cite your brand, plus citation readiness and off-page authority.
- [Free AEO Scan](https://www.citeflow.io/free-aeo-scan): Answer Engine Optimization scan — answer-ready structure, schema, citability, and AI crawler access.
- [Free LLMs Scan](https://www.citeflow.io/free-llms-scan): LLM crawlability scan — llms.txt, robots.txt AI-crawler access, machine readability, and how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity crawl and cite your site.
- [Pricing](https://www.citeflow.io/pricing): Standard subscription ($99/month or $831/year) — included URL slots, report credits, daily rescans, add-ons, cancellation, and refund terms (the pricing page is the source of truth).
- [Changelog](https://www.citeflow.io/changelog): Product updates — new features, improvements, and fixes, newest first.

## Guides

- [What Is llms.txt? Complete Guide for AI Search (2026)](https://www.citeflow.io/blog/llms-txt-guide)
- [Building an llms.txt for a SaaS pricing page](https://www.citeflow.io/blog/llms-txt-saas-pricing)
- [AEO vs GEO vs SEO: What Marketers Need to Know in 2026](https://www.citeflow.io/blog/aeo-vs-geo-vs-seo)
- [FAQ schema vs QA schema for AI: which one engines actually use](https://www.citeflow.io/blog/faq-schema-vs-qa-schema-ai)
- [How to Rank on ChatGPT: 7 Tactics That Work in 2026](https://www.citeflow.io/blog/rank-on-chatgpt)
- [ChatGPT vs Perplexity vs Gemini: which AI search cites your brand?](https://www.citeflow.io/blog/chatgpt-vs-perplexity-vs-gemini-citation)
- [Best AEO/GEO Tools in 2026: 13 Platforms Compared](https://www.citeflow.io/blog/best-aeo-tools-2026)
- [Why E-E-A-T matters more for AI search than traditional SEO](https://www.citeflow.io/blog/eeat-ai-search)

## Developer Docs

- [Partner API integration guide](https://www.citeflow.io/help/partner-api): Embed CiteFlow's AEO/GEO/SEO audit engine into your own product via a REST API.
- [Developer documentation](https://docs.citeflow.io): Quickstart, authentication, OpenAPI reference, webhooks, and SDK usage. Base URL https://www.citeflow.io/api/v1, Bearer API-key auth, prepaid credits, HMAC-signed outbound webhooks, sandbox/test mode; official SDKs are Node (@citeflow/sdk) and Python (citeflow-python).

## Legal

- [Privacy Policy](https://www.citeflow.io/privacy-policy): Data collected (URL, email, scan results, billing), retention, and GDPR / US state privacy rights.
- [Terms of Service](https://www.citeflow.io/terms-of-service): Subscription and add-on terms, lifetime credits, refunds, and liability disclaimers.
- [Cookie Policy](https://www.citeflow.io/cookie-policy): Session cookies and analytics, loaded after consent.

## Optional

- [Blog index](https://www.citeflow.io/blog): Full article library on SEO, AEO, GEO, llms.txt, schema, and AI search visibility.

## Contact

- Website: https://www.citeflow.io