You’re not in the answer
The AI lists three rivals and stops. Buyers never see your name, and nothing in your analytics shows it.
Generative engine optimization
See how ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews answer the questions your buyers ask, where you rank against competitors, and what to fix to show up more.
Same question, five AI engines
ExampleWhat’s the best help desk for a 20-person SaaS team?
For a team that size, three tools come up most often:
01Why it matters
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a recommendation, it names a few brands and moves on. Three things can go wrong, and none of them show up in your analytics.
The AI lists three rivals and stops. Buyers never see your name, and nothing in your analytics shows it.
You’re in the answer, but after the competitor it recommends first. Order shapes the shortlist.
Old prices, a plan you dropped, a feature you never had. The answer sounds sure of itself either way.
02How it works
No keyword lists to build. BugViso reads your site and drafts everything for you to check.
Paste your URL. BugViso reads your pages and drafts a brand brief.
Check what you sell and who you sell to, and pick at least 3 competitors.
50 buyer questions drafted from your site. Edit, add or delete before tracking starts.
Each run asks every prompt on 5 engines. You get the score, the gaps and a plan.
Every prompt, every engine, web search on. Runs daily, weekly or monthly.
03What you get
Every run turns hundreds of AI answers into a score, a comparison and a plan you can act on this week.
One 0–100 index for you and for each competitor, overall and per engine.
lumendesk.com
Example · dailyVisibility index
+6 this week
Rank #2 of 4
By engine
Against competitors
Mention rate, citations and accuracy on each engine, so you know which one is holding you back.
| Engine | Mention rate | Cited | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 48% | 22% | 91% |
| Gemini | 36% | 14% | 84% |
| Perplexity | 55% | 38% | 95% |
| Claude | 42% | 18% | 88% |
| AI Overviews | 27% | 11% | 80% |
WeakestAI Overviews names you in 27% of answers. The plan starts there.
The review sites, forums and articles AI cites for rivals but not for you.
What AI says about your prices and plans, checked against your own site.
“Lumen Desk starts at $29 per seat and has no free trial.”
Your site says: $18 per seat, 14-day free trial.
Ranked steps from your own data. AI drafts the page, email or fact sheet.
g2.com · capterra.com
Draft review request with AI04Who it’s for
For brands
The plan adapts to your kind of business, from review sites for software to local listings for a shop.
For agencies
Track each client as its own brand, show the movement every month, and send the report as a link or a PDF.
Pricing
A run asks every prompt on all five engines and builds the report. Buy credits as you go, or track daily on the monthly plan.
Buy any amount. Pay once.
$5per credit
$5010 runs
About 10 days of daily tracking for one brand, or 10 runs spread over several.
You pick the exact amount at checkout.
Daily tracking, renewed every month.
$139/ month
Billed monthly through Paddle.
Agency plans include runs too: Agency Starter 1 · Agency Pro 2 · Agency Scale 7 a month. New here? Create a free account first, then pay on the Billing page.
Want to check if AI crawlers can read your site first? Run the free AI search readiness audit
FAQ
GEO is the work of getting AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews to mention and recommend your brand when buyers ask them questions. BugViso measures where you stand today, compares you with your competitors and gives you a plan to raise it.
Add your site, confirm the brief and see every answer on your first run.