Does AI recommend you?
Here's every business in town. One dot is you. We watch whether AI finds it. When something needs strengthening, we write a page built for AI to read.
"Best wedding cakes near Portland?"
AI names two. The rest never come up.
An example answer from ChatGPT, about fictional businesses.
4 of 20 AI answers recommended you. No score, just a count you can check for yourself.
Example for a fictional bakery: 5 queries, each asked on four AI engines.
See who AI recommends, who it skips, and what it says about you.
Two good places to start are Flourish Cake Co., known for elaborate tiered cakes, and Butter & Rye, a smaller bakery praised for its flavors and delivery.
Claude, on wedding cakes. Example for a fictional bakery. API results approximate what people see in the apps.
Meet your competition.
The businesses AI recommends instead of you, including ones you never told us about.
Answers change.
So we keep watching.
Every week we re-run your queries, the searches that could lead customers to you, on four AI engines. If you drop out of one, we build the content to help win it back.
AI answers recommending you, out of 40. Made-up example numbers. Answers vary from run to run, and nobody can promise yours will rise.
When something needs strengthening, we do it for you.
- We write the pageBuilt for AI to read, from facts you approved.
- You approve itNothing goes live without your OK.
- We make it liveOn your own subdomain, open to anyone. We count its citations on their own, so you can see whether it helps.
Nobody can promise a mention. The address shown is an example.
Some fixes are yours to make.
These are changes to your own website. Our pages live on a subdomain and leave your site as it is, so we tell you what to change and which to do first.
- Mention Sunday delivery on your homepage. Flourish Cake Co. was named instead.
- Answer gluten-free questions on your menu page. Oat & Honey was named instead.
- Name Portland on your sourdough page. Your page doesn't say where you are.
Example for a fictional bakery. Nobody can promise a mention. Your next run shows whether anything moved.
What else you get.
- Works with your sitePages live on a subdomain with one DNS record, whatever your site is built on.
- Weekly digestOne email per run with what moved.
- Your facts and queriesClaims are judged only against facts you approved.
- Sites AI usesWhich sites get cited or read, and how often without you.
Some of these come with paid plans only. Compare plans
Built for businesses people ask AI about.
- BakeryWho makes the best wedding cakes near me?
- PlumberWho can fix a leak on a Sunday?
- DentistWhich dentist is good with nervous patients?
- FloristWho does same-day flower delivery?
- AccountantWhich accountant understands freelancers?
- Bike shopWhere can I get my bike fixed today?
Example queries. Mentioned suggests ones for your business, and you choose what to keep.
How Mentioned compares.
Against Profound, an SEO agency, or a tool that only monitors.
| Mentioned | Profound | SEO agency | Monitoring-only tool | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Small businesses | Large brands and marketing teams | Varies | Varies |
| Shows what AI says about you | Every answer, ready to read | Yes, across up to 9 AI engines | Rarely the focus | Yes |
| Writes pages built for AI to read | Yes, and you approve each one | Yes, staged in your website’s editor | Writes mainly for Google search | No |
| Changes to your main site | None needed for AI pages | Rewrites pages on your site | Often | None |
| Price | Free scan, then from $29 a month | Not published; custom quote | Usually a monthly retainer | Varies |
| How you start | A free scan | A 7-day trial, then a sales demo | A call and a quote | Varies |
A general comparison. Individual agencies and tools vary. Profound details are from its own website, November 2026. Profound is a trademark of its owner.
Three steps. Nothing to install.
- Enter your websiteWe read up to 25 public pages and follow your robots.txt.
- Check our workWe suggest 10 queries and you keep 5. You also approve the facts we found.
- Read the answersEvery answer, who was named, and what to fix first.