What is AEO monitoring?

AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) monitoring tracks whether your brand, product, or website gets cited when people ask AI chatbots questions in your market. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini increasingly answer questions directly — AEO monitoring tells you if you're showing up in those answers.

How do I know if AI mentions my brand?

cite.me.in runs AI queries on your behalf across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, then checks whether your brand appears in the responses. You get a weekly report showing your citation rate, which queries you appeared in, and how you compare to competitors.

What's the best tool to track AI citations?

cite.me.in is an AI citation monitoring tool built for founders. It's open-source, starts free for 25 days with no credit card required, and costs $35/month on the Pro plan — the lowest price in the category. It monitors your brand across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

How much does AEO monitoring cost?

AEO monitoring tools range from $29 to $400+/month. cite.me.in offers a 25-day free trial with no credit card, then $35/month for the Pro plan. It's also open-source and self-hostable for free if you prefer to run your own instance.

Is cite.me.in open-source?

Yes. cite.me.in is fully open-source. You can self-host it for free with no limits. The hosted service at cite.me.in costs $35/month and handles setup, maintenance, and weekly email reports for you.

cite.me.in API

Monitor your brand's visibility in AI-generated responses. Authenticate with your API key from the profile page. See the documentation for more information.

Authentication

All endpoints require a Bearer token in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Retrieve your API key from your profile page.

GET /api/me

Responds with the details of the authenticated user. Includes all the sites they have access to.

Response: 200

Field	Type	Description
`email`	`string`	The email address of the user
`id`	`string`	The ID of the user
`plan`	`string`	The plan of the user e.g. `trial`, `paid`, `gratis`, `cancelled`
`sites[].createdAt`	`string`	The date the site was created e.g. `2024-01-01`
`sites[].domain`	`string`	The domain of the site e.g. `example.com`
`sites[].summary`	`string`	The summary of the site e.g. `This product is fantastic`

Status Codes

Code	Meaning
200	User details with sites
401	Unauthorized
404	User not found

Example

const response = await fetch("https://cite.me.in/api/me", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
});
const data = await response.json();

GET /api/user/{id}

Responds with the details of the given user. Includes all the sites they have access to. You can only use this endpoint with your own user ID.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	The ID of the user to get details for e.g. `clxyz123abc`

Response: 200

Field	Type	Description
`email`	`string`	The email address of the user
`id`	`string`	The ID of the user
`plan`	`string`	The plan of the user e.g. `trial`, `paid`, `gratis`, `cancelled`
`sites[].createdAt`	`string`	The date the site was created e.g. `2024-01-01`
`sites[].domain`	`string`	The domain of the site e.g. `example.com`
`sites[].summary`	`string`	The summary of the site e.g. `This product is fantastic`

Status Codes

Code	Meaning
200	User details with sites
401	Unauthorized
404	User not found

Example

const response = await fetch("https://cite.me.in/api/user/{id}", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
});
const data = await response.json();

GET /api/site/{domain}

Responds with the details of the given site. Includes the content of the site, the summary, the date the site was added, and the users who have access to that site and their roles (owner or member).

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`domain`	`string`	The domain of the site to get queries for e.g. `example.com`

Response: 200

Field	Type	Description
`createdAt`	`string`	The date the site was created e.g. `2024-01-01`
`domain`	`string`	The domain of the site e.g. `example.com`
`summary`	`string`	The summary of the site e.g. `This product is fantastic`
`users[].email`	`string`	The email address of the user e.g. `[email protected]`
`users[].id`	`string`	The ID of the user
`users[].role`	`string`	The role of the user on the site e.g. `owner` or `member`

Status Codes

Code	Meaning
200	Site details with users
401	Unauthorized
404	Domain not recognised or not found

Example

const response = await fetch("https://cite.me.in/api/site/example.com", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
});
const data = await response.json();

GET /api/site/{domain}/metrics

Responds with the metrics for the given site. Overall citations, your citations, visibility score, and query coverage rate. For each metric includes value for the current week and for the previous week.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`domain`	`string`	The domain of the site to get metrics for e.g. `example.com`

Response: 200

Field	Type	Description
`allCitations.current`	`integer`	Total citations for the current week
`allCitations.previous`	`number`	Total citations for the previous week
`queryCoverageRate.current`	`number`	Percentage of queries where domain appears in citations for the current week (0-100)
`queryCoverageRate.previous`	`number`	Percentage of queries where domain appears in citations for the previous week (0-100)
`visbilityScore.current`	`number`	LLM visibility score for the current week
`visbilityScore.previous`	`number`	LLM visibility score for the previous week
`yourCitations.current`	`number`	Your citations only for the current week
`yourCitations.previous`	`number`	Your citations only for the previous week

Status Codes

Code	Meaning
200	Queries for the site
401	Unauthorized
404	Domain not recognised or not found

Example

const response = await fetch("https://cite.me.in/api/site/example.com/metrics", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
});
const data = await response.json();

GET /api/site/{domain}/queries

Responds with the queries for the given site. For each platform list all the queries run against that platform, the citations found, and the platform sentiment.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`domain`	`string`	The domain of the site to get queries for e.g. `example.com`

Response: 200

Field	Type	Description
`platforms[].model`	`string`	The model used for the queries e.g. `gpt-5-chat-latest`
`platforms[].onDate`	`string`	The date these queries were inspected e.g. `2024-01-01`
`platforms[].platform`	`string`	The platform used for the queries e.g. `chatgpt`
`platforms[].queries[].citations[].reason`	`string`	Explanation of the classification
`platforms[].queries[].citations[].relationship`	`string`	Classification: direct=your domain, indirect=related content, unrelated=not relevant
`platforms[].queries[].citations[].url`	`string`	The citation URL
`platforms[].queries[].group`	`string`	The group this query belongs to e.g. `1. discovery`
`platforms[].queries[].query`	`string`	The query itself e.g. `"What are the best retail platforms?"`
`platforms[].queries[].response`	`string`	The complete response from the LLM to this query
`platforms[].sentiment.label`	`string`	The overall sentiment e.g. `positive`, `negative`, `neutral`, `mixed`
`platforms[].sentiment.summary`	`string`	A 2-3 sentence summary of the sentiment of the run e.g. `"Rentail.space is cited positively across multiple queries, frequently appearing as a top recommendation for finding short-term retail space. It ranks prominently in citations and is described as a reliable marketplace for pop-up and kiosk leasing."`

Status Codes

Code	Meaning
200	Queries for the site
401	Unauthorized
404	Domain not recognised or not found

Example

const response = await fetch("https://cite.me.in/api/site/example.com/queries", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
});
const data = await response.json();