AI search visibility tools (GEO / AEO)
13 listings · 2 scored · data checked Oct 30, 2026
Generative engine optimization (GEO) and answer engine optimization (AEO) are about being found, trusted and cited in AI answers. This page lists open standards, research code and commercial AI-visibility trackers. Closed-source products are listed but not scored.

llms.txt (GitHub repo)
AI search toolsThe /llms.txt proposal: a file that gives language models and agents a clean summary of a website.
VS Code
GEO (research code)
AI search toolsCode and benchmark for the Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) research paper.

llms.txt (specification site)
AI search toolsThe home of the /llms.txt proposal, with the format, examples and a directory of adopters.

Google: AI features and your website
AI search toolsGoogle Search Central's guidance on how AI features in Search work and how sites are included.

Profound
AI search toolsCommercial platform for tracking and acting on how brands appear in AI answers (per its site).

Peec AI
AI search toolsAnalytics for brand performance across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini (per its site).

Otterly.AI
AI search toolsAI search monitoring: brand mentions and website citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews (per its site).

AthenaHQ
AI search toolsAn AEO and GEO platform for commercial and enterprise teams (per its site).

Scrunch
AI search toolsMonitors brand presence in AI search and optimizes sites for AI agents (per its site).

Semrush AI Visibility
AI search toolsSemrush's module for tracking AI mentions across ChatGPT, Google AI and other platforms (per its site).

Ahrefs Brand Radar
AI search toolsAhrefs' tool for seeing a brand's visibility across AI tools (per its site).

Rankscale
AI search toolsAn AI visibility platform for agencies and enterprises that monitors brands across 17+ AI engines (per its site).

AI Visibility Atlas
AI search toolsA directory that compares AI visibility tools by pricing and platform coverage. (A peer directory, listed for reference.)
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What are the top ai search tools right now?
By public-signal score as of Oct 30, 2026: llms.txt (GitHub repo) (73), GEO (research code) (45). Scores reflect public maintenance, license, docs, adoption and compatibility signals, not a hands-on test.
How many ai search tools are listed?
13 listings, 2 of them scored. New listings are added on a rolling basis.
How is the score calculated?
From five public checks: last push, license, documentation, GitHub stars and the agent clients named in the README. See the methodology.