Getting started

What AuditAE does: when a buyer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, or Google AI Overviews about your category, AuditAE checks whether the engine cites your brand — and if not, who got the link instead.

Why it matters: traditional SEO measures whether you rank in Google. AEO measures whether you're the answer when an AI answers for Google. 60% of searches now end without a click; the answer the AI gave is the conversion moment, and most brands have no instrumentation on it.

What you get on signup

• $5 free credit, no card required. It shows up as the first row on the Billing page. The credit goes to your personal workspace; a new team workspace starts at $0.
• Your first audit runs automatically when you add your first site: 4 buyer questions × 4 engines = $1.32 in checks. The playbook and top fixes on your first audit aren't charged — only the engine checks use credit. After that, a 5-prompt × 4-engine audit is $1.65 in checks, plus about 10¢ of fix plan per answer that doesn't cite you and a 45¢ summary, so about $4.10 when no answer cites you.
• Free re-check: 14 days after your first audit, we re-ask up to 5 of its questions on ChatGPT and Perplexity for free and email you whether you moved.
• One-click weekly tracking: the "Re-check these N questions every week" card on your first audit's results shows the cost per run, and its Track weekly button saves the questions as the site's prompts and schedules them, with a top-up inside the card if you need one.
• First top-up: accounts that haven't paid yet see a $10 one-off top-up; auto-refill is offered after your first purchase.
• A private workspace — every audit, prompt, and saved chat is scoped to your account.
• API + MCP access — generate a key when you're ready to automate. See REST API and API keys and Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor.

Recommended path for a new account

1. Add a site for the brand you want to track — see Add a site and run an audit.
2. Run an audit from that site to see how AI engines cite you today, then read the results and apply a fix plan.
3. If the site is on WordPress, pair the free AuditAE plugin from Integrations so AEBOT can edit posts (Elementor and block-editor pages included), push SEO meta, and inject FAQ schema directly — see Pair the WordPress plugin.
4. Connect Google Analytics + Search Console so the site's Traffic tab shows real search and analytics data — see Connect Google.
5. Ask AEBOT for a monthly report — see Using AEBOT.
6. Top up when you need to: below $3 the Overview shows a top-up card, and AEBOT needs $1.50 to start a reply — see Credits, prices and top-ups.

Not sure where to start? The free AI brand check asks one buyer question without an account, and how it works walks through the whole loop.