AI Competitor Compare Tool

AI competitor comparison MCP and REST API. Compare one brand with up to 10 competitors.

Run AI Competitor Compare from your connected AI tool or call it over REST. Give Cite42 one query, your brand, and 1 to 10 competitor names to receive side-by-side rankings plus the pairs AI names together.

  • $1 free on signup
  • Credits never expire
  • No subscription
  • MCP native
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Step 1: Create your account

Get $1 in test credit to try your first calls.

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Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Replace cite42_live_... with your key, then run this once.

Step 3: Ask inClaude Code

You ask your AICompare Acme CRM, Rival CRM, and Legacy CRM for “best startup CRM.”
MCP runsAI Competitor Compare
Runs across the sources shown.
Your AI saysRival CRM owns enterprise CRM language. Legacy CRM is framed as the budget option, while Acme CRM wins for fast setup...
HOW AI COMPETITOR COMPARE WORKS

Compare your brand with competitors.

Cite42 asks selected AI models the same buyer question. It shows how the brands you choose rank and where they appear together.

EXAMPLE TOOL PROMPTS

Ask for AI Competitor Compare data.

Cite42 runs AI Competitor Compare and returns structured data your AI can summarize.

  • Compare Acme CRM with Rival CRM and Legacy CRM for ‘best startup CRM’.

    You ask your AI“Compare Acme CRM with Rival CRM and Legacy CRM for ‘best startup CRM’.”
    MCP runsAI Competitor Compare
    Your AI saysRival CRM has the highest mentionRate in this result. Acme CRM is mentioned alongside Legacy CRM by three successful model answers. It includes the key result, source context, and next step...

  • Which competitors does AI mention alongside us?

    You ask your AI“Which competitors does AI mention alongside us?”
    MCP runsAI Competitor Compare
    Your AI saysYour strongest co-mention pair is with Rival CRM: four successful selected-model answers name both brands. It includes the key result, source context, and next step...
WAYS TO USE CITE42

Use Cite42 wherever research happens.

Give your AI agent live research tools through MCP, build directly with REST, or manage API access and saved tracker work in the dashboard.

MCP

You ask your AI

Where does Acme CRM rank for “best startup CRM”?

MCP

Cite42 returns

Rankings, citations, and a tracker draft when you need one.

Connect Cite42 to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Claude, or ChatGPT. Ask in plain English to run every tool and workflow, create trackers, and retrieve saved reports.

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REST API

curl https://www.cite42.dev/api/v1/rankings \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer cite42_live_…" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"best startup CRM",
      "terms":["Acme CRM"]}
# structured JSON response

Call the same tools and workflows from your product, scripts, or automations. Send a request and receive structured JSON for your own workflow.

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Create API keys, review tracker reports, inspect usage, and manage credits from one place in the browser.

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WHAT WE QUERY

Sources Cite42 checks.

Cite42 queries AI answers, search demand, and conversation signals, then returns normalized results your app or agent can use.

  • ChatGPT

    OpenAI · Search when needed

  • Claude

    Anthropic · Search when needed

  • Perplexity

    Perplexity Sonar · Web-grounded

  • Gemini

    Google · Google Search grounding

  • Google AI Overviews

    Google Search · Live SERP

  • Google data

    Google data

    Search demand signal

  • Reddit

    Conversation signal

  • YouTube

    Video demand signal

AI answers are measured through each provider’s official API with native web search enabled, plus a live read of Google’s search results for AI Overviews — not by scraping consumer chat interfaces. How we measure.

PRICING

Pay per call for this tool.

Top up once ($25 minimum). Credits never expire, and this tool only charges when it runs.

AI Competitor Compare
$0.01 to $0.06/model
Compare one brand with up to 10 competitors.
Sources
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KEEP EXPLORING

All tools

Same API key, same credit balance, different question.

QUESTIONS

Questions about AI Competitor Compare.

Yes. AI Competitor Compare works directly through MCP and REST. A tracker is optional and adds recurring runs and stored history.
Between 1 and 10 competitors, plus the brand supplied separately. Each call measures one query.
It is the number of successful selected-model answers that mention both brands in that pair for the call’s single query.
AI Rankings accepts a flat list of 1 to 20 terms. AI Competitor Compare accepts one brand plus 1 to 10 competitors and adds every pair’s coMentions count.
No. Its public result contains the query, brand, structured rankings rows, and coMentions pairs.
READY WHEN YOU ARE

Give your AI current competitor data.

Compare one brand with named competitors through MCP or REST, whenever the question comes up.

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