AI competitor tracking MCP and REST API. Your brand vs. competitors, side by side.

Ask your AI agent who the models recommend instead of you, or call /v1/compare directly. Cite42 compares your brand against up to 10 competitors and returns rankings, mention rates, and co-mentions in one response.

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Step 1: Create your account

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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 Cite42, Profound, AthenaHQ, and Peec AI for agencies tracking AI search visibility.
MCP runs/v1/compare
Runs across the sources shown.
Your AI saysProfound owns enterprise-monitoring language. Peec AI is framed as a dashboard, while Cite42 wins when API or MCP reporting matters...
ENDPOINT PROMPTS

Ask for AI competitor compare data.

Cite42 calls /v1/compare and returns structured data your AI can summarize.

  • How do I rank vs. my competitors?

    You ask your AI“How do I rank vs. my competitors?”
    MCP runs/v1/compare
    Your AI saysYou rank 2nd out of 4 competitors, with a 61% mention rate. NorthCRM is ahead, but you beat Slate on support-related prompts. It includes the key result, source context, and next step...

  • Who does AI name first in my category?

    You ask your AI“Who does AI name first in my category?”
    MCP runs/v1/compare
    Your AI saysNorthCRM is named first in 90% of answers. Perplexity is the only model that sometimes names you first. It includes the key result, source context, and next step...
COMPETITOR SHORTLISTS

See who AI recommends next to you.

Use competitor comparisons to check how AI answers describe your brand, which competitors appear with it, and who owns the shortlist.

  • Compare brand mentions against named competitors.
  • Spot co-mentions and missing categories.
  • Measure competitor share by prompt.
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

EXAMPLE USE CASES

Three ways to use this endpoint.

A few practical ways teams use AI competitor compare.

  • Benchmark

    Compare category rivals.

    Ask the same buyer question and see which competitors each AI surface recommends, how often they appear, and where you are absent.
  • Co-mentions

    Find who appears with you.

    Identify the brands that consistently show up in the same answer as yours, then use those co-mentions to shape positioning.
  • Campaign tracking

    Watch shortlist changes.

    Run before-and-after checks to see whether launches, content updates, or campaigns shift AI recommendations.
PRICING

Pay per call for this endpoint.

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

EndpointPriceWhat you get
POST/v1/compare$0.01-$0.07/modelBrand vs. up to 10 competitors + co-mention graph, $0.01-$0.07/model depending on surface, all five for $0.22
POST/v1/rankings$0.01-$0.07/modelRank a single brand on a prompt set, the per-brand primitive compare builds on
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QUESTIONS

Questions about AI competitor compare.

It ranks your brand and competitors for one prompt across selected AI sources, then returns mention rate, average position, co-mentions, and per-source answer evidence.
Up to 10 competitors plus your brand in one call. For larger markets, split the field into a few calls and merge the ranking output.
A co-mention is when two brands appear in the same AI answer. It shows which competitors AI groups together, even when one does not rank first.
Use brand names for ranking. Add domains only when the brand is ambiguous or AI commonly refers to the company by URL.
/v1/rankings tracks visibility for a set of brands across prompts. /v1/compare is better for one prompt where you want a side-by-side competitive field.
Yes. It is built for client audits: pass the client brand, competitors, and prompt set, then use the JSON for reports, decks, or agent-written summaries.
READY WHEN YOU ARE

Give your AI real competitor data.

Pass the brands to compare. Cite42 maps where they show up together and which model names them first.

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