Competitor Content Analysis · MCP & API

See why AI cites your competitors and which topics are still open

Competitor Content Analysis shows where competitors rank in AI answers, which sources get cited and which topics have demand, in one call. Via MCP or API.

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Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

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Step 3: Ask inClaude Code

You ask your AIWhere are Rival CRM and Legacy CRM winning AI answers that Acme CRM misses?
MCP runsCompetitor Content Analysis
Runs the workflow’s live data sources.
Your AI saysRival CRM wins enterprise prompts, while Legacy CRM appears in budget shortlists. Target the setup and automation gaps for Acme CRM...
HOW COMPETITOR CONTENT WORKS

Find where competitors win.

Cite42 compares AI answers, citations, competitor coverage, and demand. It helps you decide which content gap to tackle.

EXAMPLE WORKFLOW PROMPTS

Ask for Competitor Content Analysis data.

Cite42 runs the workflow and returns its plan alongside the data each tool checked.

  • Competitor Content Analysis

    You ask your AIWhere are Rival CRM and Legacy CRM winning AI answers that Acme CRM misses?
    MCP runsCompetitor Content Analysis
    Google data
    • AI Visibility
    • AI Competitors
    • AI Citations
    • Keyword Research
    Your AI saysCite42 returns a Competitor Content Analysis workflow plan. It lists the tools to run, why they matter, and what your AI should check next...

  • Which tools to run

    You ask your AIWhich Cite42 data should I check for the Competitor Content Analysis workflow?
    MCP runsCompetitor Content Analysis
    Google data
    • AI Visibility
    • AI Competitors
    • AI Citations
    • Keyword Research
    Your AI saysStart with AI Visibility, AI Competitors, AI Citations. The plan marks which sources are live, what each tool returns, and how to combine the evidence...
DATA PLAN

What tools the workflow uses.

Each card shows the Cite42 tool, its source coverage, why the workflow uses it, and the data it returns.

AI Visibility

Measures which brands appear in AI answers and where they rank.

Data returned

Mention rate, average position, per-model rankings, and answer snippets.

AI Competitors

Compares one brand against competitors in AI answers.

Data returned

Brand-vs-competitor rankings, co-mentions, positions, and cited sources.

AI Citations

Finds which sources AI models cite and where your site is missing.

Data returned

Cited URLs, cited-by model list, citation counts, and source titles.

Keyword Research

  • Google data

Adds search volume, CPC, competition, and related keyword ideas.

Data returned

Search volume, CPC, competition, and related SEO keyword ideas.

WAYS TO USE CITE42

Use Cite42 wherever you already work.

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

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Dashboard

Account overview

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Trackers

Reports

Request logs

Usage

Billing

Balance

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WHAT WE QUERY

Sources Cite42 checks.

AI perspectives

One query across five answer engines

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Perplexity
  • Gemini
  • Google AI Overviews

Search & audience data

Keywords, trends, discussions, and video signals

  • Google dataGoogle Ads
  • Google dataGoogle Trends
  • Reddit
  • YouTube

We use official AI APIs with web search and live Google results for AI Overviews, not scraped chat apps (how we measure).

PRICING

Pay per call for this workflow.

Top up once ($25 minimum). Your balance never expires, and this workflow only charges when it runs. Its Keyword Research step includes related ideas at $0.12 per run.

Competitor Content Analysis
$0.15 to $0.51
Workflow plan plus 4 live tool calls.
Sources
  • Google data
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Questions about Competitor Content Analysis.

Competitor Content Analysis checks where competitors appear in AI answers, how they compare with your brand, which pages AI cites, and which topics have search demand, returned together in one response.
No. It measures what AI answers say and cite, plus keyword demand for the category. It shows the content gaps that matter in AI answers, not a technical site crawl.
Yes. With your brand included, the result shows where competitors win against you specifically, not just in general.
Yes. It suits client onboarding, quarterly reviews and content audits, where you need evidence about competitors without building the spreadsheet by hand.
Up to $0.72 per run. You pay only for the tools that succeed and the AI models you select, so a run often costs less.
READY WHEN YOU ARE

Give your AI live search and content data.

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