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Private AI Visibility Tracker

Track your brand's exposure in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other AI assistants — locally.

Problem
Existing AI visibility tools like Profound are highly valued but expensive; small teams and indie developers need a local-first way to track how often they appear in AI answers without a large monthly bill. Open-source projects like Canonry show the demand exists but are still early.
Solution
A lightweight local tool that periodically asks preset keywords to major AI assistants, scrapes whether your brand or site is mentioned, combines Google Search Console and site traffic data, and generates visibility trend reports. All data stays local and exportable.
Users
Indie developers doing SEO/AEO, small marketing teams, personal brand operators
MVP
Let users add brand keywords and competitors; call AI APIs or browser automation to fetch answers; detect mentions and record position and context; integrate simple traffic data for trend charts; support CSV or PDF export
Revenue
One-time purchase or annual subscription for local version; cloud sync and team collaboration as paid add-ons
Why now
The AEO space is flooded with VC money, but small players can't afford enterprise tools; local-first indie solutions have a clear gap; AI answer formats are stabilizing, making scraping more feasible

Source discussions · 3

  1. Hacker NewsShow HN: We built an open source, agent-first, alternative to Profound2↑ 0
  2. Reddit[r/SaaS] AdSense alternative for Indie Developers
  3. Reddit[r/SaaS] Why are VCs paying 30–90x ARR for AEO startups when there are already 300+ competitors?
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