Perplexity visibility tracker
Track your visibility in Perplexity — source by source.
Perplexity answers every question with sources. AutoSEO runs the prompts your customers ask on a schedule, stores each answer and shows whether your brand is named, which pages Perplexity cites and which competitors it recommends instead.
Why Perplexity matters
Perplexity shows its sources. That makes them yours to win.
Perplexity searches the web for each question and lists the pages it used next to the answer. People researching tools, products and vendors see those sources and click them — so every citation is a chance to be read, not just named.
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Sources are part of the answer
Perplexity lists the pages behind each answer. A citation puts your page in front of the reader, not only your brand name.
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Live search, changing answers
Perplexity searches for every question, so new reviews, comparisons and forum threads can change what it says about you.
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Third-party pages carry weight
Answers draw on comparison lists, reviews, docs and communities. Knowing which ones Perplexity cites tells you where to get listed.
How AutoSEO tracks Perplexity
Two live ways to collect Perplexity answers, plus a simulation.
AutoSEO supports two live backends for Perplexity, plus an AI simulation as a fallback. On AutoSEO Cloud, engines run through the providers the Codext team has connected; usage counts toward the included allowance. On a self-hosted instance, an admin connects DataForSEO or adds a key in Admin → AI Providers and can pin one backend.
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DataForSEO
Answers from Perplexity's Sonar models with their sources, for the market you track. Self-hosters pay DataForSEO directly; on AutoSEO Cloud, usage counts toward the included allowance.
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Perplexity API key
On a self-hosted instance, add your own Perplexity key in Admin → AI Providers and AutoSEO queries Perplexity with web search directly, including the searches it ran.
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AI simulation as a fallback
If no real backend is available, an AI model with web search can answer in place of Perplexity. These answers are labeled “Simulated” and meant as a directional estimate: a real backend always takes priority, and admins can switch the fallback off.
What gets tracked
Everything Perplexity says about your brand
Brand mentions
Whether Perplexity names your brand for each prompt, and the mention rate over time.
Citations
Every source Perplexity lists — your pages, competitors' pages and third-party sites, grouped by domain.
Share of voice
Which competitors Perplexity recommends next to you, and in which position.
Sentiment and framing
How Perplexity describes you: the praise, the criticism and the attributes it repeats.
Query fan-outs
The searches Perplexity runs behind an answer, when the backend returns them.
Markets and languages
The same prompt asked in different countries and languages, compared side by side.
Perplexity's crawlers
Make sure Perplexity can read your site
Perplexity uses one crawler for its search index and another for pages users ask about. AutoSEO's crawlability check tests your robots.txt and pages against both, and bot analytics shows how often they visit.
PerplexityBot
Indexes pages for Perplexity's search results and answers
Perplexity-User
Fetches a page when a user's question needs it
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do I track my brand's visibility in Perplexity?
Add the prompts your customers ask, select Perplexity as an engine and set a schedule. AutoSEO runs the prompts, stores every answer with its sources and reports mention rate, citation rate, position and sentiment for your brand and competitors.
Can I see which sources Perplexity cites?
Yes. Every cited URL is stored and grouped by domain and content type, with the prompts that cite it and the brands it mentions. Pages that cite competitors but not you show where to get listed.
Do I need a Perplexity API key?
Not on AutoSEO Cloud — you don't manage provider keys there; engines run through the providers the Codext team has connected (ask us which are enabled). When you self-host, you can collect Perplexity answers through DataForSEO, billed pay-as-you-go, or add your own Perplexity key in Admin → AI Providers. Both return the answer with its sources.
How do I get cited by Perplexity?
Let PerplexityBot crawl your pages, publish clear answers to the questions you track, and get mentioned on the sites Perplexity already cites for those prompts. AutoSEO shows those sites and turns the gaps into prioritized tasks.
How often is Perplexity data updated?
As often as your project schedule says: daily, weekly or monthly. Every run is stored, so you can compare any two periods and see which answers and sources changed.
Is the Perplexity tracker free?
Yes, when you self-host: AutoSEO is open source under the MIT license with every feature included, and DataForSEO or Perplexity API usage is billed by those providers. AutoSEO Cloud gives you a managed workspace for $50 per month with $10 of AI and data usage included.
AI platforms
Track more AI platforms with the same prompts.
- ChatGPT trackingSee when ChatGPT recommends your brand, and which pages it cites.
- Claude trackingSee when Claude recommends your brand, and which sources it relies on.
- Gemini trackingSee when Gemini mentions your brand, and which sources ground its answers.
- AI Mode trackingSee when Google AI Mode recommends your brand, and which pages it links.
- AI Overviews trackingSee when Google's AI Overviews mention your brand and link your pages.
- Copilot trackingSee when Copilot mentions your brand in Bing, and which pages it cites.
- Grok trackingSee when Grok mentions your brand, and which web pages and X posts it cites.
- Mistral trackingSee when Mistral's models mention your brand, and which sources they cite.
- DeepSeek trackingSee what DeepSeek's models know about your brand from their training data.
- Meta AI trackingSee when Meta AI recommends your brand, and which sources it cites.
- Qwen trackingSee when Alibaba's Qwen mentions your brand, and which sources it cites.
- Kimi trackingSee when Kimi recommends your brand, and which pages it cites.
- Sabiá trackingSee when Sabiá mentions your brand in Portuguese, and which links it cites.
- Solar trackingSee what Upstage's Solar knows about your brand from its training data.
Find out what Perplexity says about you
Start with an AutoSEO Cloud workspace for $50/month, or self-host the open-source edition for free.