# Cited — Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Platform

Last updated: 2026-04-24

> Cited is a Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) SaaS platform that helps businesses measure, analyze, and improve how often they are cited by AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview, Microsoft Copilot, and Claude. It runs real multi-provider audits, generates prioritized competitive recommendations, and produces ready-to-deploy implementation artifacts (JSON-LD schemas, HTML snippets, robots.txt updates, and content templates).

Cited is operated at [https://youcited.com](https://youcited.com). Marketing, pricing, blog, and documentation pages are publicly crawlable; the signed-in application lives under `/app/` and is intentionally excluded from indexing via `robots.txt`. Major AI crawlers (GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, CCBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-Web, anthropic-ai, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, Applebot-Extended, Amazonbot, OAI-SearchBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Meta-ExternalFetcher, DuckAssistBot, Cohere-AI, Bytespider, Timpibot) are explicitly allowed.

## About Cited

- [Platform overview](https://youcited.com/about-cited): What Cited does, the GEO methodology, and how audits, recommendations, and solutions fit together
- [Company and team](https://youcited.com/about-us): The people and mission behind Cited
- [FAQ](https://youcited.com/faq): Common questions about GEO, supported AI providers, data handling, pricing, and the platform

## Getting Started

- [Instant Audit](https://youcited.com/try): Run a no-signup GEO visibility audit against ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overview
- [Create a free account](https://youcited.com/register): 7-day free trial, no credit card required
- [Contact](https://youcited.com/contact): Contact form and support inbox (info@youcited.com)

## Pricing

- [Pricing page](https://youcited.com/pricing): Three subscription plans, all with monthly billing
- **Growth** — $39/month: 1 AI search engine (ChatGPT), 1 domain, 1 user, 10 audits/month, 10 recommendation runs/month
- **Scale** — $99/month (most popular, 7-day free trial): 2 AI engines (ChatGPT + Gemini), 5 domains, 10 team members, 100 audits/month, 50 recommendation runs/month
- **Pro** — $299/month: 3 AI engines (Perplexity + ChatGPT + Gemini), unlimited domains and team members, 200 audits/month, 100 recommendation runs/month

## Blog & Resources

- [Blog](https://youcited.com/blog): GEO strategy guides, AI search research, competitive analysis techniques, and product updates
- [Documentation hub](https://youcited.com/docs): Platform documentation and GEO implementation guides

### Docs — top entries
- [What is Cited?](https://youcited.com/docs/getting-started/what-is-cited): Platform overview — what Cited does and how it helps your business get discovered by AI
- [Quick Start Guide](https://youcited.com/docs/getting-started/quick-start-guide): Go from sign-up to first actionable insights in under 10 minutes
- [Understanding Your Scores](https://youcited.com/docs/getting-started/understanding-your-scores): Interpret your GEO visibility, citation, and trust scores
- [What is GEO?](https://youcited.com/docs/geo-concepts/what-is-geo): Fundamentals of Generative Engine Optimization
- [GEO Best Practices](https://youcited.com/docs/geo-concepts/best-practices): Field-tested practices for getting cited by AI search engines
- [Audit Templates & Runs](https://youcited.com/docs/feature-guides/audit-templates-and-runs): How Cited audits work and how to configure them
- [Recommendations](https://youcited.com/docs/feature-guides/recommendations): How Cited surfaces ranked, evidence-backed fixes
- [Claude Desktop MCP Setup](https://youcited.com/docs/integration-guides/claude-desktop-mcp-setup): Connect Claude Desktop to Cited via MCP

## Legal & Trust

- [Privacy Policy](https://youcited.com/privacy): Data collection, processing, retention, user rights, and MCP/AI assistant data handling
- [Terms of Service](https://youcited.com/terms): Acceptable use, billing, and platform terms
- [Security & Trust](https://youcited.com/security): Encryption, access controls, data retention, GDPR readiness, SOC 2 posture, subprocessor list

## Optional

- [Full documentation for LLMs](https://youcited.com/llms-full.txt): Comprehensive platform reference with feature details, user workflows, and the technical signals Cited analyzes and optimizes