Writesonic

Writesonic tells you whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google's AI Overviews mention your product when someone asks for tools in your category.

The platform runs hundreds of prompts across every major AI search engine and tracks how often your brand shows up in the answers. The dashboard breaks visibility down by engine and by prompt category. You can see at a glance whether Perplexity loves you while Gemini ignores you.

Trends roll forward over time, so you can spot whether your brand is gaining or losing ground week to week, rather than guessing from a single snapshot. Competitor tracking shows which rival names get cited when yours doesn't.

The recommendations engine is where the practical work happens. It tells you:

• Which pages on your site are getting picked up by AI engines
• Which Reddit threads and third-party sources feed the answers
• What content to publish next, where to publish it, and how to phrase it
• Specific prompt categories where lifting one or two citations would move the needle

The workflow ends up looking more like traditional SEO than like AI writing: research, ship, measure, adjust. Marketers use it to track share of voice in AI answers. SEO teams use it to map the new sources that feed generative engines, which often look nothing like the page-one Google results they used to optimize for.

The product used to be an AI writing tool. The team pivoted in 2025 to focus on AI search visibility, also called GEO, for Generative Engine Optimization, because that is increasingly where B2B buyers start their research. The old AI writer features still exist on some plans, but the visibility dashboard is now the headline product and the reason most teams sign up.

A few common ways teams use it:

• B2B SaaS marketers tracking whether AI recommends them in "best tools for X" prompts
• Agencies reporting AI visibility lift to clients alongside traditional SEO metrics
• Content teams prioritizing topics where competitors are getting cited and they aren't
• PR teams identifying which earned-media placements actually feed AI answers

Paid subscription with tiers scaling by number of prompts tracked, engines monitored, and competitor depth.

Best for marketing teams whose buyers ask AI for recommendations before ever landing on Google. Not ideal for teams looking for an AI content writing tool as the main use case, since the product has moved away from that. Alternatives in the same GEO category include Profound, Otterly.ai, and AthenaHQ.