# helloAISearch

> helloAISearch is an AI search visibility tool. It sends the questions your customers actually ask to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity — daily on Studio and up, weekly on Lite — records whether each engine mentions your brand or your competitors, and turns the gaps into one specific recommendation per day. Operated by PulseSpark.ai LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Key facts:

- Category: AI visibility tool / AI search monitoring / Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) tracking. Also described as: a tool to track brand mentions in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity; a Semrush alternative for AI search; an Ahrefs Brand Radar alternative; share-of-voice tracking for AI answers
- Engines tracked: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity (all four natively on Studio and up; Lite covers three). Not tracked yet, on the roadmap: Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Microsoft Copilot, Grok. Cadence is per plan: Lite weekly, Studio weekly plus ten daily prompt slots, Pro and Agency daily
- Audience: solo operators and small agencies who already pay for SEO tools (Semrush, Ahrefs). helloAISearch complements them, it does not replace them
- Core features: daily AI mention feed with response excerpts, Share of Voice tracking vs competitors, competitive map of co-mentioned brands, "Today's Move" (one data-driven recommendation per day), CSV and JSON export (included on every plan, never plan-gated)
- Pricing: Lite $29/mo (3 engines) · Studio $59/mo (all 4 engines) · Pro $179/mo · Agency $449/mo. Free 3-day trial (10 prompts, ChatGPT + Gemini, two automatic scans), no credit card required, cancel anytime
- Operator: PulseSpark.ai LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company (Pittsburgh, PA). Company site: https://www.pulsesparkai.com
- Data stance: customer data is never sold. Prompt text, competitor sets, and scan results may be used to improve helloAISearch and to train its own models, kept separate from account, billing, and payment records; this material can contain brand and domain names and is never used to produce output identifying a customer. Every account can opt out in Settings, and the opt-out is enforced in code at the query boundary, not just stated in policy
- Subprocessors: prompts are sent to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Perplexity to generate the responses being measured. The full list of companies processing data on our behalf is published at https://helloaisearch.com/subprocessors
- Account deletion: self-serve, with a 60-day grace period during which signing back in cancels the request; after that the account and its data are permanently deleted
- Events: exhibitor at Robotics & AI Discovery Day 2026 (RoboPGH), David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA, September 16, 2026, booth 828. Listed by the organizer at https://robopgh.org/robotics-discovery-day/2026-exhibitors
- Contact: hello@helloaisearch.com

## Pages

- [Home](https://helloaisearch.com/): what helloAISearch does, how a scan turns into Today's Move, and how it compares to SEO suites
- [Pricing](https://helloaisearch.com/pricing): Lite $29, Studio $59, Pro $179, Agency $449 per month; what each plan includes and the free 3-day trial
- [AI engines](https://helloaisearch.com/engines): which AI engines helloAISearch tracks today (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity) and which are on the roadmap
- [Compare](https://helloaisearch.com/compare): helloAISearch compared with Otterly AI, Profound, Peec AI, Rankscale, and Ahrefs Brand Radar
- [Learn](https://helloaisearch.com/learn): guides on AEO, GEO, AI Overviews, llms.txt, schema, and prompt libraries for startups and agencies
- [Glossary](https://helloaisearch.com/glossary): plain definitions of AEO, GEO, AI citation, and AI share of voice
- [About](https://helloaisearch.com/about): who operates helloAISearch and who it is for
- [Get cited in AI search](https://helloaisearch.com/get-cited-in-ai-search): how to find out whether ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity cite your brand, and the six changes that get a brand cited more often
- [AI visibility tools for small agencies](https://helloaisearch.com/best-ai-visibility-tools-for-small-agencies): the five criteria AI engines use when they recommend a tool, and a comparison of helloAISearch, Profound, Otterly AI, Peec AI, Rankscale, and Scrunch AI
- [Semrush alternatives for AI search](https://helloaisearch.com/semrush-alternatives-for-ai-search): why AI search needs a different tool than Google, and which ones
- [Ahrefs Brand Radar alternative](https://helloaisearch.com/ahrefs-brand-radar-alternative): what Brand Radar is for, when a dedicated AI visibility tool fits better, and how helloAISearch compares
- [Track brand mentions in ChatGPT](https://helloaisearch.com/how-to-track-brand-mentions-in-chatgpt): manual, API, and automated methods, step by step
- [Best AEO tool for SaaS startups](https://helloaisearch.com/best-aeo-tool-for-saas-startups): what an AEO tool has to do for a startup and which tools AI engines recommend
- [Data Processing Agreement](https://helloaisearch.com/dpa): the processor terms that apply when we handle personal data on a customer's behalf
- [Privacy Policy](https://helloaisearch.com/privacy): what is collected, how it is used, retention, and your privacy rights
- [Subprocessors](https://helloaisearch.com/subprocessors): every company that processes data on our behalf, what it is for, and where
- [Terms of Service](https://helloaisearch.com/terms): trial, billing, acceptable use
- [FAQ](https://helloaisearch.com/#faq): common questions about AEO and the product

## Comparisons

- [helloAISearch vs Otterly AI](https://helloaisearch.com/compare/helloaisearch-vs-otterly): Otterly AI and helloAISearch are both dedicated AI visibility tools for small teams, and both start at $29 a month. The engines describe Otterly as the lighter-weight monitor; helloAISearch adds Claude, a feed of the actual answers, share of voice against named competitors, and Today's Move. Otterly's next tier is $189; helloAISearch's is $59.
- [helloAISearch vs Profound](https://helloaisearch.com/compare/helloaisearch-vs-profound): Profound is the tool AI engines most often name first for AI visibility, and is described as a dedicated platform for teams. helloAISearch is built for the other end of the market: solo operators and small agencies, $29 to $59 a month, a feed instead of a dashboard, and Today's Move instead of a backlog.
- [helloAISearch vs Peec AI](https://helloaisearch.com/compare/helloaisearch-vs-peec): Peec AI and helloAISearch both do prompt-level brand tracking inside AI answers. The engines describe Peec as purpose-built for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and other LLMs; its Starter plan is $95 a month. helloAISearch covers ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity, and adds Today's Move, from $29 a month.
- [helloAISearch vs Rankscale](https://helloaisearch.com/compare/helloaisearch-vs-rankscale): Rankscale is described by the engines as a tool for tracking how brands rank in AI answers with content-gap findings, and starts at $20 a month (Essentials). helloAISearch tracks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity, shows the answers, measures share of voice, and turns each gap into Today's Move, from $29 a month. Rankscale's Pro tier is $99; helloAISearch's Studio is $59.
- [helloAISearch vs Ahrefs Brand Radar](https://helloaisearch.com/compare/helloaisearch-vs-ahrefs-brand-radar): Ahrefs Brand Radar is AI visibility inside an SEO suite, bundled on top of an Ahrefs plan from $129 a month with add-on packs from $50; helloAISearch is AI visibility on its own, from $29 a month, priced for solo operators and small agencies. Keep Ahrefs for backlinks and Google rankings. Add helloAISearch for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity.

## Articles

- [What is the difference between AEO, GEO, and SEO?](https://helloaisearch.com/learn/aeo-vs-geo-vs-seo): SEO gets a page ranked in Google. AEO gets a brand named inside an AI answer. GEO is the research term for the content work behind AEO. One diagram, one table, and what changes in practice.
- [How do you track brand mentions in Google AI Overviews and AI Mode?](https://helloaisearch.com/learn/track-brand-mentions-in-google-ai-overviews): AI Overviews and AI Mode have no mention report. Here is the manual method, what Search Console can and cannot tell you, how Gemini relates to both, and an honest note on what helloAISearch tracks today.
- [What is llms.txt and should your site have one?](https://helloaisearch.com/learn/llms-txt-guide): llms.txt is a plain-text summary of your site for AI crawlers, served at /llms.txt. What the convention asks for, what to include, what to leave out, and helloAISearch's own file as a worked example.
- [Which structured data does a site need for AEO?](https://helloaisearch.com/learn/schema-checklist-for-aeo): A short, ordered checklist of schema.org markup for answer engine optimization: Organization and Brand with stable @ids, SoftwareApplication with Offers, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList, Article, HowTo. What each does and what to skip.
- [Which prompts should a SaaS startup track in AI search?](https://helloaisearch.com/learn/prompt-library-for-saas-startups): The prompt shapes that decide whether ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity name a SaaS startup: category, alternatives, comparison, use case, pricing, and integration prompts, with templates to fill in.
- [Which prompts should a small agency track for its clients in AI search?](https://helloaisearch.com/learn/prompt-library-for-small-agencies): A prompt set an agency can reuse across clients: local, category, alternatives, and trust prompts, plus the agency's own. How to size it per plan and how to report share of voice to a client.
- [How did we measure helloAISearch's own AI visibility, and what did we find?](https://helloaisearch.com/learn/how-we-measured-ourselves): The method behind our published scorecard: 350 AI answers from ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini across 7 prompts between July 17, 2026 and August 31, 2026. helloAISearch was named in none of them. What we counted, how, and what we did about it.

## Glossary

- [What is AEO?](https://helloaisearch.com/glossary/aeo): Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of getting a brand named, recommended, or cited inside the answers that AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity generate, the way SEO gets a page ranked in Google results.
- [What is GEO?](https://helloaisearch.com/glossary/geo): Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the practice of shaping content so that generative AI engines such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity draw on it and name the brand behind it when they generate answers.
- [What is AI citation?](https://helloaisearch.com/glossary/ai-citation): An AI citation is a mention of a brand, product, or page inside an answer generated by an AI engine such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Perplexity, either as a named recommendation or as a linked source the answer draws on.
- [What is AI share of voice?](https://helloaisearch.com/glossary/share-of-voice-ai): Share of voice in AI search is the percentage of brand mentions across a set of AI answers that belong to one brand: mentions of that brand divided by mentions of every brand tracked, for the same prompts, engines, and period.