# Does ChatGPT recommend your brand?

> Type your brand and the question a buyer would ask. We put it to ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI Overview, live, and show who they name and which pages they cite.

This is a free tool on the web page at https://www.manifoldmcp.com/free-tools/ai-visibility-checker: 3 runs a day per visitor, no signup, run by a person in a browser. An agent can do the same job, and more, by connecting Manifold's MCP server at `https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp` (250 free credits a month). See [AI visibility MCP server](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/ai-visibility.md).

## How it works

1. Name your brand, and add its domain so citations of your site count too.
2. Write the question a buyer types, like "best CRM for a small agency".
3. Read each engine's answer: named or not, the brands it named instead, and its sources.

## One question is a sample. Your agent can ask the whole set.

AI answers change from one ask to the next, so a single check is a snapshot. With Manifold connected, your agent asks every question your buyers ask, on six engines, counts how often you are named against each competitor, and finds the pages the engines cite instead of you.

| | Here | In your agent with Manifold |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Questions | One | Every question you list |
| Engines | ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overview | Adds Claude, Perplexity and AI Mode |
| Competitors | The ones ChatGPT names | Every rival you name, counted in each answer |
| Next step | Up to you | The cited pages to get onto, as a plan |

### Things to ask your agent

- Ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude the ten questions a buyer of [our product] asks, and tell me how often we are named against [competitor].
- Which pages do AI engines cite for best [category] tools, and which of them never mention us?
- Check whether our site blocks any AI crawler, then list the three fixes that matter most.

## Questions

### How does the AI visibility checker work?

It sends your question to ChatGPT and Gemini as their apps answer a person, and to Google for its AI Overview. Then it looks for your brand name and domain in each answer and in the sources it cites. Nothing is simulated: these are live answers, which take a minute or two.

### Why does ChatGPT give a different answer each time?

Each answer is written fresh from what the engine retrieves at that moment, so the brands it names can change between asks. One check is a snapshot. How often you are named across many asks is the measure that holds up.

### What counts as a mention or a citation?

A mention is your brand name or domain in the answer text. A citation is a link the engine shows as a source, and it counts as yours when it points at your domain.

### How do I get ChatGPT to recommend my brand?

Engines name the brands that the pages they retrieve name. Find the pages they cite for your category and get onto them, make sure AI crawlers can reach your site, and answer the buyer's question plainly on your own pages. [How to get cited by ChatGPT](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/blog/how-to-get-cited-by-chatgpt.md).

### Is the AI visibility checker free?

Yes. You get 3 checks a day here, with no signup. For more, connect Manifold to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor: the free plan gives your agent 250 credits every month, with no card.

## More free tools

- [AI Overview checker](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/free-tools/ai-overview-checker.md): See whether Google answers a keyword with an AI Overview, what it says and whose pages it cites.
- [AI crawler checker](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/free-tools/ai-crawler-checker.md): Check whether robots.txt or your CDN blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and Google's AI crawlers.
- [Subreddit finder](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/free-tools/subreddit-finder.md): Type a topic and find the subreddits where it is discussed, with an example thread from each.
- [All free tools](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/free-tools.md)