About
Evidence first. No invented scores.
Answerlume is an AI visibility checker for indie SaaS. It answers one practical question with observed evidence: when buyers ask AI search engines about your category, do they mention your product?
The method
How a check actually works
Every check runs five buyer-style prompts, such as “best tools for X” or “X vs Y”, on two live AI search engines: ChatGPT Search and Perplexity. Each prompt runs three independent times. That is 30 observations per check, collected through Bright Data against the live products rather than replaying model training data.
The report keeps the raw material visible: answer text, citation URLs, the model when reported, and the timestamp for each run. Mention and citation frequencies are counted from those observations.
The principle
Why we show evidence instead of a proxy score
AI answers vary between runs. A precise-looking number built from robots.txt, schema markup, or a simulated answer can hide the variance that matters. Repeating each prompt and attaching the underlying answers lets you inspect what the engines actually said.
A result is a measurement of this prompt set, engines, and time window. It is not a promise of future mentions, citations, or search position.
Access
Why there is a free tier
Each live check costs money to collect. The free tier gives makers three full checks per account without a credit card. The paid plan is for teams and makers who need up to 10 on-demand checks per calendar month; every check keeps the same 30-observation method.
Reports expose the raw answers, citations, model details, and timestamps, with report links available for seven days. See the pricing page for the exact offer and cancellation boundary.
After the check
Turn evidence into a next step
A low mention rate is not a verdict. It is a prompt-level to-do list. Review the 20-point GEO checklist and the AI search optimization guide before deciding what to change, then run another on-demand check when you have a concrete hypothesis to test.
Start with your own product
See what buyers get back today.
Run a free AI visibility check ->Read the Cursor sample report first if you want to inspect the evidence format.