SurfacedBy
- AI visibility tracking with a public live demo
- Action layer unlocked on higher tiers
- Content suggestions tied to tracked prompts
- Standalone product, no site audit or Search Console
VibeSEO vs SurfacedBy
VibeSEO vs SurfacedBy tracker with an action layer vs measurement with the evidence attached.
SurfacedBy pairs AI visibility tracking with an action layer on its higher tiers. VibeSEO measures what four engines answer every day and keeps the evidence, while research, drafting, publishing and Search Console are a separate SEO product you can add with one upgrade.
How it compares
VibeSEO
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, each reported on its own
- Checked every day, with every answer saved in full
- Visibility, share of voice, position, cited sources and brand perception, up to 20 competitors
- GEO Audit of AI crawler access; SEO tools are an optional upgrade
- Available from Claude, ChatGPT and any MCP client: official Claude connector, official ChatGPT app, MCP server
What you get
Per-engine numbers
Visibility, share of voice and position for each engine separately. No averaged score that hides where you are actually missing.
Read the actual answer
Every reply is stored with the brands in order, the sources it relied on and what it said about you, so each metric links back to its evidence.
Can AI open your site?
The GEO Audit checks robots rules, real page responses and readable text per AI crawler, and gives you a fix prompt for each issue.
Add SEO when you need it
GEO Pro is AI visibility on its own: four engines, every day, up to 5 sites. The SEO + GEO plan adds site audits, Search Console, keyword research and content tools to the same account and project list.
Ask from Claude or ChatGPT
VibeSEO ships an official Claude connector, an official ChatGPT app and an MCP server, so the same GEO data answers questions inside the assistant you already use.
Common questions
Is VibeSEO a replacement for SurfacedBy?
For measuring AI visibility per engine with the full answers saved, yes. SurfacedBy's action layer is part of its tracker; in VibeSEO, GEO Pro is measurement, and content research, drafting and publishing are a separate SEO product that the SEO + GEO plan adds.
Does VibeSEO tell me what to write for AI search?
GEO in VibeSEO shows which questions you are missing from, who is named instead, and which sites the engines relied on. What you do with that is your call: act on it with your own team and tools, or upgrade to the plan that adds topic research, drafting and publishing.
Which AI engines does VibeSEO monitor?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode. Each engine is collected and reported separately; there is no averaged score. Perplexity and Claude are not monitored as answer engines. Their crawlers (PerplexityBot, Claude-SearchBot) are checked in the GEO Audit, which tells you whether they can fetch your pages.
How often are the answers checked?
Daily. Every active question is asked on every engine you selected once a day, and each answer is saved in full. A change on your site or in a model shows up the next morning, and you can look back over 7, 30 or 90 days per engine.
Can I use VibeSEO GEO from Claude, ChatGPT or an MCP client?
Yes. VibeSEO is listed as an official Claude connector (Able SEO by VibeSEO in Claude's connector directory) and as an official ChatGPT app, and the same MCP server at https://mcp.vibeseo.dev/mcp works with Cursor, Claude Code and any other MCP client. Connect once with OAuth and ask for your AI visibility, cited sources or saved answers in plain language, next to the SEO tools already exposed there.
What does the free preview include?
Every new account starts with a free trial, and the trial includes one GEO preview: up to 30 questions, 120 answer checks on the engines you pick, and 7 days to read the results on every screen. Daily monitoring needs the GEO Pro plan.
What does it cost?
GEO Pro is $189/month and includes 15,000 credits. One credit is one question on one engine for one day, so 25 questions on four engines cost 3,000 credits a month. GEO Pro covers AI visibility only; the SEO + GEO plan at $299/month adds the SEO tools on the same credits.
See what AI search says about your brand.
Start free, pick your questions, and read the first saved answers on every engine within the preview.
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