Process

How AnswerGauge Works

Set your monitored questions once. Get a monthly report matched to your plan: visibility, optimization, or competitive intelligence.

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Set Your 5 Questions

Visibility and Growth monitor 5 buyer-intent questions. Advantage monitors 15. Example: "Who is the best accountant for freelancers in Austin?" These are the moments where an AI answer can send a buyer to you or to a competitor.

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We Monitor AI's Answers Every Month

AnswerGauge runs your saved questions across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity during each monthly scan. We record whether you were mentioned, which competitors appeared, and the short answer summary tied to each question.

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You Receive the Report Your Plan Includes

Visibility gives you the score, question summaries, competitor mentions, and progress graphs. Growth adds personalized improvement steps. Advantage adds 15 questions, source intelligence, opportunity discovery, and exportable report snapshots.

Behind the scenes

No manual prompting required on your end.

Each month, our system submits your saved questions to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity and records the response. Visibility reports score the answers and summarize what was said. Growth reports add fact accuracy diagnostics and specific improvement steps. Advantage reports expand monitoring to 15 questions and add source and opportunity intelligence.

Sample report

A Growth report turns scan results into specific next steps

AI Visibility Score68 / 100

4 of 5 questions mentioned your business this month.

Competitor breakdown

You4 mentions
Competitor A5 mentions
Competitor B3 mentions

Fact accuracy

  • Correct location
  • Old pricing detected
  • Missing service page

Growth recommendation

Add current pricing to your service page, mention Piney Point in the page title, and publish a comparison page for the competitor that appeared first.

Report differences

The upgrade path is simple: monitor, improve, then outmaneuver.

Included with Visibility

Visibility Report

Shows whether you are appearing in AI answers and how that changes each month.

  • 5 tracked questions
  • Visibility score
  • Brief answer summary per question
  • Mention and competitor flags
  • Progress graphs
Included with Advantage

Competitive Intelligence Report

Adds wider coverage and stronger strategic signals for competitive markets.

  • Everything in Growth
  • 15 tracked questions
  • AI Source Map
  • Question Opportunity Finder
  • Exportable report snapshots
Process FAQ

Common questions about the monitoring process

Do I need to connect my website or accounts?

No. You enter your business name, website or profile URL, location, category, competitors, and monitored questions. AnswerGauge uses that profile for each scheduled scan.

How many questions are monitored?

Visibility and Growth monitor 5 questions each month. Advantage monitors 15 questions each month.

What changes when I upgrade?

Visibility tracks what happened. Growth adds recommended fixes. Advantage adds more monitored questions, source mapping, opportunity discovery, and exportable snapshots.

FAQ

Questions skeptical buyers ask first

How is this different from SEO monitoring?

SEO tracks search rankings. AnswerGauge tracks AI answer inclusion, which is a completely separate channel with different rules.

Which AI platforms do you monitor?

Monthly scans are designed around ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity so the same saved questions can be compared over time.

Can I change my monitored questions?

Yes, once per billing period. Visibility and Growth include 5 monitored questions. Advantage includes 15 monitored questions.

What do I get on the $1.99 Visibility plan?

You get your monthly visibility score, 5 question summaries, competitor mention tracking, and month-to-month progress graphs. It does not include personalized optimization advice.

Why upgrade from Visibility to Growth?

Growth adds the improvement brief: fact accuracy diagnostics, suggested website/profile updates, and a prioritized monthly action list.

Why choose Advantage?

Advantage expands monitoring from 5 to 15 questions and adds AI Source Map, Question Opportunity Finder, and exportable report snapshots for agencies or competitive markets.

AnswerGauge does not monitor private AI chats. It monitors the questions you choose and tracks how public AI systems answer them over time.

Start with the free scan. Upgrade when you want answers, actions, or advantage.

Visibility starts at $1.99/month. Growth adds improvement guidance. Advantage adds 15 questions and competitive intelligence.

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