Questions and answers

Questions and answers

Straight answers about the free check, the full audit, the AI assistants we ask, pricing and your data.

The check and the audit

What does AI Pick Check do?

We ask AI assistants the questions your buyers ask, with live web search on, and measure what comes back: whether you are named, how high, whether your own site is cited, who is named instead and what the answers get wrong about you. Then we turn that into a short, ranked list of fixes.

What does the free check tell me?

We ask 2 AI assistants 5 questions a buyer in your market would ask, then show how often you were named, which businesses were named instead, and a first score. It takes about two minutes and needs no card.

How is the full audit different from the free check?

The free check is a first look: 5 questions, 2 assistants, each asked once, so 10 answers. The full audit asks 20 questions on 4 assistants, each twice, so 160 answers. That is enough to show a margin of error on every number. It adds a check of your own facts, the sources the assistants trust, site checks and a fix plan with ready-to-use text.

How long does it take?

The free check takes about two minutes. The full audit and the re-run take a few minutes. You can watch the progress or close the page and come back to your report link later.

Why do you ask each question more than once?

AI answers change from one ask to the next. One run can make you look better or worse than you are. The full audit asks every question twice on every assistant and shows a likely range next to each number.

Can you guarantee AI assistants will recommend me?

No, and nobody honestly can. We show you where you stand, why, and the changes most likely to help. The free re-run then measures whether things moved, and tells you when a change is too small to call.

The AI assistants

Which AI assistants do you check?

OpenAI (model gpt-6-luna), Anthropic (model claude-haiku-5-5), Perplexity (model perplexity/sonar), Google Gemini (model google/gemini-3.8-flash, reached through Perplexity web search). Each is asked through an official API with live web search turned on. The methodology page has the details.

Why is Google Gemini reached through Perplexity?

We reach Gemini through Perplexity's Agent API, which runs the Gemini model with Perplexity's own web search. It does not use Google Search grounding. So these answers show how the Gemini model recommends businesses from what Perplexity's search finds, which can differ from the Gemini app. Every Gemini answer in a report is labelled with this route.

Is this the same as what people see in the apps?

Close, but not identical. Apps add personal history, location and settings we cannot see. We ask the same way for everyone, with web search on, so the results are fair to compare and repeatable. We say this plainly in every report.

Do you ask as a buyer in my country?

Yes, as far as the services allow. You choose the country where your buyers are, and we pass it as an approximate location wherever an assistant's API accepts one. We cannot copy a real buyer's exact city, account or search history.

Should I add an llms.txt file?

It does no harm, but do not expect much from it. We check for it and tell you what we found, but it never counts towards your score, because no major AI company says it uses llms.txt. Your time is better spent on the fixes in your plan.

Pricing and payment

How much does it cost?

The free check is free. The full audit is $39, paid once. Monitor, a monthly plan, will be $29 a month when it opens. See pricing.

Can I buy the full audit today?

Not yet. Payments open soon. The free check opens soon too. Once you have a report link, you can unlock the full audit from that report when payments open. Nothing is charged before then.

Is the full audit a subscription?

No. You pay once. There is nothing to cancel. Monitor will be a separate monthly plan that you can choose later, if you want it.

How does the free re-run work?

Within 60 days of your audit you can run it again once, for free, with the same questions on the same assistants. We compare the two and call a change real only when it is bigger than normal variation. Waiting helps: fixes to site access can show within about 7 days, content and sources take about 28 days. Your report suggests the best date.

What if the report is not useful?

If your report is empty, broken or not useful, tell us and we refund you. You keep the report.

Your data

Who sees my report?

Only people with the private link. Reports are hidden from search engines. You can choose to publish yours later, but only after you prove you own the domain.

What do you send to the AI companies?

Three things: the public text of your website, so a model can describe what you sell; the questions; and the answers together with your business name, so a model can mark who was named. Never your email address. The buyer questions do not name your business. Only the 5 questions about your own facts do.

Will you email me?

Not at the moment. We send no emails yet. We keep your email address with your report so it stays yours, along with the choice you made about marketing emails.

Do you use cookies or trackers?

No trackers, no ad pixels and no third-party scripts. We count visits as daily totals only, with no IP address and no cookie ID. Pages with a form set one session cookie to protect that form. See the privacy notice.

Monitor

What is Monitor?

A monthly plan, coming soon. Each month it will re-run your full audit, tell real changes apart from noise, alert you when a competitor moves, and check your site every week. Join the waitlist to hear when it opens.

Something not covered? See how it works and the methodology, or email hello@aipickcheck.com.

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