Sources checked 2026-09-24

The AI engines Rankwise measures

How each engine decides where its answers come from, what you control, and what Rankwise checks on it. Only surfaces our probes really ask are listed.

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Each page separates what the engine's maker says about sources from what Rankwise measures, and links every claim to the vendor's documentation.

Perplexity

PerplexityAn answer engine built on live web search, with numbered sources.

From the free trial

OpenAI

ChatGPTOpenAI's assistant. It searches the web when a question needs current information.

From the free trial

Anthropic

ClaudeAnthropic's assistant. It searches the web when a question depends on current information.

From Starter

Google

GeminiGoogle's assistant. It decides per question whether a Google Search would improve the answer.

From Growth

Google

Google AI OverviewsThe AI summary at the top of some Google results, with supporting links.

From Growth

Google

Google AI ModeGoogle's conversational search mode, answering with an AI response and links.

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What a check is

One tracked question, asked on one engine. Every plan has a monthly budget of checks shared across its engines.

Whether one of your domains is among the cited sources, and at what position.

Whether the answer names your brand, matched against the brand name you give us, never guessed from your domain.

Which other sites the answer cited instead.

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See whether Perplexity cites you today.

The free AI audit asks Perplexity a handful of questions a buyer of yours might ask and shows whether it cites you. The other engines are measured in the product.

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