Perplexity Visibility Tracker:
is your brand in the answer?
Rankshift runs your prompts in Perplexity on a schedule and reports how often your brand is named, where it sits in the answer, which sources are cited and which competitors appear next to you.
What is the best affordable CRM?
PerplexityHubSpot is the most common starting point, because its free plan covers contacts, deals and email tracking. Zoho has low-cost paid plans with a wide feature set, and Pipedrive is priced per user for teams that only need a sales pipeline.
What are the best CRM systems?
PerplexitySalesforce leads for large sales teams that need deep customization. HubSpot is the usual pick for small and mid-sized teams, and Zoho covers a wide feature set at a lower price.
What is the best CRM for nonprofits?
PerplexitySalesforce is the most common choice for nonprofits, with its Nonprofit Cloud and discounted licenses for eligible organizations. Smaller organizations often pick a tool built for donor management instead.
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Highlighted: the brands named in this answer.
What Rankshift tracks in Perplexity
Perplexity searches the web for every question, names a few brands in its answer and links its sources. Rankshift records all three for every prompt you track, each time it runs.
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Visibility
The share of Perplexity answers that name your brand, per prompt and overall.
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Position
Where you appear among the brands in the answer: first, second or last.
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Share of voice
Your mentions as a share of all brand mentions, next to your competitors.
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Citations
The domains and URLs Perplexity cites, and how often your own site is one of them.
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Sentiment
Whether Perplexity describes you in positive, neutral or negative terms.
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Countries and languages
Each prompt tracked in the countries and languages you sell in.
How often Perplexity names you, prompt by prompt
Add the questions your buyers ask. Rankshift runs each one in Perplexity, stores the full answer and marks your brand and your competitors in it. You see where you are named and where you are missing.
- Full answer stored for every run
- Visibility per prompt and for the whole project
- Filter by persona, scenario or tag
One answer is not a measurement
Ask Perplexity the same question twice and the brands can change, because it runs a new search each time. Rankshift repeats every prompt on the schedule you set and reports visibility as a share of all runs, so one lucky or unlucky answer does not decide your number.
- Daily or weekly runs, set per prompt
- History per brand, prompt and model
- Unlimited countries and languages
Which competitors Perplexity names next to you
Add your competitors and Rankshift counts them in the same answers. You get visibility and share of voice per brand, plus the position of each brand in the answer, so you know who Perplexity puts first.
- Visibility, share of voice and sentiment per brand
- Position of each brand in the answer
- Compared on every prompt you track
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Which sources Perplexity cites
Perplexity links its sources in every answer. Rankshift lists every cited domain and URL on your prompts and shows how often your own site is among them. Mentions and citations are counted separately, because Perplexity can cite your page without naming your brand, and name your brand without citing you.
- Cited domains and URLs, ranked by frequency
- Your own citation rate next to competitors
- Review sites and articles where you are missing
Perplexity next to ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Mode
Your buyers do not all use the same assistant, and the brands each one names can differ. Rankshift runs the same prompts on Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode, AI Overviews, Claude and others, so you can see where your brand is strong and where it falls behind.
- Visibility and citation rate per model
- The same prompt set on every model you select
- Nine AI models, including ChatGPT and Gemini
Actions based on what Perplexity says and cites
Tracking shows where you stand. The Action Center turns what Rankshift finds in the answers into tasks: a page to update, a publication to pitch, a comparison article to get listed in. Each task is tied to the prompts and sources behind it and lands on a board your team can work through.
- Prioritized by expected impact on your visibility
- Based on the answers and sources from your prompts
- One board for outreach, page updates and community replies
From prompt to Perplexity report
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Add brand and prompts
Step 1Enter your brand, your competitors and the questions your buyers ask. Rankshift suggests prompts to start from.
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We run them in Perplexity
Step 2Each prompt runs in Perplexity on the schedule you choose, in the countries and languages you add.
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Act on the results
Step 3See visibility, position, share of voice and sources per prompt, then work through the tasks in the Action Center.
More AI search data in the same project
Perplexity is one place where AI answers questions about your brand. These reports sit in the same Rankshift project.
See all AI models Rankshift tracks-
Prompt tracking
Track the questions your buyers ask and see which answers mention you.
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Brand Perception
Read how AI describes you when buyers ask about you by name.
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AI citation tracking
Find the domains and URLs AI models cite, across all your prompts.
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Agent Analytics
See when AI crawlers and agents request pages on your site.
Questions about Perplexity visibility tracking
What is a Perplexity visibility tracker?
A Perplexity visibility tracker runs a fixed set of prompts in Perplexity on a schedule and records the answers. From those answers it reports how often your brand is named, where it sits in the answer, which sources are cited and how you compare with competitors.
How does Rankshift collect Perplexity answers?
Rankshift runs your prompts in Perplexity and stores the full answer with the sources it cites. From each answer it records mentions, citations, sentiment and share of voice, for your brand and your competitors. You choose how often each prompt runs, daily or weekly.
Why does Perplexity give different answers to the same question?
Perplexity runs a new web search for each question and writes the answer from what it finds, so the brands and sources can change from one run to the next. That is why Rankshift reports visibility as a share of all runs. One check tells you very little.
How is Perplexity different from ChatGPT?
Perplexity is an answer engine: it searches the web for every question and links its sources in the answer. ChatGPT searches for some questions and answers others from what it learned in training. The two can name different brands and cite different sources for the same question, so Rankshift tracks them as separate models.
What is the difference between a mention and a citation?
A mention is your brand name in the answer text. A citation is a link to a page that Perplexity used as a source. You can have one without the other, so Rankshift tracks them separately.
Which other AI models can I track?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI and Mistral. The same prompts can run on each model, so you can compare your visibility in Perplexity with the rest.
How do I improve my visibility in Perplexity?
Start with the sources. Perplexity builds each answer from the pages it cites, so look at which domains come back on your prompts and where competitors are listed and you are missing. Then update your own pages so they answer the prompt directly. The Action Center turns these findings into specific tasks, ranked by expected impact.
See if Perplexity names your brand
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