AI visibility for SaaS: get named when buyers ask AI
For a small SaaS, AI visibility means one thing: when a buyer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google AI for a tool like yours, does the answer name you. Most start at zero, and the work is getting onto the pages the engines already cite.
Does ChatGPT recommend you, or your competitor?
Paste your URL. See what ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI answer when your buyers ask, who they name instead of you, and which pages they read. Then we do the work to get you onto those pages.
Free scan, no signup, no card.
Who this is for
- Founders of B2B or prosumer SaaS with a live product and a marketing site.
- Teams that rank somewhere on Google but never show up when they ask ChatGPT about their category.
- Products that launched recently: AI answers are built from what the web says about you, so a new product has little to draw on.
Which questions to track
Track the questions a buyer asks before they know you exist. Not your brand name: every engine names you when asked about you by name.
- Best [category] tool for [who you serve]
- [Main competitor] alternatives
- Cheapest [category] tool with [the feature you win on]
- How do I [the job your product does]?
- [Competitor A] vs [Competitor B]
What to fix
- 01
Make sure AI can read the site
robots.txt rules and CDN bot settings block AI crawlers more often than founders expect, and a JavaScript-only marketing site gives a plain fetch nothing to read. These are one-time fixes with exact code.
- 02
Get onto the pages AI cites for your questions
List articles, directories, review sites and community threads. If an engine cites a page that names three rivals and not you, that page is the shortest path into the answer.
- 03
Publish pages shaped like the question
Pricing in plain HTML, an honest comparison page for each main rival and an alternatives page. Engines quote pages that already answer what the buyer asked.
- 04
Use Reddit where the engine reads it
In our test Google AI Mode cited Reddit in 40% of answers and Perplexity in 31%, but ChatGPT in only 6%. Pick the channel by engine, not by habit.
- 05
Measure with repeat runs, weekly
Only 28% of the brands ChatGPT named appeared in all 4 runs of the same question. Count how many runs name you, week over week, and keep the answers.
Each engine cites different places: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode.
What welaunch does not do
- We do not post for you. Agents draft listings, replies and pages; you press submit from your own accounts.
- Nobody can guarantee a date. Growth carries a promise instead: not named by day 90, the following months are free until you are, up to 3.
Pricing
Free
$0
- 3 buyer questions asked on 3 AI engines, twice each
- The technical audit: can AI read your site
- The top 6 pages AI cites for your category
Tracker
$49 a month
- A full re-check every week: every question, every engine, 4 runs each
- Every AI answer in full, not a score
- The full map of pages AI cites for your buyers' questions
- 3 competitors tracked next to you
Growth
$99 a month
- Everything in Tracker
- 300 credits a month for the agents that do the fixes
- A work queue of the cited pages you are not on yet
- The promise: if AI does not name you by day 90, the months after are free until it does, up to 3
Not named by day 90? The following months are free until you are, up to 3. No overage charges. If you run out of credits, work waits for next month or a top-up you choose. Cancel any time. Full pricing.
Questions
What is GEO for SaaS?
Generative engine optimization: the work of getting a product named and cited in AI answers. For a SaaS it mostly means being readable by AI crawlers and being on the pages the engines cite for your category.
Is AI SEO different from normal SEO for a SaaS?
The technical base is shared: indexable pages, clear copy in the HTML, structured data. The difference is the sources. AI answers lean on list articles, directories and threads about your category, so off-site mentions matter more than your own rankings.
Is it worth tracking this early?
Tracking alone is not. A number that sits at zero tells you nothing new. It is worth it when the same tool shows which pages to get onto and you do that work, which is why the free check is free.
How many questions should a SaaS track?
Ten to twenty-five real buyer questions is enough. More questions at one run each is worse than fewer questions at four runs each, because single answers are too noisy to act on.
Which AI engine matters most for SaaS?
It depends on your buyers, so we track ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode and Claude. They cite different places: Google AI Mode cited Reddit in 40% of answers in our test, ChatGPT in 6%.
How long until ChatGPT names a new SaaS?
There is no reliable number. Founders report first mentions after one to two months of fixes, but those reports are unverified. That is why Growth comes with a promise rather than a date.
Can welaunch write comparison pages for my SaaS?
Yes. The content agent drafts comparison and alternatives pages from your product and your rivals' public pages. You review and publish them on your own site.
Where do I start?
Run the free check. It shows what three AI engines say for three buyer questions, who they name instead of you, the pages they cite and whether their crawlers can read your site.
Also
Does ChatGPT recommend you, or your competitor?
Paste your URL. See what ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI answer when your buyers ask, who they name instead of you, and which pages they read. Then we do the work to get you onto those pages.
Free scan, no signup, no card.
welaunch started as a launch planner: where to post, which directories to submit to, what to write. Then I asked ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Mode the questions our buyers ask. Our own site was named in 0 of 203 answers.
If a launch does not get you into those answers, people asking AI for a tool like yours never hear of you. So welaunch now measures where AI names you, and does the work to change it. We run it on ourselves first, and publish our own number.
Baris, founder of welaunch.sh