AI citation intelligence

Your buyers are asking
AI who to call. Are you
on the list?

Citro tells you exactly which AI platforms are citing your competitors instead of you, why they're winning the recommendation, and gives you a concrete 90-day plan to change the answer.

  • Diagnoses why competitors show up and you don't
  • Simulates how your real buyers search AI for vendors like you
  • Delivers a 90-day plan to fix it — results in under 5 minutes
Results in under 5 minutes
🔒 No calls, no setup
📊 7 platforms, 1 report
Strategic Finding
Live analysis
Action required
AI agents are sending your buyers to competitors.
3 of 4
simulated buyers got a competitor recommendation first
0
unprompted brand mentions across all 7 platforms
90-day score projection
19%
Today
42%
Day 90
Proprietary simulation methodology
7 AI platforms tested
Synthetic buyer personas
Results in under 5 minutes
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The shift is already happening
AI and Google are running on
two completely different leaderboards.
80%
of sources cited by AI don't appear in Google's top 100 results for the same query
76→38%
of AI citations came from Google's top 10 — that number was cut in half in 12 months
Your Google rankings no longer predict your Citro visibility. The companies winning in AI search are largely not the companies winning in traditional SEO — and vice versa. That gap is widening every quarter.
Sources: Ahrefs · ALM Corp · August 2025 LLM citation research
What's behind the methodology
Built by practitioners with firsthand experience running go-to-market systems across six successful exits and $1.4B+ in enterprise value
Powered by RootPartners' proprietary AI buyer simulation methodology — the same research framework used in enterprise consulting engagements
Blind simulation across all 7 platforms your buyers actually use: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Meta AI, and Grok
Why Citro is different
More than a score.
A strategic diagnosis.

A new category of tools tracks whether AI platforms mention your brand. Citro simulates the actual buyer research journey — and tells you exactly what to change to win it. Enterprise platforms like Profound now require $2,000+/month and a sales cycle. Citro gives you the same diagnostic depth for $97, with results in under 5 minutes and no contract. See how we compare →

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Citro
What you get
A brand mention score
A buyer-eye-view diagnosis + roadmap
How it works
AI query monitoring & mention tracking
Synthetic buyer simulation across 7 AI platforms
The output
How often you're mentioned
Why buyers choose competitors and what to fix
Platform coverage
3–6 platforms · misses Claude, Grok, Meta AI
✓ All 7 platforms your buyers actually use
Action plan
✓ 90-day roadmap included
Root cause analysis
✓ Structural diagnosis
Score projection
✓ Projected 90-day score shown
Buyer perspective
Monitors your brand mentions
Simulates what AI tells your actual buyers

Built on RootPartners' proprietary AI buyer research framework.

Built from your
buyers up.
We profile your business, construct synthetic buyer personas from thousands of data signals, then watch what AI tells them.
01 — Company Profile
We model your competitive landscape
Enter your URL and we build a detailed profile of your business — your positioning, category language, and competitive context. Every persona we construct is grounded in your actual market.
02 — Persona Construction
We build your buyers
Using thousands of data signals — job function, industry, company size, buying stage, and behavioral patterns — we construct personas that accurately simulate the real humans evaluating your category. Each searches independently, with zero brand signaling.
03 — Blind Evaluation
We run them across 7 AI platforms
Each persona queries ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Meta AI, and Grok independently. We capture every recommendation, extract why competitors win, and synthesize it into a root cause diagnosis and 90-day roadmap.
Synthetic buyer simulation
We don't check your brand.
We simulate your buyers.

Every audit constructs personas based on your actual market — their role, company size, buying stage, and the exact queries they run. Here's what that looks like.

👤
Director of Demand Gen
Series B SaaS · 220 employees
Evaluating vendors for Q3 budget
Query run across 7 AI platforms
"What are the best [category] platforms for a fast-growing B2B company? Looking for something that integrates with Salesforce."
👤
VP of Marketing
Enterprise Financial Services · F500
Running a formal vendor evaluation
Query run across 7 AI platforms
"Which [category] vendors do Fortune 500 companies use? Need enterprise security compliance and dedicated support."
👤
Founder / CEO
Pre-revenue startup · 12 employees
Researching before first sales push
Query run across 7 AI platforms
"What's the best [category] tool for an early-stage startup? What do other founders recommend in 2026?"
Personas are constructed fresh for every audit — based on your company, your market, and your actual buyers.
Who this is built for.
If AI is part of how your customers find and evaluate options, this audit is for you.
The only brands that don't need this are ones with no online presence and no named competitors — yet.
Everything you need to
compete in AI search.
Citro Score
A weighted score (0–100%) measuring how prominently your brand appears across all platforms and query types — benchmarked against your named competitors.
Synthetic Buyer Simulations
Buyer personas that simulate your exact buyer actively researching your category — blind, with no brand signaling, across multiple buying stages.
Competitive Intelligence
See exactly which competitors AI recommends instead of you, how often, and why — including structural analysis of what gives them the advantage.
90-Day Action Roadmap
Prioritized recommendations across content, technical, and distribution — with effort and impact ratings. A concrete plan to move your score.
Answers to what
people actually ask.
How does the audit actually work?
You enter your company name and website URL. We build a detailed profile of your business, construct synthetic buyer personas based on your actual market, then run those personas across 7 AI platforms — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Meta AI, and Grok — without any brand signaling. We capture every recommendation, analyze why competitors win, and deliver a root cause diagnosis and 90-day action plan.
What makes this different from just searching my brand in ChatGPT?
When you search your own brand, you're not simulating how a buyer actually researches your category. Citro constructs personas with specific job functions, buying stages, and behavioral patterns, then runs category-level queries — the same way a real buyer would. You see what AI tells them, not what it tells you when you ask about yourself.
How long does it take?
Results are delivered in under 5 minutes. No calls, no setup, no waiting.
What if I don't recognize the competitors you surface?
That's often the most valuable finding. AI platforms may be recommending brands you've never considered competitors. Knowing who's on the AI shortlist — and why — is exactly what the audit is designed to reveal. However, you can edit the competitor list to your preference.
Is this a one-time thing or should I run it regularly?
AI recommendations shift as platforms update their models and as competitors publish new content. A one-time Snapshot tells you where you stand today. A Professional subscription ($119/mo) lets you track score movement over time and catch shifts before they cost you deals. Enterprise ($299/mo) extends that to up to 10 companies or websites.
Who is this built for?
Any brand competing for attention in a category where buyers or consumers use AI to research options. That includes B2B companies, ecommerce brands, D2C products, and B2C brands in considered-purchase categories — anywhere AI is part of how people find and evaluate their options.
Start with a snapshot.
Stay ahead with monitoring.
Snapshot
$97 one-time
A full Citro audit with a concrete improvement plan — run once, results yours to keep.
  • Citro Score across 7 platforms
  • Synthetic buyer personas for your exact market
  • Competitive intelligence matrix
  • Root cause analysis
  • 90-day action roadmap
  • Shareable results link
AI recommendations shift monthly. Your score today may not be your score in 30 days.
See Where You Stand — $97 See an example audit →
Enterprise
$299 /month
For companies managing multiple products, brands, or websites that need Citro visibility monitoring across all of them.
  • Everything in Professional
  • Up to 10 companies or websites
  • Multi-brand monitoring dashboard
  • Cross-brand competitive comparisons
  • Priority support
  • Cancel anytime
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Full-service Citro visibility management — strategy, implementation, and ongoing optimization handled by our team at RootPartners.
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  • Dedicated RootPartners strategist
  • Implementation support
  • Monthly strategy sessions
  • Custom reporting and deliverables
  • Priority access to new features
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Citro is built on the methodology developed by RootPartners — a consulting firm that prepares companies for agentic commerce. The audit tells you where you stand externally. RootPartners addresses what comes next: designing and building the marketing organization built to compete in this environment.

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