A 0-100 metric measuring how often and how favorably your brand is mentioned across major AI answer engines for a tracked set of buyer-intent prompts.
VibecodeAEO's AI Visibility Score is computed by querying ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini with hundreds of prompts that real customers ask, then scoring the responses for: presence (was your brand mentioned?), position (first mentioned, listed, or buried?), sentiment (recommended, neutral, or warned against?), and citation (was your URL cited as a source?).
A score of 70+ indicates strong AI authority. Most B2B SaaS brands score below 30 because their content was never optimized for the LLM training corpus. The score is recomputed weekly so you can measure the impact of every AEO change.
Real-world example
A fintech startup runs their first AI Visibility Score scan and gets a 12/100. After adding FAQ schema, publishing 8 question-intent articles, and shipping an llms.txt, they rescan 90 days later and score 54/100 — Perplexity now cites them in 3 of their 5 tracked buyer prompts.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good AI Visibility Score?+
70+ is strong. 40-69 means you are visible in some contexts but missing key citation opportunities. Below 40 means AI engines are largely unaware of your brand for buyer-intent prompts. Most brands start below 30 — the gap represents the AEO opportunity.
How often does my AI Visibility Score change?+
VibecodeAEO recomputes it weekly. Scores from RAG-based engines (Perplexity, Bing Copilot) can shift within days of publishing new content. Scores from pure-LLM engines (ChatGPT, Claude) change more slowly, reflecting training cycle updates.
Related terms
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) — The practice of optimizing content, schema, and brand signals so that AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini cite your brand accurately when answering user queries.
Answer Engine — An AI system that responds to natural-language queries with a synthesized answer rather than a list of links — examples include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Anthropic Claude.
Citation — A reference to your brand or website inside an AI-generated answer. Cited brands receive both visibility and (often) a direct link, similar to a SERP position 1 result.
AI Share of Voice — Your brand's percentage of total citations across AI answer engines for a defined set of prompts in a category — the AEO equivalent of share of voice in advertising.