Summit Trails · summittrails.com
5× more buyers finding them in Google, in two months.
Competitors:
First
rankings beyond their own brand name
#8 → #5
in AI answers, against category giants
People Buy Software on AI Search,
You Lose Revenue if You're Not There
SaaS buyers research with ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini before they ever visit a website. If AI isn't recommending you, it's recommending your competitors.
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6,714+ brands already audited their site:
Real AI SEO scores, straight from our audit engine.
Wild
wearewild.com98
Vio.com
vio.com87
Olipop
drinkolipop.com86
Snocks
snocks.com73
mem0
mem0.ai72
AG1
drinkag1.com71
Strava
strava.com69
HelloFresh
hellofresh.com62
Wild
wearewild.com98
Vio.com
vio.com87
Olipop
drinkolipop.com86
Snocks
snocks.com73
mem0
mem0.ai72
AG1
drinkag1.com71
Strava
strava.com69
HelloFresh
hellofresh.com62
Wild
wearewild.com98
Vio.com
vio.com87
Olipop
drinkolipop.com86
Snocks
snocks.com73
mem0
mem0.ai72
AG1
drinkag1.com71
Strava
strava.com69
HelloFresh
hellofresh.com62
4.9/5.0 on G2 from clients
|30+ SaaS brands already optimised|Powered by 1M+ AI conversationsThe Search Shift
Traditional SEO vs AI SEO
The signals that get you ranked on Google are not the same signals that get you cited by AI. Here is what changes.
Traditional SEO
AI SEO
Content Written for Keywords
Content Format
Question / Answer Format
Keyword Research
Strategic Research
Prompt-Based Research
Link Building
Off-Page Authority
Digital Authority & Citations
Schema Markup
Site Readability
Entity Linking
Search Intent
Search Intent
AI Prompt Intent
The Channel Squeeze
Your pipeline lives on rented channels
Most SaaS teams grow on channels they don't control: paid auctions, review-site rankings, outbound that dies the moment it stops. Every one of them is getting more expensive, more crowded, or is answering the buyer before you ever get the click.
Paid & outbound
CAC climbs every quarter, reply rates keep falling, and the pipeline stops the moment the spend or the sending does. Rented attention never compounds.
Review marketplaces
G2 and Capterra rank you beside every competitor, charge you for the placement, and own the buyer relationship. You are one category re-shuffle away from page two.
Google organic
AI Overviews now answer software questions above the blue links. Rankings hold steady while the clicks quietly shrink.
The channel you own
AI search compounds instead of resetting
AI citations are earned by your content, your entities, and your third-party authority. They keep working month after month instead of stopping when a budget runs out. That's how brands nobody had heard of end up recommended beside incumbents with far bigger budgets.
AI is now the front door
to the internet
Half of all consumers already use AI-powered search. For SaaS, that means your next customer may never visit Google at all, they'll ask ChatGPT and act on the first recommendation they get.
50%
of consumers already use AI-powered search to discover products & services
20–50%
of traditional search traffic will shift to AI-generated answers by 2026
$750B
in revenue influenced by AI search recommendations annually by 2027
* Source: McKinsey & Company · New front door to the internet, 2025
Zero-Click Research
Buyers get their shortlist before they ever reach your site
The comparison, the top-10 list, and the "is it worth it" check used to happen across ten open tabs. Now it happens inside a single AI answer, and only the tools in that answer get the demo.
Best CRM for a 10-person startup
Most roundups shortlist the same three tools, with Your product picked for the fastest setup at that team size.
Cited:yourproduct.com
Real buyer prompts. Each one gets an answer naming 3 to 5 tools, then the research is over.
The answer is the shortlist
AI names a handful of tools and stops. There's no page two to rescue you.
Cited tools get the demo
A recommendation reads like advice from a colleague, not an ad. Buyers act on it.
Everyone else is invisible
If your product isn't in the sources AI reads, you don't exist in the answer.
“Won’t AI content get us penalised?”
Content that earns citations, not penalties
Thin, unreviewed AI volume content is what gets sites penalised, and it is exactly what we refuse to publish. Every page we ship is mapped to real buyer prompts and passes expert editorial review before it goes live: facts checked, sources verified, and edited to match your brand voice.
“How do we know it actually drives pipeline?”
Measured in your GA4, not our slide deck
You should never have to take an agency’s word for results. Every citation we win ties back to sessions, sign-ups, and pipeline in your own GA4 and Search Console, accounts you already own and can check any day. You get a monthly performance report and a biweekly call, and if the numbers stall, you see it exactly as fast as we do.
See your numbers first🧲
“We’re not handing over our codebase”
Your repo, your CMS, your sign-off
You built the product; we are not going to work around your team. We work inside your CMS and repo with an approval workflow: the strategy is reviewed before any work begins, every change is submitted for review PR-style, and nothing ships without your sign-off. If you have an in-house team, we plug into their process instead of replacing it.
What You Get
What's included in your AI Growth Sprint
Every client gets all six building blocks, tied into a clear 90-day roadmap built around pipeline growth, not vanity metrics.
Your Done-For-You 90-Day Roadmap
Included in every tierAll six deliverables feed into a phased roadmap built around your pipeline goals. Month 1 focuses on audit and quick-win citations. Months 2–3 compound with content and authority. You get a clear milestone plan before any work begins.
Technical AI Audit
We uncover and fix the hidden technical issues that are stopping AI bots from reading your site.
User Prompt Identification
We discover the exact questions and phrases your ideal customers are typing into ChatGPT to find software like yours.
Entity & Schema Optimisation
We restructure your site's underlying code so AI models clearly understand what you sell and confidently recommend it.
Citation & PR Map
We build a roadmap to get the outside mentions and PR that AI algorithms require to actually trust your brand.
Content Architecture Review
We review your existing pages and restructure them to become the exact answers that AI engines are looking for.
AI Visibility Snapshot
We show you exactly how often you, and your competitors, are currently being recommended by AI today.
Why Now
Three reasons SaaS teams can't afford to wait
This isn't about chasing a trend. The math on moving early is genuinely different, and it favours the companies that start now.
9×
Higher buying intent
A buyer asking ChatGPT "best CRM for startups" is further down the funnel than someone Googling the same phrase. They want a recommendation, not a list of links.
"By 2026, AI-powered channels will influence over 70% of B2B purchase decisions."
Gartner, 2024
3–5
Brands named per AI answer
AI doesn't return 10 blue links. It names a handful of trusted brands and stops. If you're not among those first movers, you're not in the conversation at all.
"Across 1M+ AI prompts tracked, the average response cites 3–5 brands, and the same names repeat."
RankZero data · 1M+ prompts
∞
Compounding first-mover advantage
AI models reinforce what's already cited and trusted. The brands getting cited now will be structurally harder to displace in 12 months. The window is open, but it's closing.
"LLMs weight training-time citations heavily. Early citation authority compounds over successive model versions."
✦
AI Engineering Consensus
Gameplan
How we get you cited and chosen
Four steps, built to compound. Most clients see their first new AI citations within 4–6 weeks of kick-off.
01
Before kick-off02
Week 103
Month 1–204
Month 2–3 & ongoing01
Before kick-offAI Audit
Before we even meet, we run a full AI visibility audit. You see exactly where you appear, and don't, across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, benchmarked against your top 3 competitors.
- AI citation baseline score
- Competitor citation benchmarking
- Top buyer prompt mapping
- Technical readiness check
02
Week 1Kick-Off Call
We walk you through the audit findings, align on your pipeline goals, and hand you a clear 90-day roadmap, so you know exactly what's happening and when before any work begins.
- Audit debrief & Q&A
- 90-day roadmap walkthrough
- Priority quick wins agreed
- Onboarding & access setup
03
Month 1–2Technical Foundation & Content Rollout
We fix every technical blocker, restructure your existing pages, and build new content engineered to be the answer AI engines cite, mapped directly to your buyers' prompts.
- Schema & entity optimisation
- GEO-optimised page rewrites
- FAQ, comparison & alternative pages
- Citation & PR roadmap delivered
04
Month 2–3 & ongoingReview, Iterate & Compound
We review progress monthly, close gaps fast, and compound your authority so competitors can't catch up. You get clear reporting on what's moving and what's next.
- Monthly strategy review call
- Ongoing prompt identification
- Authority compounding report
- Client-facing progress reports
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Results
They started invisible, too
Two months in, here's what changed, measured in their own analytics.
Ookulli · ookulli.com
The #2 brand AI recommends, above 8 category leaders.
Competitors:
1 in 3
category answers now mention Ookulli
3.3×
more people seeing them in Google
What customers say about us
Trusted by companies pushing AI
See what our customers have to say about RankZero on G2.
Eugenio G.
Founder
"Brand Visibility Tracking"
February 11, 2026 • Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best?
The most impressive feature is the real-time visibility tracking across LLMs (like ChatGPT and Google Gemini). Most SEO tools only care about Google Search, but RankZero shows exactly how often your brand is mentioned in AI conversations. I love the competitor benchmarking graph; seeing my brand’s "Share of Voice" compared to others in a single timeline makes it very easy to identify exactly when a competitor started gaining ground. The best tool so far is the "To dos". Furthermore implementation is very easy, with recommnedations made by customer support. The founder is also available for answers. My frequency of use is not high yet but we are starting to implement them actively.
What do you dislike?
The "No mentions" data for some competitors (like "competitor 1" or "competitor 2" in the screenshot) is a bit of a "cold start" problem. While it's accurate, I'd love more proactive suggestions on why they aren't being mentioned—is it a lack of citations or a specific prompt bias? Maybe a nice feature would be to do "market intelligence" and have the dashboard of how the owner of your competitors' company would look the UX
What problems is RankZero solving?
RankZero solves the "Black Box" problem of AI Search. Problem: I don't know if ChatGPT or Gemini is recommending my products to users. Benefit: RankZero tracks these "Recent Chats" and identifies the specific sources that the AI is using to form its answers. This allows me to focus my PR and backlink strategy on the sites that actually influence AI models, directly increasing my brand's visibility where the next generation of customers is searching.
Verified Reviewer
Source: G2Sindram L.
Founder
"Clear AI Prompt Tracking and Traffic Insights"
February 14, 2026 • Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best?
Being able to track which prompts I’m being shown in and see how much traffic comes in through the AI models
What do you dislike?
There’s nothing I don’t like about it, every feature is really good and easy to understand
What problems is RankZero solving?
it’s giving me the ability to have full visibility of how my brands are being presented in the AI models which gives me clear data on what products to focus on and which landing pages to improve
Verified Reviewer
Source: G2Will S.
Director of Digital Products
"Awesome customer service and founders that care"
February 13, 2026 • Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
What do you like best?
Awesome customer service - and the founders genuinely care about building a quality product.
What do you dislike?
The LLMO and SEO space is crowded, so picking a solution can be difficult.
What problems is RankZero solving?
They're helping companies rank in Ai responses on platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews (AIO).. but really their customer service is the best thing about the product
Verified Reviewer
Source: G2Why Us
We didn't theorise about AI SEO, we built the software
RankZero started as the proprietary tracking platform for top-tier SEO agencies. This gave us access to one of the largest datasets of real AI search behaviour, an unfair advantage we now use to get our service clients cited and chosen.
Johannes Notheis
Co-Founder
Built RankZero from 0 to 30+ agency clients
Niels Post
Co-Founder
Driven 1M+ organic visits across SaaS & B2B brands
1M+
AI conversations analysed
12+
SEO agencies on platform
1M+
organic visitors driven
On the discovery call
- Where you stand in AI search
- Which prompts your buyers use
- How competitors win citations
- Your specific opportunity
What we do for you, every month
All tiers include a competitor & gap analysis, AI visibility audit, and ongoing prompt identification as standard.
Tier 1
The Inquiry Engine
25%+ AI traffic lift within 90 days
What's done for you every month:
- Optimize 10–20 pages in-depth
- 10 new content pieces / templates
- Technical SEO & Basic Schema
- Optimize & track 25 Prompts
- Bi-weekly (30 min) consultations
- Monthly performance report (your GA4 & GSC)
Tier 2
The Growth Machine
25%+ AI traffic lift within 90 days
What's done for you every month:
- Homepage + 2 Service Pages
- Optimize 20–50 pages in-depth
- 20 new content pieces / templates
- Advanced schema & structured data
- Optimize & track 50 Prompts
- Bi-weekly (30 min) consultations
- Monthly performance report (your GA4 & GSC)
AI Traffic & Attribution Analysis
Tier 3
The Category Leader
50%+ AI traffic lift within 90 days
What's done for you every month:
- Premium Home + 4 Service Pages
- Full Funnel Optimization
- 30 new content pieces / templates / pillars
- Advanced schema & structured data
- Optimize & track 100 Prompts
- Weekly (45 min) consultations
- Monthly performance report (your GA4 & GSC)
Custom Lead Magnets ("Free Tools SEO")
Our guarantee
Measurable AI lift in 90 days, or we keep working
If after 90 days you haven't seen a measurable improvement in AI citations or AI-referred traffic, we keep working at no extra charge until you do. We put our time where our confidence is.
Questions, answered
The things teams ask us before getting started.
No -- and the distinction matters. Traditional SEO optimises for crawlers ranking pages. AI visibility optimises for language models synthesising answers. The signals are different: entity authority, Q&A structure, citation patterns, and prompt-level relevance. Existing SEO helps but won't get you into AI answers on its own.
Still have questions? Schedule a demo call with Johannes
Get your SaaS brand cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini
In a 1-on-1 with our co-founder Johannes, we'll map out exactly where your brand stands in AI search, which prompts your buyers are using, and what it takes to get cited — before your competitors do.